Title: Bubble chart throws “error 17”
Last modified: June 27, 2017

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# Bubble chart throws “error 17”

 *  Resolved [Patrick Johanneson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjohanneson/)
 * (@pjohanneson)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bubble-chart-throws-error-17/)
 * When I try to set the chart type to **Bubble**, the Publish / Update button becomes
   greyed out and the following error appears in the JS console:
 *     ```
       highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:10 Uncaught Error: Highcharts error #17: www.highcharts.com/errors/17
           at Object.a.error (http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:10:49)
           at a.Chart.initSeries (http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:240:283)
           at http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:264:42
           at Array.forEach (native)
           at a.each (http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:26:471)
           at a.Chart.firstRender (http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:264:13)
           at a.Chart.init (http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:240:174)
           at a.Chart.getArgs (http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:239:189)
           at a.Chart (http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:238:501)
           at a.fn.init.G.jQuery.G.jQuery.fn.highcharts (http://new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca/economic-impact/wp-content/plugins/m-chart/components/external/highcharts/highcharts.js?ver=1.6.2:31:67)
       ```
   
 * According to the supplied URL ([https://www.highcharts.com/errors/17](https://www.highcharts.com/errors/17)),“
   error 17” means:
 * >  **The requested series type does not exist**
   >  This error happens when you 
   > are setting `chart.type` or `series.type` to a series type that isn’t defined
   > in Highcharts. A typical reason may be that your are missing the extension 
   > file where the series type is defined, for example in order to run an `arearange`
   > series you need to load the `highcharts-more.js` file.
 * Any assistance would be appreciated.

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 *  Thread Starter [Patrick Johanneson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjohanneson/)
 * (@pjohanneson)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bubble-chart-throws-error-17/#post-9269752)
 * I found a work-around.
 * In `m-chart/components/class-m-chart-highcharts.php`, I changed this:
 *     ```
       if ( 'bubble' == $this->post_meta['type'] ) {
           wp_enqueue_script( 'highcharts-more' );
       }
       ```
   
 * to this:
 *     ```
       // if ( 'bubble' == $this->post_meta['type'] ) {
           wp_enqueue_script( 'highcharts-more' );
       // }
       ```
   
 * ie, I forced the `highcharts-more` script to always load. That made it work.
 * (I think the issue is probably more to do with the `highcharts-more` script not
   being enqueued in the admin screens when the chart type is changed to Bubble.
   I’m guessing it’s an AJAX thing.)
 *  Plugin Author [methnen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/methnen/)
 * (@methnen)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bubble-chart-throws-error-17/#post-9326210)
 * Nice find Patrick. I need to adjust that. The not loading it all the time was
   meant for the front end.
 * So this would be preserve that:
 *     ```
       if ( 'bubble' == $this->post_meta['type'] || is_admin() ) {
           wp_enqueue_script( 'highcharts-more' );
       }
       ```
   
 * I’ll make sure this gets patched in the next version.

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