Server Traffic Dashboard

Demonstrates handling realtime big data with different chart types using SciChart.js, High Performance JavaScript Charts

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index.tsx

containerSizeHooks.ts

theme.ts

after-all-charts-init.ts

chart-configurations.ts

chart-types.ts

data-generation.ts

GridLayoutModifier.ts

main-chart-config.ts

ModifierGroup.ts

Overview.tsx

page-statistics-chart-config.ts

region-statistic-charts.ts

server-load-chart-config.ts

ThresholdSlider.tsx

VisibleRangeSynchronizationManager.ts

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1import { IThemeProvider, SciChartJsNavyTheme } from "scichart";
2
3const getCssColor = (cssVar: string, fallback: string): string => {
4    if (typeof document === "undefined") {
5        return fallback;
6    }
7    const cssValue = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(cssVar).trim();
8    return cssValue || fallback;
9};
10
11type TRgbColor = { r: number; g: number; b: number };
12
13const parseCssColorToRgb = (color: string): TRgbColor | undefined => {
14    const trimmed = color.trim();
15
16    if (trimmed.startsWith("#")) {
17        let hex = trimmed.slice(1);
18        if (hex.length === 3 || hex.length === 4) {
19            hex = hex
20                .slice(0, 3)
21                .split("")
22                .map((channel) => channel + channel)
23                .join("");
24        } else if (hex.length === 6 || hex.length === 8) {
25            hex = hex.slice(0, 6);
26        } else {
27            return undefined;
28        }
29
30        if (!/^[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/.test(hex)) {
31            return undefined;
32        }
33
34        return {
35            r: Number.parseInt(hex.slice(0, 2), 16),
36            g: Number.parseInt(hex.slice(2, 4), 16),
37            b: Number.parseInt(hex.slice(4, 6), 16),
38        };
39    }
40
41    const rgbMatch = trimmed.match(/^rgba?\((.+)\)$/i);
42    if (!rgbMatch) {
43        return undefined;
44    }
45
46    const channels = rgbMatch[1]
47        .split(",")
48        .slice(0, 3)
49        .map((channel) => Number.parseFloat(channel.trim()));
50
51    if (channels.length !== 3 || channels.some((channel) => !Number.isFinite(channel))) {
52        return undefined;
53    }
54
55    const clamp = (value: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min(255, value));
56
57    return {
58        r: clamp(channels[0]),
59        g: clamp(channels[1]),
60        b: clamp(channels[2]),
61    };
62};
63
64const getPerceivedBrightness = (color: string): number | undefined => {
65    const rgb = parseCssColorToRgb(color);
66    if (!rgb) return undefined;
67
68    // WCAG-adjacent perceptual weighting for quick dark/light detection.
69    return (rgb.r * 299 + rgb.g * 587 + rgb.b * 114) / 1000;
70};
71
72export interface AppThemeBase {
73    SciChartJsTheme: IThemeProvider;
74
75    // general colors
76    isDark: boolean;
77    ForegroundColor: string;
78    Background: string;
79
80    // Series colors
81    VividSkyBlue: string;
82    VividPink: string;
83    VividTeal: string;
84    VividOrange: string;
85    VividBlue: string;
86    VividPurple: string;
87    VividGreen: string;
88    VividRed: string;
89
90    MutedSkyBlue: string;
91    MutedPink: string;
92    MutedTeal: string;
93    MutedOrange: string;
94    MutedBlue: string;
95    MutedPurple: string;
96    MutedRed: string;
97
98    PaleSkyBlue: string;
99    PalePink: string;
100    PaleTeal: string;
101    PaleOrange: string;
102    PaleBlue: string;
103    PalePurple: string;
104}
105
106export class SciChart2022AppTheme implements AppThemeBase {
107    SciChartJsTheme = new SciChartJsNavyTheme();
108
109    // Dynamic colors
110    get isDark() {
111        const brightness = getPerceivedBrightness(this.Background);
112        return brightness === undefined || brightness < 128;
113    }
114    get TextColor() { return this.ForegroundColor; }
115    get ForegroundColor() {
116        return getCssColor("--text", "#F5F5F5");
117    }
118    get Background() {
119        return getCssColor("--bg-chart", this.SciChartJsTheme.sciChartBackground);
120    }
121
122    // Series colors
123    VividSkyBlue = "#50C7E0";
124    VividPink = "#EC0F6C";
125    VividTeal = "#30BC9A";
126    VividOrange = "#F48420";
127    VividBlue = "#364BA0";
128    VividPurple = "#882B91";
129    VividGreen = "#67BDAF";
130    VividRed = "#C52E60";
131
132    DarkIndigo = "#14233C";
133    Indigo = "#264B93";
134
135    MutedSkyBlue = "#83D2F5";
136    MutedPink = "#DF69A8";
137    MutedTeal = "#7BCAAB";
138    MutedOrange = "#E7C565";
139    MutedBlue = "#537ABD";
140    MutedPurple = "#A16DAE";
141    MutedRed = "#DC7969";
142
143    PaleSkyBlue = "#E4F5FC";
144    PalePink = "#EEB3D2";
145    PaleTeal = "#B9E0D4";
146    PaleOrange = "#F1CFB5";
147    PaleBlue = "#B5BEDF";
148    PalePurple = "#CFB4D5";
149}
150
151export const appTheme = new SciChart2022AppTheme();
152

Server Traffic Dashboard (JavaScript)

Overview

This example, "Server Traffic Dashboard," demonstrates how to create a sophisticated real-time dashboard using SciChart.js with a pure JavaScript approach. The dashboard displays multiple interlinked charts—such as overall request rates, URL statistics, server load, and regional breakdowns—while offering interactive controls and smooth animations to provide deep insights into server traffic patterns.

Technical Implementation

The implementation leverages SciChart.js’s core capabilities to handle high-performance rendering and real-time updates. For instance, the synchronization of the x-axis visible range across charts is managed by the custom VisibleRangeSynchronizationManager, a solution that follows the practices outlined in the Synchronizing Multiple Charts documentation. In addition, a GridLayoutModifier is used to dynamically rearrange the server load chart into a grid of sub-charts, a technique closely related to concepts found in the What is the SubCharts API? documentation. The code also makes extensive use of data grouping and filtering techniques to efficiently process large datasets in JavaScript. CustomPaletteProvider dynamically adjusts the color of data points based on computed values (such as average duration), a feature that is well explained in the PaletteProvider API reference. Additionally, animations for smooth transitions and updates are implemented using GenericAnimation and WaveAnimation, as described in the Generic Animations documentation.

Features and Capabilities

The dashboard supports real-time updates by clearing and appending new data to the charts, ensuring that the displayed information is always current. Interactive modifiers such as CursorModifier, RolloverModifier, and various zoom and pan modifiers enrich the user experience by providing detailed tooltips and responsive navigation. A notable feature is the interactive threshold slider, which allows users to adjust parameters like the average duration threshold; this, in turn, changes the conditional coloring of data points in real time. These techniques not only improve usability but also demonstrate effective methods for managing large datasets in a high-performance charting environment.

Integration and Best Practices

While some components hint at integrations typically seen with React, this example is implemented entirely with JavaScript. It follows best practices by extending functionality through mechanisms such as chartBuilder.registerFunction — enabling advanced customization and modular configuration as noted in the Complex Options documentation. The example also illustrates how to synchronize mouse events across charts using a custom ModifierGroup, ensuring that user interactions such as hovering and selection are consistently propagated. Developers looking to optimize performance and interactivity in their own projects should review the Performance Tips & Tricks documentation for further guidance.

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