Custom Attributes

Using custom point attributes.

Populating custom attributes

Custom attributes can be associated with any data point by including the info in the point object.

There are two equivalent ways of setting attributes. An array of key-value pair arrays can be specified, or an object with properties where the property name is the key. Both ways are demonstrated below

{
  points: [
    {
      /*Array of key-value pair arrays.*/ attributes: [["industry", "IT"], ["phone", "(630)555-1234"]],
      name: "Angie",
      y: 3
    },
    {
      /*Object with Named properties where the name is the
	key.*/ attributes: {
        industry: "Automotive",
        phone: "(630)555-1235"
      },
      name: "Chris",
      y: 8
    }
  ]
}

The attributes can be utilized in virtually all strings related to the point such as labels, links, urls, tooltips, etc. They are referenced by using tokens with the same name.

For example, the above data can be used in a tooltip using the following code:

{ defaultPoint_tooltip: "<b>%name</b><br>%phone<br>Sector: %industry" }