Reply To: chart.options.data.push() error

[dudanesk]

Thanks a lot for your help Manoj.
The JSFiddle I created was a simplified version of my code and, while I do understand your answer (object vs string), I still have a hard time implementing this solution in my actual code. I think I’m going down the wrong path and need to be shown the right way to do that. Let me try to explain what I’m doing:
I’m actually getting my series from ajax. The value returned by my ajax query contains a set of different series and looks like that:

{type: “column”, name: “2016”, showInLegend: true, markerType: “square”, markerSize: 5, yValueFormatString: “#,##0.##\” miles\””, dataPoints: [{“label”:”january”,”y”:0},{“label”:”february”,”y”:0},{“label”:”march”,”y”:0},{“label”:”april”,”y”:0},{“label”:”may”,”y”:0},{“label”:”june”,”y”:0},{“label”:”july”,”y”:0},{“label”:”august”,”y”:34.62},{“label”:”september”,”y”:83.38},{“label”:”october”,”y”:62.35},{“label”:”november”,”y”:60},{“label”:”december”,”y”:0}]},{type: “column”, name: “2017”, showInLegend: true, markerType: “square”, markerSize: 5, yValueFormatString: “#,##0.##\” miles\””, dataPoints: [{“label”:”january”,”y”:12.2},{“label”:”february”,”y”:76.13},{“label”:”march”,”y”:52.05},{“label”:”april”,”y”:53.64},{“label”:”may”,”y”:121.1},{“label”:”june”,”y”:161.47},{“label”:”july”,”y”:138.4},{“label”:”august”,”y”:62.85},{“label”:”september”,”y”:83.79},{“label”:”october”,”y”:105.8},{“label”:”november”,”y”:46},{“label”:”december”,”y”:9.35}]},
{type: “column”, name: “2018”, showInLegend: true, markerType: “square”, markerSize: 5, yValueFormatString: “#,##0.##\” miles\””, dataPoints: [{“label”:”january”,”y”:26.41},{“label”:”february”,”y”:30.69},{“label”:”march”,”y”:36.24},{“label”:”april”,”y”:0},{“label”:”may”,”y”:46.24},{“label”:”june”,”y”:234.75},{“label”:”july”,”y”:120.01},{“label”:”august”,”y”:90},{“label”:”september”,”y”:33.05},{“label”:”october”,”y”:58.11},{“label”:”november”,”y”:70.8},{“label”:”december”,”y”:52.84}]},
{type: “column”, name: “2019”, showInLegend: true, markerType: “square”, markerSize: 5, yValueFormatString: “#,##0.##\” miles\””, dataPoints: [{“label”:”january”,”y”:42.11},{“label”:”february”,”y”:7.29},{“label”:”march”,”y”:45.55},{“label”:”april”,”y”:76.4},{“label”:”may”,”y”:112.1},{“label”:”june”,”y”:312.27},{“label”:”july”,”y”:122.1},{“label”:”august”,”y”:13.53},{“label”:”september”,”y”:50.63},{“label”:”october”,”y”:72.14},{“label”:”november”,”y”:166.51},{“label”:”december”,”y”:73.95}]},
{type: “column”, name: “2020”, showInLegend: true, markerType: “square”, markerSize: 5, yValueFormatString: “#,##0.##\” miles\””, dataPoints: [{“label”:”january”,”y”:68.73},{“label”:”february”,”y”:135.42},{“label”:”march”,”y”:114.8},{“label”:”april”,”y”:0},{“label”:”may”,”y”:0},{“label”:”june”,”y”:0},{“label”:”july”,”y”:0},{“label”:”august”,”y”:0},{“label”:”september”,”y”:0},{“label”:”october”,”y”:0},{“label”:”november”,”y”:0},{“label”:”december”,”y”:0}]},

Here, I have a set of 5 series, but it can be more or it can be less.
What I want to do is to update my chart with those series. My limited coding skills are getting me nowhere

$.ajax({
url: “testAjax.php”,
type: “POST”,
data: {
activityType: activityTypeSelected
},
success: function (data) {
var result = JSON.parse(data);
}
});

From there, how do I use “result” to update my already existing chart?