diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/.eslintrc.js b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/.eslintrc.js
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+// https://www.robertcooper.me/using-eslint-and-prettier-in-a-typescript-project
+module.exports = {
+    parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser", // Specifies the ESLint parser
+    parserOptions: {
+        ecmaVersion: 2020, // Allows for the parsing of modern ECMAScript features
+        sourceType: "module", // Allows for the use of imports
+        ecmaFeatures: {
+            jsx: true // Allows for the parsing of JSX
+        }
+    },
+    settings: {
+        react: {
+            version: "999.999.999" // Tells eslint-plugin-react to automatically detect the version of React to use
+        }
+    },
+    extends: [
+        "eslint:recommended",
+        "plugin:react/recommended", // Uses the recommended rules from @eslint-plugin-react
+        "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended" // Uses the recommended rules from @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
+    ],
+    rules: {
+      // Place to specify ESLint rules. Can be used to overwrite rules specified from the extended configs
+      "default-case": "off",
+      "jsx-a11y/alt-text": "off",
+      "jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title": "off",
+      "no-undef": "off",
+      "no-unused-vars": "off",
+      "no-extend-native": "off",
+      "no-throw-literal": "off",
+      "no-useless-concat": "off",
+      "no-mixed-operators": "off",
+      "no-prototype-builtins": "off",
+      "no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs": 0,
+      "prefer-const": "off",
+      "prefer-rest-params": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-useless-constructor": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/interface-name-prefix": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/prefer-namespace-keyword": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types": "off"
+    },
+    "overrides": [
+      {
+        "files": ["*.ts", "*.tsx"],
+        "rules": {
+            "default-case": "off",
+            "jsx-a11y/alt-text": "off",
+            "jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title": "off",
+            "no-var": "off",
+            "no-undef": "off",
+            "no-unused-vars": "off",
+            "no-extend-native": "off",
+            "no-throw-literal": "off",
+            "no-useless-concat": "off",
+            "no-mixed-operators": "off",
+	    "no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs": 0,
+            "no-prototype-builtins": "off",
+            "prefer-const": "off",
+            "prefer-rest-params": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/no-useless-constructor": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/interface-name-prefix": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/prefer-namespace-keyword": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": "off",
+            "@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types": "off"
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  };
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diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/package.json b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/package.json
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index 0000000000..edb515f244
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+++ b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "example-ignite-ui-react",
+  "description": "This project provides example of using Ignite UI for React components",
+  "author": "Infragistics",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "license": "",
+  "homepage": ".",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "set PORT=4200 && react-scripts --max_old_space_size=10240 start",
+    "build": "react-scripts --max_old_space_size=10240 build ",
+    "test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom",
+    "eject": "react-scripts eject",
+    "lint": "eslint ./src/**/*.{ts,tsx}"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "igniteui-react": "18.7.7",
+    "igniteui-react-charts": "18.7.7",
+    "igniteui-react-core": "18.7.7",
+    "igniteui-webcomponents": "5.2.1",
+    "lit-html": "^3.2.0",
+    "react": "^18.2.0",
+    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+    "react-scripts": "^5.0.1",
+    "tslib": "^2.4.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/jest": "^29.2.0",
+    "@types/node": "^18.11.7",
+    "@types/react": "^18.0.24",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.8",
+    "eslint": "^8.33.0",
+    "eslint-config-react": "^1.1.7",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.20.0",
+    "react-app-rewired": "^2.2.1",
+    "typescript": "^4.8.4",
+    "worker-loader": "^3.0.8"
+  },
+  "browserslist": [
+    ">0.2%",
+    "not dead",
+    "not ie <= 11",
+    "not op_mini all"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/public/index.html b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/public/index.html
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index 0000000000..e2d3265576
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+++ b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/public/index.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <title>Sample | Ignite UI | React | infragistics</title>
