Showcases how SciChart.js can load and display 1-Million Data-points in milliseconds. Click the Reload button at the bottom of the demo to see the chart draw again.
drawExample.ts
index.html
vanilla.ts
theme.ts
1import {
2 EAxisAlignment,
3 EAutoRange,
4 ECoordinateMode,
5 EHorizontalAnchorPoint,
6 EAnnotationLayer,
7 EVerticalAnchorPoint,
8 FastLineRenderableSeries,
9 MouseWheelZoomModifier,
10 NumericAxis,
11 NumberRange,
12 SciChartSurface,
13 TextAnnotation,
14 XyDataSeries,
15 ZoomExtentsModifier,
16 ZoomPanModifier,
17} from "scichart";
18
19import { appTheme } from "../../../theme";
20
21export type TTimeSpan = {
22 title: string;
23 durationMs: number;
24};
25
26export const drawExample = async (rootElement: string | HTMLDivElement) => {
27 const { wasmContext, sciChartSurface } = await SciChartSurface.create(rootElement, {
28 theme: appTheme.SciChartJsTheme,
29 });
30
31 sciChartSurface.xAxes.add(
32 new NumericAxis(wasmContext, {
33 // axisTitle: "X Axis",
34 visibleRange: new NumberRange(0, 1000000),
35 autoRange: EAutoRange.Never,
36 useNativeText: true,
37 })
38 );
39 sciChartSurface.yAxes.add(
40 new NumericAxis(wasmContext, {
41 // axisTitle: "Y Axis",
42 axisAlignment: EAxisAlignment.Left,
43 visibleRange: new NumberRange(-5000, 5000),
44 autoRange: EAutoRange.Never,
45 useNativeText: true,
46 })
47 );
48
49 const watermarkAnnotation = (text: string, offset: number = 0) => {
50 const annotation = new TextAnnotation({
51 text,
52 fontSize: 42,
53 fontWeight: "Bold",
54 textColor: appTheme.ForegroundColor,
55 x1: 0.5,
56 y1: 0.5,
57 yCoordShift: offset,
58 opacity: 0.33,
59 horizontalAnchorPoint: EHorizontalAnchorPoint.Center,
60 verticalAnchorPoint: EVerticalAnchorPoint.Center,
61 xCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
62 yCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
63 annotationLayer: EAnnotationLayer.BelowChart,
64 });
65
66 return annotation;
67 };
68 // add a title annotation
69 sciChartSurface.annotations.add(watermarkAnnotation("SciChart.js Performance Demo"));
70 sciChartSurface.annotations.add(watermarkAnnotation("1 Million Data-Points", 52));
71
72 const POINTS = 1_000_000;
73
74 const dataSeries = new XyDataSeries(wasmContext, { capacity: POINTS, isSorted: true, containsNaN: false });
75 sciChartSurface.renderableSeries.add(
76 new FastLineRenderableSeries(wasmContext, {
77 dataSeries,
78 stroke: appTheme.VividSkyBlue,
79 strokeThickness: 2,
80 })
81 );
82
83 sciChartSurface.chartModifiers.add(
84 new ZoomExtentsModifier(),
85 new ZoomPanModifier({ enableZoom: true }),
86 new MouseWheelZoomModifier()
87 );
88
89 let updateTimeSpans: (newTimeSpans: TTimeSpan[]) => void = () => null;
90
91 const xValues = new Float64Array(POINTS);
92 const yValues = new Float64Array(POINTS);
93
94 // Buttons for chart
95 const loadPoints = () => {
96 // Clear state
97 dataSeries.clear();
98 const newTimeSpans: TTimeSpan[] = [];
99
100 // Start clouting Points generation time
101 const generateTimestamp = Date.now();
102
103 let prevYValue = 0;
104 for (let i = 0; i < POINTS; i++) {
105 const curYValue = Math.random() * 10 - 5;
106
107 xValues[i] = i;
108 yValues[i] = prevYValue + curYValue;
109
110 prevYValue += curYValue;
111 }
112
113 // Add the first time span: Generating 1M data points
114 newTimeSpans.push({
115 title: "Generate 1M Data Points",
116 durationMs: Date.now() - generateTimestamp,
117 });
118
119 // Start counting batch append time
120 const appendTimestamp = Date.now();
121 dataSeries.appendRange(xValues, yValues);
122
123 // Add the second time span: Generation of data point
124 newTimeSpans.push({
125 title: "Append 1M Data Points",
126 durationMs: Date.now() - appendTimestamp,
127 });
128
129 // Subscribe to sciChartSurface.rendered event,
130 // and calculate time duration between the append and
