Day vs Time on Scatter plot - datetime

Question

I want to have a day vs timescatter plot. I have some unix time values. I just need to plot them on X and Y axis such that the days of the week (e.g. Monday, Tuseday etc.) on the X axis and the time e.g.(2:24,13:40 etc. ) on the Y axis. I have tried using the datetime type. But I think I am missing something.
Here is what I have tried to do:
data=[["Saturday", 1390723133.57414], ["Sunday", 1390803027.3852], ["Monday", 1390862581.18321], ["Monday", 1390830748.67335], ["Wedneday", 1391015403.93726], ["Wedneday", 1391006992.20059], ["Sunday", 1390804961.8415]]
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'scatter',
zoomType: 'xy'
},
title: {
text: 'test'
},
xAxis: {
title: {
enabled: true,
text: 'Day of the week'
},
startOnTick: true,
endOnTick: true,
showLastLabel: true,
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Time of the day'
},
type: 'datetime',
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'left',
verticalAlign: 'top',
x: 100,
y: 70,
floating: true,
backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF',
borderWidth: 1
},
plotOptions: {
scatter: {
marker: {
radius: 5,
states: {
hover: {
enabled: true,
lineColor: 'rgb(100,100,100)'
}
}
},
states: {
hover: {
marker: {
enabled: false
}
}
}
}
},
series: [{
name: '',
color: 'rgba(223, 83, 83, .5)',
data: data
}]
});
});
});

Answer 1

You need parse your data to correct format, because in data array you need to have timestamps or numbers, not days / strings as you have.