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://static.infragistics.com/xplatform/images/browsers/react.png" >
+    <link rel="stylesheet"    href="https://static.infragistics.com/xplatform/css/samples/shared.v8.css" />
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="root"></div>
+  </body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/sandbox.config.json b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/sandbox.config.json
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index 0000000000..07f53508eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/sandbox.config.json
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+{
+    "infiniteLoopProtection": false,
+    "hardReloadOnChange": false,
+    "view": "browser"
+}
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diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/EnergyRenewableConsumption.ts b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/EnergyRenewableConsumption.ts
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index 0000000000..f742bbef3b
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+++ b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/EnergyRenewableConsumption.ts
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+export class EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem {
+    public constructor(init: Partial<EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem>) {
+        Object.assign(this, init);
+    }
+
+    public location: string;
+    public year: number;
+    public hydro: number;
+    public solar: number;
+    public wind: number;
+    public other: number;
+
+}
+export class EnergyRenewableConsumption extends Array<EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem> {
+    public constructor(items: Array<EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem> | number = -1) {
+        if (Array.isArray(items)) {
+            super(...items);
+        } else {
+            const newItems = [
+                new EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem(
+                {
+                    location: `China`,
+                    year: 2019,
+                    hydro: 1269.5,
+                    solar: 223,
+                    wind: 405.2,
+                    other: 102.8
+                }),
+                new EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem(
+                {
+                    location: `Europe`,
+                    year: 2019,
+                    hydro: 632.54,
+                    solar: 154,
+                    wind: 461.3,
+                    other: 220.3
+                }),
+                new EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem(
+                {
+                    location: `USA`,
+                    year: 2019,
+                    hydro: 271.16,
+                    solar: 108,
+                    wind: 303.4,
+                    other: 78.34
+                }),
+                new EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem(
+                {
+                    location: `Brazil`,
+                    year: 2019,
+                    hydro: 399.3,
+                    solar: 5.5,
+                    wind: 55.83,
+                    other: 56.25
+                }),
+                new EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem(
+                {
+                    location: `Canada`,
+                    year: 2019,
+                    hydro: 381.98,
+                    solar: 4.3,
+                    wind: 34.17,
+                    other: 10.81
+                }),
+            ];
+            super(...newItems.slice(0));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/index.css b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/index.css
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index 0000000000..98682b8543
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+++ b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/index.css
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+/* shared styles are loaded from: */
+/* https://static.infragistics.com/xplatform/css/samples */
diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/index.tsx b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/index.tsx
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index 0000000000..c12d7d9903
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+++ b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/index.tsx
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+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
+import './index.css';
+
+import { IgrLegendModule, IgrCategoryChartModule, IgrDataChartAnnotationModule, IgrDataChartInteractivityModule, IgrDataChartCoreModule } from 'igniteui-react-charts';
+import { IgrLegend, IgrCategoryChart } from 'igniteui-react-charts';
+import { ComponentRenderer, LegendDescriptionModule, CategoryChartDescriptionModule, DataChartAnnotationDescriptionModule, DataChartInteractivityDescriptionModule, DataChartCoreDescriptionModule } from 'igniteui-react-core';
+import { EnergyRenewableConsumptionItem, EnergyRenewableConsumption } from './EnergyRenewableConsumption';
+import { IgrChartSelection, IgrSeriesMatcher } from 'igniteui-react-charts';
+
+const mods: any[] = [
+    IgrLegendModule,
+    IgrCategoryChartModule,
+    IgrDataChartAnnotationModule,
