time based charts about hexo-tag-easy-charts

[aspirewit]

@oupala This plugin only supports simple two-dimensional data.

[oupala]

Thanks for the answer.

Is it a limitation from your plugin, or a limitation from the library you're using (if using any)?

Do you think it could be possible to add the time-based-charts feature for a reasonable effort?

[aspirewit]

@oupala Can you provide some sample data to me?

Time based charts, my understanding is like that, do you think it is correct?

{% barchart 'By Year' %}
Fruit | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
Durian | 80 | 73 | 72 | 62 | 83 | 65
Clementine | 56 | 60 | 50 | 58 | 57 | 63
Mulberry | 83 | 91 | 98 | 82 | 62 | 86
Papaya | 54 | 58 | 67 | 64 | 50 | 93
{% endbarchart %}

[oupala]

Sure I'll try to give you as much information as possible.

For time based charts, I would more imagine a linechart. But imagine that the time serie is missing some data. You don't have the data for one year, you should have the missing year displayed on screen, event with no date.

{% linechart 'Linechart with Vertical Headings' %}
Date | Sales
2012 | 56
2013 | 85
2016 | 68
2017 | 53
{% endlinechart %}

Years 2014 and 2015 are missing, but they should appear on the graph.

And now, imagine that the date is not a year, but a specific day:

{% linechart 'Linechart with Vertical Headings' %}
Date | Sales
2012-01-01 | 56
2013-03-28 | 85
2015-07-01 | 93
2016-12-25 | 68
2017-10-28 | 53
{% endlinechart %}

Each data do not represent a whole year, but just an event on a specific day. The event should be represented on the timeline, at the moment it happened.

Do you see what I mean?

Some example from metricsgraphicsjs.