Plotly update data

Plotly.redraw(gd) is the right way.
But you call Plotly.redraw incorrectly.
The right way is update the data object, instead of new a data object.

var data = [ {
    x: ['VALUE 1'], // in reality I have more values... 
    y: [20], 
    type: 'bar'
}
]; 
Plotly.newPlot('PlotlyTest', data); function adjustValue1(value) {
    data[0]['y'][0] = value; 
    Plotly.redraw('PlotlyTest');
}

Ref: http://www.mzan.com/article/35946484-most-performant-way-to-update-graph-with-new-data-with-plotly.shtml

I found the answer to the question.

Apprently i needed to use:

 Plotly.newPlot(element,charData,layout);

instead of redraw

According to a Plotly community moderator (see the first answer here), Plotly.restyle is faster than Plotly.redraw and Plotly.newPlot.

Example taken from the link:

var data = [{
    x: ['VALUE 1'], // in reality I have more values...
    y: [20],
    type: 'bar'
}];
Plotly.newPlot('PlotlyTest', data);

function adjustValue1(value)
{
    Plotly.restyle('PlotlyTest', 'y', [[value]]);
}