Highcharts: How to rename series

Question

I'm using highcharts in my web application and I was wondering if there's any way to rename a series after the chart hast been created??

Thanks in advance!!

Solution 1

There is no method for doing this in the API. You could remove the series and add it again with another name, but that will make the animations run a second time and I think it will be colored with a new color as well.

Solution 2

actually, there's a way now. In highchars 3.0 series added a new api, called update:

chart.series[0].update({name:"name u want to change"}, false);
chart.redraw();

it will not only update the series name below the chart, but the name in tooltip as well.

Cheers!

Solution 3

This seems to work :

chart.series[1].name="Renamed";
chart.redraw();

Comments

[Chris]

Thanks, works pretty well, making the animations run a second time actually looks good, if you take the default settings the color will change, yes, but since you can set the color yourself it's not a problem, either.

[projeqht]

This method works and is recommended over the eolsson's accepted answer.

[Jon Wood]

Seems like adding the false flag doesnt do much though. I took it out and no longer had to call chart.redraw()

[Dan Dascalescu]

Sorry for the downvote, but the question was about how to rename a series, not how to set its name when instantiating the chart. Also, most of the code in the example is irrelevant anyway.

[envynoiz]

According to the documentation provided by Highcharts, the last flag is provided to indicate whether redraw or not the chart.