---
title: useChart
description: Provides utilities to manage and format data for charts
---

The `useChart` hook provides a set of utilities to manage and format data for
charts efficiently. It offers various helpers for:

- aggregating the series data to compute values such as totals, minimums,
  maximums, and percentages
- formatting **numbers and dates**
- querying **color, size, and spacing** tokens

## Usage

```tsx
import { useChart } from "@chakra-ui/charts"
```

```tsx
const chart = useChart({
  data: [
    { date: "2024-01-01", revenue: 1000 },
    { date: "2024-01-02", revenue: 2000 },
    { date: "2024-01-03", revenue: 3000 },
  ],
  series: [{ name: "revenue", color: "blue.500" }],
})
```

## Series

### `getKey`

Returns the key for a given series item. It's an identity function but provides
a **typesafe** way to access the series data.

```tsx
const key = chart.getKey("revenue")
```

## Aggregation

### `getTotal`

Computes the **total sum** of a given series across all entries.

```tsx
console.log(chart.getTotal("revenue")) // 6000
```

### `getMin`

Finds the **minimum value** for a given key in the dataset.

```tsx
console.log(chart.getMin("revenue")) // 1000
```

### `getMax`

Finds the **maximum value** for a given key in the dataset.

```tsx
console.log(chart.getMax("revenue")) // 3000
```

### `getValuePercent`

Calculates **the percentage** of a value relative to the dataset or a given
domain.

```tsx
const percentage = chart.getValuePercent("revenue", 5000)
console.log(percentage) // 0.5
```

## Formatting

### `formatNumber`

Formats numbers using the current locale from `EnvironmentProvider` and
`Intl.NumberFormatOptions` provided.

```tsx
const format = chart.formatNumber({ style: "currency", currency: "USD" })
console.log(format(1000)) // "$1,000.00"
```

### `formatDate`

Formats a date string based on **locale settings**.

```tsx
const formatDate = chart.formatDate({ year: "numeric", month: "short" })
console.log(formatDate("2024-03-28")) // "Mar 2024"
```

## Design Tokens

### `color`

Retrieves a **Chakra UI color token**.

```tsx
const barColor = chart.color("blue.500") // var(--chakra-colors-blue-500)
```

### `size`

Retrieves a **Chakra UI size token**.

```tsx
const chartSize = chart.size("4") // var(--chakra-sizes-4)
```

### `spacing`

Retrieves a **Chakra UI spacing token**.

```tsx
const barColor = chart.color("blue.500") // var(--chakra-colors-blue-500)
const chartPadding = chart.spacing("4") // var(--chakra-spacing-4)
```

## Sorting

Automatically sorts the chart data based on a specified key and direction.

```tsx /sort: { by: "date", direction: "asc" }/
const chart = useChart({
  data: [
    { date: "2024-01-01", revenue: 1000 },
    { date: "2024-01-02", revenue: 2000 },
    { date: "2024-01-03", revenue: 3000 },
  ],
  sort: { by: "date", direction: "asc" },
  series: [{ name: "revenue", color: "blue.500" }],
})
```

## Highlighting

When interacting with the chart legends, the series can be highlighted based on
`click` or `hover` events. The `highlightedSeries` state is used to track which
series is currently highlighted.

> This is mostly useful when you have multiple series in the chart.

### `highlightedSeries`

Tracks which series is currently highlighted.

### `setHighlightedSeries`

Sets the highlighted series.

```tsx
chart.setHighlightedSeries("revenue")
```

### `isHighlightedSeries`

Checks if a series is highlighted.

```tsx
const isActive = chart.isHighlightedSeries("revenue")
```

## API Table

| Helper                                | Purpose                           |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| `getSeries(item)`                     | Finds details of a series item    |
| `getSeriesOpacity(name, fallback)`    | Controls series opacity           |
| `getTotal(key)`                       | Computes total sum of a key       |
| `getMin(key)`                         | Gets minimum value for a key      |
| `getMax(key)`                         | Gets maximum value for a key      |
| `getValuePercent(key, value, domain)` | Calculates percentage of a value  |
| `formatNumber(options)`               | Formats numbers based on locale   |
| `formatDate(options)`                 | Formats dates based on locale     |
| `color(key)`                          | Retrieves Chakra UI color token   |
| `size(key)`                           | Retrieves Chakra UI size token    |
| `spacing(key)`                        | Retrieves Chakra UI spacing token |
| `data`                                | The resolved chart data           |
| `highlightedSeries`                   | Tracks highlighted series         |
| `setHighlightedSeries(name)`          | Sets highlighted series           |
| `isHighlightedSeries(name)`           | Checks if a series is highlighted |