title: Kendo UI data format for yearly data
body: <p>I'm pretty new to Kendo UI, and am having some trouble understanding how to format some data, and how to get it into a chart.  I have the following data as an example:</p>
  
  <pre><code> var animals = [
   {
     "Animal": "Dog",
     "2017": 100,
     "2018": 120,
     "2019": 130
   },
   {
     "Animal": "Cat",
     "2017": 50,
     "2018": 40,
     "2019": 10
   },
   {
     "Animal": "Mouse",
     "2017": 10,
     "2018": 20,
     "2019": 80
   },
   {
     "Animal": "Pig",
     "2017": 40,
     "2018": 45,
     "2019": 50
   },
   {
     "Animal": "Cow",
     "2017": 80,
     "2018": 65,
     "2019": 60
   }
  ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to get this data into a line chart, with the years along the x axis, and the corresponding value on the y axis.  The different animals would be represented by individual lines on the line chart.</p>
  
  <p>I've searched the web for a while to find an answer to this, but haven't been able to find anything.  If anyone would be able to help me get started with this issue, or point me to a helpful tutorial, I would really appreciate it.</p>