Error while using orgchart: Cannot read property '_aZ' of null

Question

I'm trying to use this organization chart library at http://www.getorgchart.com

With few nodes works flawless, however, when I try to load the entire organization (around 1100 subjects with several nested levels) I get this console error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '_aZ' of null

And fails to display the chart.

Any help will be apreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

After some research, I've solved this.

The problem is that you need your dataSource ordered by parents first (this is not stated in the documentation); let's look at this example in the initialize on the client online demo:

    $('#people').getOrgChart({
    theme: "vivian",
    primaryColumns: ["name", "title", "phone", "mail", "postcode"],
    imageColumn: "image",
    gridView: true,
    dataSource:[            
        { id: 1, parentId: null, name: "Elizabeth Horton", title: "Founder", phone: "(03) 9252 4642" , image: "images/f-46.jpg", mail:"elizabeth.horton@live.com", postcode: "PH2 2SR" },
        { id: 2, parentId: 1, name: "Emily Horton", title: "Fork lift operator", phone: "(08) 9015 4407", image: "images/f-45.jpg", mail:"emily.horton@live.com", postcode: "BA5 0AP"  },
        { id: 3, parentId: 1, name: "Robert Nolan", title: "Blockmason", phone: "(02) 6747 7998", image: "images/f-41.jpg", mail:"robert.nolan@live.com", postcode: "BH9 4NG"  },
        { id: 4, parentId: 1, name: "Callum Anderson", title: "System operator", phone: "(03) 5314 0473", image: "images/f-43.jpg", mail:"callum.anderson@live.com", postcode: "HR6 8ZF"  },
        { id: 5, parentId: 4, name: "Courtney John", title: "System operator", phone: "(03) 5314 0473", image: "images/f-42.jpg", mail:"courtney.john@live.com", postcode: "OL4 6WF"  }
    ]
});

If I change the order of Elizabeth Horton who is the head of the organization to the bottom of the dataSource like:

$('#people').getOrgChart({
    theme: "vivian",
    primaryColumns: ["name", "title", "phone", "mail", "postcode"],
    imageColumn: "image",
    gridView: true,
    dataSource:[            
        { id: 2, parentId: 1, name: "Emily Horton", title: "Fork lift operator", phone: "(08) 9015 4407", image: "images/f-45.jpg", mail:"emily.horton@live.com", postcode: "BA5 0AP"  },
        { id: 3, parentId: 1, name: "Robert Nolan", title: "Blockmason", phone: "(02) 6747 7998", image: "images/f-41.jpg", mail:"robert.nolan@live.com", postcode: "BH9 4NG"  },
        { id: 4, parentId: 1, name: "Callum Anderson", title: "System operator", phone: "(03) 5314 0473", image: "images/f-43.jpg", mail:"callum.anderson@live.com", postcode: "HR6 8ZF"  },
        { id: 5, parentId: 4, name: "Courtney John", title: "System operator", phone: "(03) 5314 0473", image: "images/f-42.jpg", mail:"courtney.john@live.com", postcode: "OL4 6WF"  },
        { id: 1, parentId: null, name: "Elizabeth Horton", title: "Founder", phone: "(03) 9252 4642" , image: "images/f-46.jpg", mail:"elizabeth.horton@live.com", postcode: "PH2 2SR" }
    ]
});

I got this error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '_aZ' of null

So I hope that answering my own question helps other people with the same problem.

Cheers!