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Spotlight: Highcharts for Business Analytics

Create professional business charts and analytics dashboards with Highcharts.

M. WarbleJune 25, 20261 min read
Spotlight: Highcharts for Business Analytics

Highcharts is used by 80% of the world's largest companies for data visualization. Oorian's wrapper provides full access to its extensive charting capabilities through Java.

Why Highcharts?

  • Enterprise-grade: Used by Fortune 500 companies
  • 20+ chart types: Line, bar, pie, scatter, stock, maps, and more
  • Export: Built-in PDF, PNG, SVG export
  • Accessibility: WCAG 2.1 compliant

Basic Chart

HcChart chart = new HcChart(ChartType.LINE);
chart.setTitle("Monthly Revenue");
chart.setSubtitle("2025 Fiscal Year");

HcSeries series = new HcSeries("Revenue");
series.setData(45000, 52000, 48000, 61000, 58000, 72000);
chart.addSeries(series);

body.addElement(chart);

Stock Charts

HcStockChart stockChart = new HcStockChart();
stockChart.setTitle("ACME Stock Price");

HcOHLCSeries ohlc = new HcOHLCSeries("ACME");
ohlc.setData(stockData);  // Open, High, Low, Close data
stockChart.addSeries(ohlc);

// Add volume
HcColumnSeries volume = new HcColumnSeries("Volume");
volume.setData(volumeData);
stockChart.addSeries(volume);

body.addElement(stockChart);

Conclusion

Highcharts integration brings professional-grade charting to Oorian applications with comprehensive options for business analytics and reporting.

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