How to use two Y axes in Chart.js v2?

Question

I am trying to create a line chart with two datasets, each with its own Y scale / axis (one to the left, one to the right of the graph) using Chart.js.

This is my code (jsfiddle):

var canvas = document.getElementById('chart');
new Chart(canvas, {
  type: 'line',
  data: {
    labels: [ '1', '2', '3', '4', '5' ],
    datasets: [
      {
        label: 'A',
        yAxesGroup: 'A',
        data: [ 100, 96, 84, 76, 69 ]
      },
      {
        label: 'B',
        yAxesGroup: 'B',
        data: [ 1, 1, 1, 1, 0 ]
      }
    ]
  },
  options: {
    yAxes: [
      {
        name: 'A',
        type: 'linear',
        position: 'left',
        scalePositionLeft: true
      },
      {
        name: 'B',
        type: 'linear',
        position: 'right',
        scalePositionLeft: false,
        min: 0,
        max: 1
      }
    ]
  }
});

However, the second axis is not visible and the second dataset is still scaled exactly as the first (0 to 100 instead of 0 to 1). What do I need to change?

Answer 1

For ChartJs 2.x only a couple changes need to be made (it looks like you have tried to combine 2.x options with the multi-axes options from my fork?),

• The yAxes field needs to be in a scales object
• the yAxis is referenced by id not name.
• For the scale steps/size you just need to wrap these options in a ticks object.
• No need forscalePositionLeft this is covered by position

Example:

var canvas = document.getElementById('chart');
new Chart(canvas, {
  type: 'line',
  data: {
    labels: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'],
    datasets: [{
      label: 'A',
      yAxisID: 'A',
      data: [100, 96, 84, 76, 69]
    }, {
      label: 'B',
      yAxisID: 'B',
      data: [1, 1, 1, 1, 0]
    }]
  },
  options: {
    scales: {
      yAxes: [{
        id: 'A',
        type: 'linear',
        position: 'left',
      }, {
        id: 'B',
        type: 'linear',
        position: 'right',
        ticks: {
          max: 1,
          min: 0
        }
      }]
    }
  }
});

fiddle example

Answer 2

The accepted answer no longer works as of 3.5, and the cause is listed as part of the breaking changes for 3.X (See 3.x Migration Guide)

The updated code below changes the scales property, from scales: {yScales: [...]} to scales: {[id]: {[options]}} , and also adds fill: true, (Was changed at 3.X from defaulting to true) and tension: 0.4 (The example provided before does have smooth curves, and seems like it was an undocumented "breaking" change)

var canvas = document.getElementById('myChart');
new Chart(canvas, {
    type: 'line',
    data: {
        labels: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'],
        datasets: [{
            label: 'A',
            yAxisID: 'A',
            data: [100, 96, 84, 76, 69],
            fill: true,
            tension: 0.4
        }, {
            label: 'B',
            yAxisID: 'B',
            data: [1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
            fill: true,
            tension: 0.4
        }]
    },
    options: {
        scales: {
            A: {
                type: 'linear',
                position: 'left',
            },
            B: {
                type: 'linear',
                position: 'right',
                ticks: {
                    max: 1,
                    min: 0
                }
            }
        }
    }
});