var WIDTH = 800; var HEIGHT = 600; var runs = [ { id: 1, date: 'October 1, 2017', distance: 5.2 }, { id: 2, date: 'October 2, 2017', distance: 6.4 }, { id: 3, date: 'October 3, 2017', distance: 8.7 } ] d3.select('svg') .style('width', WIDTH) .style('height', HEIGHT); var yScale = d3.scaleLinear(); yScale.range([HEIGHT, 0]); // yMin = d3.min(runs, function(datum, index){ // return datum.distance; // }) // yMax = d3.max(runs, function(datum, index){ // return datum.distance; // }) // yScale.domain([yMin, yMax]); yDomain = d3.extent(runs, function(datum, index){ return datum.distance; }) yScale.domain(yDomain); d3.selectAll('circle').data(runs) .attr('cy', function(datum, index){ return yScale(datum.distance); }); var xScale = d3.scaleTime(); xScale.range([0,WIDTH]); xScale.domain([new Date('2017-10-1'), new Date('2017-10-31')]); var parseTime = d3.timeParse("%B%e, %Y"); d3.selectAll('circle') .attr('cx', function(datum, index){ return xScale(parseTime(datum.date)); });