[Solved]-bootstrap data-toggle="tab" - how to make a tab active with a JS call-Highcharts

First you need to give your tabs an id, i will call it myTabs:

<ul class="nav st-nav-tabs" id="myTabs">

Then you can call and show your tabs by name to show them:

$('#myTabs a[href="#name"]').tab('show');

You can read about tabs in bootstrap's documentation.