131 // the first frame after it
132 const firstFrameTimestamp = Date.now();
133 let frameIndex: number = 0;
134 let nextFramesTimestamp: number;
135 const handler = () => {
136 if (frameIndex === 0) {
137 // Add the third time span: Render the first frame
138 newTimeSpans.push({
139 title: "Render the frame",
140 durationMs: Date.now() - firstFrameTimestamp,
141 });
142 nextFramesTimestamp = Date.now();
143 } else {
144 // Unsubscribe from sciChartSurface.rendered
145 updateTimeSpans(newTimeSpans);
146 sciChartSurface.rendered.unsubscribe(handler);
147
148 // Zoom extents at the end of performance measurement
149 sciChartSurface.zoomExtents(250);
150 }
151 setTimeout(sciChartSurface.invalidateElement, 0);
152 // Increment frame index
153 frameIndex++;
154 };
155 sciChartSurface.rendered.subscribe(handler);
156 };
157
158 let timerId: NodeJS.Timeout;
159 const startUpdate = () => {
160 timerId = setInterval(loadPoints, 200);
161 };
162
163 const stopUpdate = () => {
164 clearInterval(timerId);
165 };
166
167 const reloadOnce = () => {
168 loadPoints();
169 };
170
171 const subscribeToInfo = (listener: (newTimeSpans: TTimeSpan[]) => void) => {
172 updateTimeSpans = listener;
173 };
174
175 return { sciChartSurface, controls: { startUpdate, stopUpdate, reloadOnce, subscribeToInfo } };
176};
177This example demonstrates how to efficiently render one million data points using SciChart.js in a pure JavaScript environment. The example focuses on generating a large dataset, appending it to an XyDataSeries using high performance techniques, and measuring the performance of data generation, appending, and rendering using JavaScript timestamps.
The implementation initializes the chart with a WASM context via the call to SciChartSurface.create(), which is documented in the Creating a new SciChartSurface and loading Wasm guide. It adds NumericAxis with fixed visible ranges and creates a FastLineRenderableSeries. The example uses typed arrays (Float64Array) to store the x and y values for one million data points, ensuring optimal performance. Batch appending of the data is performed with the XyDataSeries.appendRange() method, a technique explained under Performance Tips & Tricks. Performance is measured by recording different timestamps before and after data generation, appending, and the rendering of the first frame.
Key features include real-time update capabilities where data is refreshed every 200 milliseconds using setInterval, as well as dynamic watermark annotations added with the TextAnnotation type. These annotations are positioned relative to the chart area, which allows for adaptable watermarking even when the chart dimensions change. More details about using TextAnnotation in SciChart.js can be found in the TextAnnotation Documentation. Additionally, the example demonstrates the use of essential chart modifiers such as ZoomExtentsModifier, ZoomPanModifier, and MouseWheelZoomModifier to enable intuitive zooming and panning; you can review how to add such behavior in the Adding Zooming, Panning Behavior guide.
Designed entirely in JavaScript, this example highlights best practices for performance optimization in charting applications, such as the usage of typed arrays for data handling and batch updates to the data series for improved rendering efficiency. It also illustrates real-time update patterns by subscribing to the chart’s rendered event and measuring performance using JavaScript Date timestamps. Developers looking to integrate similar techniques into their applications can also explore realtime chart updates as described in the Adding Realtime Updates tutorial. Overall, this example serves as a practical reference for handling large datasets with SciChart.js while maintaining high performance and smooth user interactions.

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