NG2-Charts Can't bind to 'datasets' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'

Question

I am trying to use the basic example of NG2-Charts (http://valor-software.com/ng2-charts/)

I copy pasted the HTML part

  <div style="display: block">
    <canvas baseChart
        [datasets]="barChartData"
        [labels]="barChartLabels"
        [options]="barChartOptions"
        [legend]="barChartLegend"
        [chartType]="barChartType"
        (chartHover)="chartHovered($event)"
        (chartClick)="chartClicked($event)"></canvas>
  </div>

and the TypeScript part

  private barChartOptions: any = {
    scaleShowVerticalLines: false,
    responsive: true
  };
  private barChartLabels: string[] = ['2006', '2007', '2008', '2009', '2010', '2011', '2012'];
  private barChartType: string = 'bar';
  private barChartLegend: boolean = true;

  private barChartData: any[] = [
    { data: [65, 59, 80, 81, 56, 55, 40], label: 'Series A' },
    { data: [28, 48, 40, 19, 86, 27, 90], label: 'Series B' }
  ];

  // events
  private chartClicked(e: any): void {
      console.log(e);
  }

  private chartHovered(e: any): void {
      console.log(e);
  }

I run npm install ng2-charts --save, npm install chart.js --save and typings install dt~chart.js --save --global

I also imported chart.js in my vendor.ts file

import 'chart.js';

My dependencies:

{
    "@angular/common": "^2.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "2.0.0",
    "@angular/core": "2.0.0",
    "@angular/forms": "2.0.0",
    "@angular/http": "2.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "2.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "2.0.0",
    "@angular/router": "3.0.0",
    "angular2-jwt": "^0.1.18",
    "chart.js": "^2.3.0",
    "core-js": "^2.4.0",
    "json-loader": "^0.5.4",
    "moment": "^2.14.1",
    "ng2-charts": "^1.4.0",
    "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.11",
    "zone.js": "^0.6.23"
  }

Here is the Error

Unhandled Promise rejection: Template parse errors:
Can't bind to 'datasets' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("iuminfooneoptionsTwo">
            <div style="display: block">
                <canvas baseChart [ERROR ->][datasets]="barChartData" [labels]="barChartLabels" [options]="barChartOptions" [legend]="barChartLeg"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:34
Can't bind to 'labels' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("          <div style="display: block">
                <canvas baseChart [datasets]="barChartData" [ERROR ->][labels]="barChartLabels" [options]="barChartOptions" [legend]="barChartLegend" [chartType]="barChart"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:60
Can't bind to 'options' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("lay: block">
                <canvas baseChart [datasets]="barChartData" [labels]="barChartLabels" [ERROR ->][options]="barChartOptions" [legend]="barChartLegend" [chartType]="barChartType" (chartHover)="chartH"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:86
Can't bind to 'legend' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("  <canvas baseChart [datasets]="barChartData" [labels]="barChartLabels" [options]="barChartOptions" [ERROR ->][legend]="barChartLegend" [chartType]="barChartType" (chartHover)="chartHovered($event)" (chartClick)"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:114
Can't bind to 'chartType' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("ets]="barChartData" [labels]="barChartLabels" [options]="barChartOptions" [legend]="barChartLegend" [ERROR ->][chartType]="barChartType" (chartHover)="chartHovered($event)" (chartClick)="chartClicked($event)">
"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:140 ; Zone: <root> ; Task: Promise.then ; Value: Error: Template parse errors:(…) Error: Template parse errors:
Can't bind to 'datasets' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("iuminfooneoptionsTwo">
            <div style="display: block">
                <canvas baseChart [ERROR ->][datasets]="barChartData" [labels]="barChartLabels" [options]="barChartOptions" [legend]="barChartLeg"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:34
Can't bind to 'labels' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("          <div style="display: block">
                <canvas baseChart [datasets]="barChartData" [ERROR ->][labels]="barChartLabels" [options]="barChartOptions" [legend]="barChartLegend" [chartType]="barChart"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:60
Can't bind to 'options' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("lay: block">
                <canvas baseChart [datasets]="barChartData" [labels]="barChartLabels" [ERROR ->][options]="barChartOptions" [legend]="barChartLegend" [chartType]="barChartType" (chartHover)="chartH"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:86
Can't bind to 'legend' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("  <canvas baseChart [datasets]="barChartData" [labels]="barChartLabels" [options]="barChartOptions" [ERROR ->][legend]="barChartLegend" [chartType]="barChartType" (chartHover)="chartHovered($event)" (chartClick)"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:114
Can't bind to 'chartType' since it isn't a known property of 'canvas'. ("ets]="barChartData" [labels]="barChartLabels" [options]="barChartOptions" [legend]="barChartLegend" [ERROR ->][chartType]="barChartType" (chartHover)="chartHovered($event)" (chartClick)="chartClicked($event)">
"): PlayerprofileComponent@39:140
    at TemplateParser.parse (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/vendor.js:623:1), <anonymous>:133:19)
    at RuntimeCompiler._compileTemplate (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/vendor.js:2103:1), <anonymous>:244:51)
    at eval (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/vendor.js:2103:1), <anonymous>:167:83)
    at Set.forEach (native)
    at compile (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/vendor.js:2103:1), <anonymous>:167:47)
    at ZoneDelegate.invoke (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/polyfills.js:4105:1), <anonymous>:192:28)
    at Zone.run (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/polyfills.js:4105:1), <anonymous>:85:43)
    at eval (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/polyfills.js:4105:1), <anonymous>:451:57)
    at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/polyfills.js:4105:1), <anonymous>:225:37)
    at Zone.runTask (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/polyfills.js:4105:1), <anonymous>:125:47)
    at drainMicroTaskQueue (eval at <anonymous> (http://localhost:8080/polyfills.js:4105:1), <anonymous>:357:35)

The NG2-Charts website says I need to include this in the HTML

<script src="node_modules/chart.js/src/chart.js"></script>

But I think thats not correct because how would that statement work in a productive minified / built app? I also thought my webpack import statement would already take care of that? I googled around but sadly only found stuff for some Angular 2 Beta version on NG2 Charts.

Does anyone has an idea on how to fix that?

Thanks and Cheers, Raphael Hippe

Answer 1

Try importing ChartsModule in your app.module.ts like this-

import { ChartsModule } from 'ng2-charts/ng2-charts';

imports: [
   .....
   ChartsModule
   .....
]