Code Examples

Here are some code samples to demonstrate using the Google Visualization API.

Table Example
Customized Table Example
Gauge Example
Interaction Example
Full HTML Page Example
Query Wrapper Example
Table Query Wrapper Example
Mouseover Tool Tip Example

Table Example

function drawTable() {
  var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
  data.addColumn('string', 'Name');
  data.addColumn('number', 'Salary');
  data.addColumn('boolean', 'Full Time');
  data.addRows(5);
  data.setCell(0, 0, 'John');
  data.setCell(0, 1, 10000, '$10,000');
  data.setCell(0, 2, true);
  data.setCell(1, 0, 'Mary');
  data.setCell(1, 1, 25000, '$25,000');
  data.setCell(1, 2, true);
  data.setCell(2, 0, 'Steve');
  data.setCell(2, 1, 8000, '$8,000');
  data.setCell(2, 2, false);
  data.setCell(3, 0, 'Ellen');
  data.setCell(3, 1, 20000, '$20,000');
  data.setCell(3, 2, true);
  data.setCell(4, 0, 'Mike');
  data.setCell(4, 1, 12000, '$12,000');
  data.setCell(4, 2, false);

  var table = new google.visualization.Table(document.getElementById('table_div'));
  table.draw(data, {showRowNumber: true, width: '100%', height: '100%'});

  google.visualization.events.addListener(table, 'select', function() {
    var row = table.getSelection()[0].row;
    alert('You selected ' + data.getValue(row, 0));
  });
}

Customized Table Example

<style>
  .bold-green-font {
    font-weight: bold;
    color: green;
  }

  .bold-font {
    font-weight: bold;
  }

  .right-text {
    text-align: right;
  }

  .large-font {
    font-size: 15px;
  }

  .italic-darkblue-font {
    font-style: italic;
    color: darkblue;
  }

  .italic-purple-font {
    font-style: italic;
    color: purple;
  }

  .underline-blue-font {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: blue;
  }

  .gold-border {
    border: 3px solid gold;
  }

  .deeppink-border {
    border: 3px solid deeppink;
  }

  .orange-background {
    background-color: orange;
  }

  .orchid-background {
    background-color: orchid;
  }

  .beige-background {
    background-color: beige;
  }

</style>

...

function drawTable() {
  var cssClassNames = {
    'headerRow': 'italic-darkblue-font large-font bold-font',
    'tableRow': '',
    'oddTableRow': 'beige-background',
    'selectedTableRow': 'orange-background large-font',
    'hoverTableRow': '',
    'headerCell': 'gold-border',
    'tableCell': '',
    'rowNumberCell': 'underline-blue-font'};

  var options = {'showRowNumber': true, 'allowHtml': true, 'cssClassNames': cssClassNames};

  var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
  data.addColumn('string', 'Name');
  data.addColumn('number', 'Salary');
  data.addColumn('boolean', 'Full Time');
  data.addRows(5);
  data.setCell(0, 0, 'John');
  data.setCell(0, 1, 10000, '$10,000', {'className': 'bold-green-font large-font right-text'});
  data.setCell(0, 2, true, {'style': 'background-color: red;'});
  data.setCell(1, 0, 'Mary', null, {'className': 'bold-font'});
  data.setCell(1, 1, 25000, '$25,000', {'className': 'bold-font right-text'});
  data.setCell(1, 2, true, {'className': 'bold-font'});
  data.setCell(2, 0, 'Steve', null, {'className': 'deeppink-border'});
  data.setCell(2, 1, 8000, '$8,000', {'className': 'deeppink-border right-text'});
  data.setCell(2, 2, false, null);
  data.setCell(3, 0, 'Ellen', null, {'className': 'italic-purple-font large-font'});
  data.setCell(3, 1, 20000, '$20,000');
  data.setCell(3, 2, true);
  data.setCell(4, 0, 'Mike');
  data.setCell(4, 1, 12000, '$12,000');
  data.setCell(4, 2, false);
  var container = document.getElementById('table');
  var table = new google.visualization.Table(container);
  table.draw(data, options);
  table.setSelection([{'row': 4}]);
}

Gauge Example

Temperature:

