Highcharts - drill down to multiple series

Question

I have a parent chart that I need to drill down to a child chart with multiple series. Here is a toy example of what I would like to do. (I know this does not wor

Answer 1

Sample code for multiple series drill-down column and line charts.. 

   <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script src="http://github.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
    <script src="http://github.highcharts.com/modules/drilldown.js"></script>

    <div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
    <script>
    $(function () {    

        // Create the chart
        // type to line for line chart
        $('#container').highcharts({
            chart: {
                type: 'column'
            },
            title: {
                text: 'Basic drilldown'
            },
            xAxis: {
                type: 'category'
            },

            legend: {
                enabled: true
            },

            plotOptions: {
                series: {
                    borderWidth: 0,
                    dataLabels: {
                        enabled: true,
                        style: {
                            color: 'white',
                            textShadow: '0 0 2px black, 0 0 2px black'
                        }
                    },
                    stacking: 'normal'
                }
            },

            series: [{
                name: 'Things',
                data: [{

                    name: 'Animals',
                    y: 5,
                    drilldown: 'animals'
                }, {
                    name: 'Fruits',
                    y: 2,
                    drilldown: 'fruits'
                }, {
                    name: 'Cars',
                    y: 4,
                    drilldown: 'cars'
                }]
            }, {
                name: 'Things3',
                stack: 1,
                type: 'line',           
                data: [{
                    name: 'Animals',
                    y: 8,
                    drilldown: 'animals3'
                }, {
                    name: 'Fruits',
                    y: 7,
                    drilldown: 'fruits3'
                }, {
                    name: 'Cars',
                    y: 10,
                    drilldown: 'cars3'
                }]
            }],
            drilldown: {
                activeDataLabelStyle: {
                    color: 'white',
                    textShadow: '0 0 2px black, 0 0 2px black'
                },
                series: [{
                    id: 'animals',
                    name: 'Animals',
                    data: [
                        ['Cats', 4],
                        ['Dogs', 2],
                        ['Cows', 1],
                        ['Sheep', 2],
                        ['Pigs', 1]
                    ]
                }, {
                    id: 'fruits',
                    name: 'Fruits',
                    data: [
                        ['Apples', 4],
                        ['Oranges', 2]
                    ]
                }, {
                    id: 'cars',
                    name: 'Cars',
                    data: [
                        ['Toyota', 4],
                        ['Opel', 2],
                        ['Volkswagen', 2]
                    ]
                },{
                    id: 'animals3',
                    name: 'Animals3',
                    type: 'line',
                    stack: 1,
                    data: [
                        ['Cats', 2],
                        ['Dogs', 3],
                        ['Cows', 1],
                        ['Sheep', 1],
                        ['Pigs', 1]
                    ]
                }, {
                    id: 'fruits3',
                    name: 'Fruits3',
                    type: 'line',
                    stack: 1,
                    data: [
                        ['Apples', 4],
                        ['Oranges', 3]
                    ]
                }, {
                    id: 'cars3',
                    name: 'Cars3',
                    type: 'line',               
                    stack: 1,
                    data: [
                        ['Toyota', 4],
                        ['Opel', 3],
                        ['Volkswagen', 3]
                    ]
                }]
            }
        })
    });
    </script>

Answer 2

A workaround for a drillup button in combination with the setChart() solution, can be to add a hyperlink (e.g. in a subtitle). Then give the original data to setChart()

$(document).on('click', '#drillup', function () {
    var data = {categories: categories, series: series};
    setChart('new title', categories, data, chart.type);
});

Answer 3

You can refer this demo: JSFIDDLE

code:

