[SUPPORT/FEATURE] Display the data points in a bar-chart as a time period (from-to, eg. for energy consumption)

[SesioN]

Chartjs 2.5

I am looking at a possibility of displaying the data points on the bar-chart so that the bar width represents/shows the given time period. This would be useful for displaying all kinds of consumption entries, like energy consumption, where you have data points that represent a consumption over time (eg. from 15:00 to 16:00 or from a whole day, week, month, year etc. )

Note: I am also using the zoom-plugin, which changes the view-point based on the zoom-level.

Example:

Like, we want to show a daily energy consumption for a time range of the month June. Now we would need 30 entries each representing a whole day, so that each bar represents exactly one day (eg. stretching between 1st and 2nd and so on..)

Any ideas on how to approach this?

[etimberg]

Not sure of the best way to support this. Once the time-series scale gets merged in v2.7 it should be closer to possible. @benmccann any thoughts based on your work with the time series charts?

[benmccann]

If each bar represents the same amount of time then the timeseries scale should work well for you. If each bar represents a variable amount of time then you'd probably need to create a custom chart

[benmccann]

Btw, the plan is to do some final fixes on the timeseries scale over the weekend and then send a PR for it next week

[SesioN]

In the use-case that I mentioned each bar does indeed have the same width or well represents the same amount of time.

So I'll wait for 2.7, thanks allot guys 👍