<html>
 <head>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    google.charts.load('current', {'packages':['gauge']});
    google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawGauge);

    var gaugeOptions = {min: 0, max: 280, yellowFrom: 200, yellowTo: 250,
      redFrom: 250, redTo: 280, minorTicks: 5};
    var gauge;

    function drawGauge() {
      gaugeData = new google.visualization.DataTable();
      gaugeData.addColumn('number', 'Engine');
      gaugeData.addColumn('number', 'Torpedo');
      gaugeData.addRows(2);
      gaugeData.setCell(0, 0, 120);
      gaugeData.setCell(0, 1, 80);

      gauge = new google.visualization.Gauge(document.getElementById('gauge_div'));
      gauge.draw(gaugeData, gaugeOptions);
    }

    function changeTemp(dir) {
      gaugeData.setValue(0, 0, gaugeData.getValue(0, 0) + dir * 25);
      gaugeData.setValue(0, 1, gaugeData.getValue(0, 1) + dir * 20);
      gauge.draw(gaugeData, gaugeOptions);
    }
  </script>
 </head>
 <body>
  <div id="gauge_div" style="width:280px; height: 140px;"></div>
  <input type="button" value="Go Faster" onclick="changeTemp(1)" />
  <input type="button" value="Slow down" onclick="changeTemp(-1)" />
 </body>
</html>

Interaction example

This example demonstrates how to combine visualizations for more complex interactivity.
It demonstrates the following features:

How to use a DataView object to limit and format data in a DataTable,
How to link two visualizations to the same data,
How to use the Table visualization's 'sort' event,
How to use formatters to reformat displayed data.

Click on the table's headers to see the column chart getting sorted also.

Note that Controls and Dashboards allow you to combine multiple charts along with controls to manipulate what data they show.

function drawSort() {
  var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
  data.addColumn('string', 'Name');
  data.addColumn('number', 'Salary');
  data.addColumn('boolean', 'Full Time');
  data.addRows(5);
  data.setCell(0, 0, 'John');
  data.setCell(0, 1, 10000);
  data.setCell(0, 2, true);
  data.setCell(1, 0, 'Mary');
  data.setCell(1, 1, 25000);
  data.setCell(1, 2, true);
  data.setCell(2, 0, 'Steve');
  data.setCell(2, 1, 8000);
  data.setCell(2, 2, false);
  data.setCell(3, 0, 'Ellen');
  data.setCell(3, 1, 20000);
  data.setCell(3, 2, true);
  data.setCell(4, 0, 'Mike');
  data.setCell(4, 1, 12000);
  data.setCell(4, 2, false);

  var view = new google.visualization.DataView(data);
  view.setColumns([0, 1]);

  var formatter = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({prefix: '$'});
  formatter.format(data, 1); // Apply formatter to second column

  var table = new google.visualization.Table(document.getElementById('table_sort_div'));
  table.draw(data, {width: '100%', height: '100%'});

  var chart = new google.visualization.BarChart(document.getElementById('chart_sort_div'));
  chart.draw(view);

  google.visualization.events.addListener(table, 'sort',
      function(event) {
        data.sort([{column: event.column, desc: !event.ascending}]);
        chart.draw(view);
      });
}

Full HTML Page Example

An end-to-end example for creating a web page with visualization charts embedded in it. It also demonstrates a chart connected to Google Spreadsheets and two charts interacting using visualization Events.

The example displays a simple statistics page for popular movies and cinema locations of a make-belief cinema chain company.

The page includes a Map and a Table visualization that interact with each other to display the theater locations. The page includes a column chart displaying the number of tickets each movie sold per location. It derives its data from a Google Spreadsheet. The published version of this spreadsheet can be viewed for completeness.

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      google.charts.load('current', {
        'packages': ['table', 'map', 'corechart'],
        // Note: you will need to get a mapsApiKey for your project.
        // See: https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/basic_load_libs#load-settings
        'mapsApiKey': 'AIzaSyD-9tSrke72PouQMnMX-a7eZSW0jkFMBWY'
      });
      google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(initialize);

      function initialize() {
        // The URL of the spreadsheet to source data from.
        var query = new google.visualization.Query(
            'https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pCQbetd-CptF0r8qmCOlZGg');
        query.send(draw);
      }

      function draw(response) {
        if (response.isError()) {
          alert('Error in query');
        }

        var ticketsData = response.getDataTable();
        var chart = new google.visualization.ColumnChart(
            document.getElementById('chart_div'));
        chart.draw(ticketsData, {'isStacked': true, 'legend': 'bottom',
            'vAxis': {'title': 'Number of tickets'}});

        var geoData = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([
          ['Lat', 'Lon', 'Name', 'Food?'],
          [51.5072, -0.1275, 'Cinematics London', true],
          [48.8567, 2.3508, 'Cinematics Paris', true],
          [55.7500, 37.6167, 'Cinematics Moscow', false]]);

        var geoView = new google.visualization.DataView(geoData);
        geoView.setColumns([0, 1]);

        var table =
            new google.visualization.Table(document.getElementById('table_div'));
        table.draw(geoData, {showRowNumber: false, width: '100%', height: '100%'});

        var map =
            new google.visualization.Map(document.getElementById('map_div'));
        map.draw(geoView, {showTip: true});