$(function () {
var chart;
$(document).ready(function() {

    var colors = Highcharts.getOptions().colors,
        categories = ['MSIE', 'Firefox', 'Chrome', 'Safari', 'Opera'],
        name = ['Browser brands'],
        data = [{
                y: 55.11,
                color: colors[0],
                drilldown: {
                    categories: ['MSIE 6.0', 'MSIE 7.0', 'MSIE 8.0', 'MSIE 9.0'],
                    series: [{
                        type: 'spline',
                        name: 'MSIE versions 2000',
                        data: [10.85, 7.35, 33.06, 2.81],
                        color: colors[0]
                    },{
                        type: 'spline',
                        name: 'MSIE versions 2010',
                        data: [1, 5, 10, 15],
                        color: colors[0]
                    }]
                }
            }, {
                y: 21.63,
                color: colors[1],
                drilldown: {
                    name: 'Firefox versions',
                    categories: ['Firefox 2.0', 'Firefox 3.0', 'Firefox 3.5', 'Firefox 3.6', 'Firefox 4.0'],
                    data: [0.20, 0.83, 1.58, 13.12, 5.43],
                    color: colors[1]
                }
            }, {
                y: 11.94,
                color: colors[2],
                drilldown: {
                    name: 'Chrome versions',
                    categories: ['Chrome 5.0', 'Chrome 6.0', 'Chrome 7.0', 'Chrome 8.0', 'Chrome 9.0',
                        'Chrome 10.0', 'Chrome 11.0', 'Chrome 12.0'],
                    data: [0.12, 0.19, 0.12, 0.36, 0.32, 9.91, 0.50, 0.22],
                    color: colors[2]
                }
            }, {
                y: 7.15,
                color: colors[3],
                drilldown: {
                    name: 'Safari versions',
                    categories: ['Safari 5.0', 'Safari 4.0', 'Safari Win 5.0', 'Safari 4.1', 'Safari/Maxthon',
                        'Safari 3.1', 'Safari 4.1'],
                    data: [4.55, 1.42, 0.23, 0.21, 0.20, 0.19, 0.14],
                    color: colors[3]
                }
            }, {
                y: 2.14,
                color: colors[4],
                drilldown: {
                    name: 'Opera versions',
                    categories: ['Opera 9.x', 'Opera 10.x', 'Opera 11.x'],
                    data: [ 0.12, 0.37, 1.65],
                    color: colors[4]
                }
            }];

    function setChart(name, categories, data, color, type) {
        var len = chart.series.length;
        chart.xAxis[0].setCategories(categories);
        for(var i = 0; i < len; i++){
            console.log(chart.series.length);
            chart.series[0].remove();
        }
        console.log('a');
        if(data.series){
            for(var i = 0; i < data.series.length; i ++ ){
                chart.addSeries({
                    name: data.series[i].name,
                    data: data.series[i].data,
                    type: data.series[i].type,
                    color: data.series[i].color || 'white'
                });
            }
        } else {
                chart.addSeries({
                    name: name,
                    data: data,
                    type: type,
                    color: color || 'white'
                });
        }
    }

    chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
        chart: {
            renderTo: 'container',
            type: 'column'
        },
        title: {
            text: 'Browser market share, April, 2011'
        },
        subtitle: {
            text: 'Click the columns to view versions. Click again to view brands.'
        },
        xAxis: {
            categories: categories
        },
        yAxis: {
            title: {
                text: 'Total percent market share'
            }
        },
        plotOptions: {
            column: {
                cursor: 'pointer',
                point: {
                    events: {
                        click: function() {
                            var drilldown = this.drilldown;
                            if (drilldown) { // drill down
                                setChart(null, drilldown.categories, drilldown, drilldown.type);
                            } else { // restore
                                setChart(name, categories, data, drilldown.type);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                dataLabels: {
                    enabled: true,
                    color: colors[0],
                    style: {
                        fontWeight: 'bold'
                    },
                    formatter: function() {
                        return this.y +'%';
                    }
                }
            },
            spline: {
                cursor: 'pointer',
                point: {
                    events: {
                        click: function() {
                            setChart(name, categories, data, 'column');
                        }
                    }
                },
                dataLabels: {
                    enabled: true,
                    color: colors[0],
                    style: {
                        fontWeight: 'bold'
                    },
                    formatter: function() {
                        return this.y + '%';
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        tooltip: {
            formatter: function() {
                var point = this.point,
                    s = this.x +':<b>'+ this.y +'% market share</b><br/>';
                if (point.drilldown) {
                    s += 'Click to view '+ point.category +' versions';
                } else {
                    s += 'Click to return to browser brands';
                }
                return s;
            }
        },
        series: [{
            name: name,
            data: data,
            color: 'white'
        }],
        exporting: {
            enabled: false
        }
    });
});

});

Answer 4

Found a neat solution here

Uses a drillup option,

 Highcharts.setOptions({
        lang: {
            drillUpText: '<< Go Back {series.name}'
        }
    });