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Here's a step-by-step example of adding a custom ECharts chart to Superset, 
modeled on how existing plugins like Gauge are built.

**1. Create a directory** under 
`superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/YourChartType/` with this 
structure 
[[1]](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/829e4d92d91ceae4b43b1ed3b063ffe45377799c/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Gauge):

```
YourChartType/
├── images/
│   ├── thumbnail.png
│   └── example1.jpg
├── index.ts            # Plugin class
├── EchartsYourChart.tsx # React component
├── controlPanel.tsx    # UI controls
├── transformProps.ts   # Data → ECharts options
├── buildQuery.ts       # Query construction
├── types.ts            # TypeScript interfaces
└── constants.ts        # Default config
```

**2. Plugin class (`index.ts`)** — registers your chart with Superset 
[[2]](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/829e4d92d91ceae4b43b1ed3b063ffe45377799c/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Gauge/index.ts):

```typescript
import { t, Behavior } from '@superset-ui/core';
import controlPanel from './controlPanel';
import transformProps from './transformProps';
import buildQuery from './buildQuery';
import thumbnail from './images/thumbnail.png';
import { EchartsChartPlugin } from '../types';
import { EchartsYourChartFormData, EchartsYourChartProps } from './types';

export default class EchartsYourChartPlugin extends EchartsChartPlugin<
  EchartsYourChartFormData,
  EchartsYourChartProps
> {
  constructor() {
    super({
      buildQuery,
      controlPanel,
      loadChart: () => import('./EchartsYourChart'),
      metadata: {
        behaviors: [Behavior.InteractiveChart, Behavior.DrillToDetail],
        category: t('ECharts'),
        credits: ['https://echarts.apache.org'],
        description: t('My custom ECharts chart'),
        name: t('Your Chart Name'),
        tags: [t('ECharts'), t('Custom')],
        thumbnail,
      },
      transformProps,
    });
  }
}
```

**3. Build query (`buildQuery.ts`)** — usually simple 
[[3]](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/829e4d92d91ceae4b43b1ed3b063ffe45377799c/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Gauge/buildQuery.ts):

```typescript
import { buildQueryContext, QueryFormData } from '@superset-ui/core';

export default function buildQuery(formData: QueryFormData) {
  return buildQueryContext(formData, baseQueryObject => [
    { ...baseQueryObject },
  ]);
}
```

**4. Transform props (`transformProps.ts`)** — this is where you map Superset 
data into ECharts options 
[[4]](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/829e4d92d91ceae4b43b1ed3b063ffe45377799c/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Gauge/transformProps.ts):

```typescript
import { EChartsCoreOption } from 'echarts';
import { DataRecord } from '@superset-ui/core';

export default function transformProps(chartProps) {
  const { width, height, formData, queriesData } = chartProps;
  const data = (queriesData[0]?.data || []) as DataRecord[];

  // Transform your data into ECharts format
  const echartOptions: EChartsCoreOption = {
    series: [
      {
        type: 'yourEchartsType', // e.g. 'candlestick', 'parallel', etc.
        data: data.map(row => ({
          // Map Superset data to ECharts data format
        })),
      },
    ],
    // Add any other ECharts options (tooltip, legend, xAxis, yAxis, etc.)
  };

  return { formData, width, height, echartOptions, refs: {} };
}
```

**5. React component (`EchartsYourChart.tsx`)** — just a thin wrapper 
[[5]](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/829e4d92d91ceae4b43b1ed3b063ffe45377799c/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Gauge/EchartsGauge.tsx):

```typescript
import Echart from '../components/Echart';

export default function EchartsYourChart(props) {
  const { height, width, echartOptions, refs } = props;
  return (
    <Echart refs={refs} height={height} width={width} 
echartOptions={echartOptions} />
  );
}
```

**6. Export from the package** — add to 
`superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/index.ts` 
[[6]](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/829e4d92d91ceae4b43b1ed3b063ffe45377799c/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/index.ts):

```typescript
export { default as EchartsYourChartPlugin } from './YourChartType';
```

**7. Register in MainPreset** — add to 
`superset-frontend/src/visualizations/presets/MainPreset.js` 
[[7]](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/829e4d92d91ceae4b43b1ed3b063ffe45377799c/superset-frontend/src/visualizations/presets/MainPreset.js#L45-L72):

```javascript
import { EchartsYourChartPlugin } from '@superset-ui/plugin-chart-echarts';

// Inside the plugins array:
new EchartsYourChartPlugin().configure({ key: 'echarts_your_chart' }),
```

That's it! After these changes, rebuild the frontend (`npm run build` or 
restart the dev server) and your new chart type will appear in the chart picker.

The key insight is that `transformProps` is where the real work happens — you 
take Superset's query results and construct the ECharts option object exactly 
as you would from the [ECharts 
documentation](https://echarts.apache.org/en/option.html). The rest is 
boilerplate registration and wiring.


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