+    IgrDataChartInteractivityModule,
+    IgrDataChartCoreModule
+];
+mods.forEach((m) => m.register());
+
+export default class Sample extends React.Component<any, any> {
+    private legend: IgrLegend
+    private legendRef(r: IgrLegend) {
+        this.legend = r;
+        this.setState({});
+    }
+    private chart: IgrCategoryChart
+    private chartRef(r: IgrCategoryChart) {
+        this.chart = r;
+        this.setState({});
+    }
+
+    constructor(props: any) {
+        super(props);
+
+        this.legendRef = this.legendRef.bind(this);
+        this.chartRef = this.chartRef.bind(this);
+    }
+    public componentDidMount() {
+        this.selectionMatcherOnViewInit();
+    }
+
+    public render(): JSX.Element {
+        return (
+        <div className="container sample">
+
+            <div className="legend-title">
+                Renewable Electricity Generated
+            </div>
+
+            <div className="legend">
+                <IgrLegend
+                    ref={this.legendRef}
+                    orientation="Horizontal">
+                </IgrLegend>
+            </div>
+
+            <div className="container fill">
+                <IgrCategoryChart
+                    ref={this.chartRef}
+                    legend={this.legend}
+                    dataSource={this.energyRenewableConsumption}
+                    chartType="Column"
+                    crosshairsDisplayMode="None"
+                    yAxisTitle="TWh"
+                    isHorizontalZoomEnabled="false"
+                    isVerticalZoomEnabled="false"
+                    selectionMode="SelectionColorFill"
+                    selectionBehavior="Auto"
+                    selectionBrush="orange">
+                </IgrCategoryChart>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        );
+    }
+
+    private _energyRenewableConsumption: EnergyRenewableConsumption = null;
+    public get energyRenewableConsumption(): EnergyRenewableConsumption {
+        if (this._energyRenewableConsumption == null)
+        {
+            this._energyRenewableConsumption = new EnergyRenewableConsumption();
+        }
+        return this._energyRenewableConsumption;
+    }
+
+    private _componentRenderer: ComponentRenderer = null;
+    public get renderer(): ComponentRenderer {
+        if (this._componentRenderer == null) {
+            this._componentRenderer = new ComponentRenderer();
+            var context = this._componentRenderer.context;
+            LegendDescriptionModule.register(context);
+            CategoryChartDescriptionModule.register(context);
+            DataChartAnnotationDescriptionModule.register(context);
+            DataChartInteractivityDescriptionModule.register(context);
+            DataChartCoreDescriptionModule.register(context);
+        }
+        return this._componentRenderer;
+    }
+
+    private _timer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval>;
+
+    public selectionMatcherOnViewInit(): void {
+
+    	var chart = this.chart;
+
+    	this._timer = setInterval(() => {
+    	var data = this.energyRenewableConsumption;
+
+        var matcher = new IgrSeriesMatcher();
+
+        var selection = new IgrChartSelection();
+    		selection.item = data[1];
+    		matcher.memberPath = "hydro";
+    		matcher.memberPathType = "ValueMemberPath";
+    		selection.matcher = matcher;
+    		chart.selectedSeriesItems.add(selection);
+
+    	var matcher2 = new IgrSeriesMatcher();
+
+    var selection2 = new IgrChartSelection();
+    		selection2.item = data[2];
+    		matcher2.memberPath = "wind";
+    		matcher2.memberPathType = "ValueMemberPath";
+    		selection2.matcher = matcher2;
+
+    		chart.selectedSeriesItems.add(selection2);
+
+    	}, 100);
+    }
+
+}
+
+// rendering above component in the React DOM
+const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root'));
+root.render(<Sample/>);
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diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/react-app-env.d.ts b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/react-app-env.d.ts
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index 0000000000..6431bc5fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/src/react-app-env.d.ts
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+/// <reference types="react-scripts" />
diff --git a/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/tsconfig.json b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/tsconfig.json
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index 0000000000..42c6ace1da
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+++ b/samples/charts/category-chart/selection-matcher/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "outDir": "build/dist",
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "target": "es5",
+    "lib": [
+      "es6",
+      "dom"
+    ],
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "jsx": "react-jsx",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": false,
+    "importHelpers": true,
+    "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "strict": false,
+    "isolatedModules": true,
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "build",
+    "scripts",
+    "acceptance-tests",
+    "webpack",
+    "jest",
+    "src/setupTests.ts",
+    "**/odatajs-4.0.0.js",
+    "config-overrides.js"
+  ],
+  "include": [
+    "src"
+  ]
+}