amcharts.getCategoryName

amcharts.getCategoryName(rawData: Object)

Returns the name of a field that represents a category in data for the chart.

Parameters

Parameter/Type	Description
rawData Object	Raw data that contains the category (check out the structure of `rawData` in getData()).

Returns a string, which is the name of a field representing a category in the chart's data.

1) Setting the categoryField for pie series:

am5percent.PieSeries.new(root, {
  categoryField: pivot.amcharts.getCategoryName(rawData),
  // ...
})

See the full code on JSFiddle.

2) Setting the categoryField for the Category axis in a radar chart:

let xAxis = chart.xAxes.push(am5xy.CategoryAxis.new(root, {
  categoryField: pivot.amcharts.getCategoryName(rawData),
  renderer: xRenderer
}));

See an example on JSFiddle.

Setting the name for the amCharts 4 Category axis:

let categoryAxis = chart.xAxes.push(new am4charts.CategoryAxis());
categoryAxis.dataFields.category = pivot.amcharts.getCategoryName(rawData);

See the full code on JSFiddle.