        // Set a 'select' event listener for the table.
        // When the table is selected, we set the selection on the map.
        google.visualization.events.addListener(table, 'select',
            function() {
              map.setSelection(table.getSelection());
            });

        // Set a 'select' event listener for the map.
        // When the map is selected, we set the selection on the table.
        google.visualization.events.addListener(map, 'select',
            function() {
              table.setSelection(map.getSelection());
            });
      }
    </script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <table align="center">
      <tr valign="top">
        <td style="width: 50%;">
          <div id="map_div" style="width: 400px; height: 300;"></div>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 50%;">
          <div id="table_div"></div>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colSpan=2>
          <div id="chart_div" style="align: center; width: 700px; height: 300px;"></div>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

  </body>
</html>

Query Wrapper Example

This example demonstrates how to create a JavaScript object that wraps many aspects of sending a query for you. This object, called QueryWrapper, is instantiated with a query string, a handle to a visualization, and a set of options for the visualization. It exposes one method to external callers, sendAndDraw(), which sends the query string, handles the response, and either calls draw() on the visualization, or displays an error message if the query returned an error. The host page here displays the results in an org chart visualization.

Here's the code for the host page:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Query Wrapper Example</title>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="querywrapper.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    google.charts.load('current', {'packages' : ['orgchart']});
    google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(function() { sendAndDraw('') });

    var dataSourceUrl = 'https://spreadsheets.google.com/tq?key=rCaVQNfFDMhOM6ENNYeYZ9Q&pub=1';
    var query;

    function sendAndDraw(queryString) {
      var container = document.getElementById('orgchart');
      var orgChart = new google.visualization.OrgChart(container);
      query && query.abort();
      query = new google.visualization.Query(dataSourceUrl + queryString);
      var queryWrapper = new QueryWrapper(query, orgChart, {'size': 'large'}, container);
      queryWrapper.sendAndDraw();
    }

  </script>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Query Wrapper Example</h1>
<form action="">
  <span> This example uses the following spreadsheet: <br />
    <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rCaVQNfFDMhOM6ENNYeYZ9Q">
      https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rCaVQNfFDMhOM6ENNYeYZ9Q
    </a></span>
  <br /><br />
  <select onChange="sendAndDraw(this.value)">
    <option value="">No query string</option>
    <option value="&tq=limit 3">query=limit 3</option>
    <option value="&tq=select G,H">(Error) query=select G,H</option>
  </select>
</form>
<br />
<div id="orgchart"></div>
</body>
</html>

Here's the JavaScript for the QueryWrapper object.

/**
 * A google.visualization.Query Wrapper. Sends a
 * query and draws the visualization with the returned data or outputs an
 * error message.
 *
 * DISCLAIMER: This is an example code which you can copy and change as
 * required. It is used with the google visualization API which is assumed to
 * be loaded to the page. For more info see:
 * https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/reference#Query
 */


/**
 * Constructs a new query wrapper with the given query, visualization,
 * visualization options, and error message container. The visualization
 * should support the draw(dataTable, options) method.
 * @constructor
 */
var QueryWrapper = function(query, visualization, visOptions, errorContainer) {

  this.query = query;
  this.visualization = visualization;
  this.options = visOptions || {};
  this.errorContainer = errorContainer;
  this.currentDataTable = null;

  if (!visualization || !('draw' in visualization) ||
      (typeof(visualization['draw']) != 'function')) {
    throw Error('Visualization must have a draw method.');
  }
};


/** Draws the last returned data table, if no data table exists, does nothing.*/
QueryWrapper.prototype.draw = function() {
  if (!this.currentDataTable) {
    return;
  }
  this.visualization.draw(this.currentDataTable, this.options);
};


/**
 * Sends the query and upon its return draws the visualization.
 * If the query is set to refresh then the visualization will be drawn upon
 * each refresh.
 */
QueryWrapper.prototype.sendAndDraw = function() {
  var query = this.query;
  var self = this;
  query.send(function(response) {self.handleResponse(response)});
};


/** Handles the query response returned by the data source. */
QueryWrapper.prototype.handleResponse = function(response) {
  this.currentDataTable = null;
  if (response.isError()) {
    this.handleErrorResponse(response);
  } else {
    this.currentDataTable = response.getDataTable();
    this.draw();
  }
};


/** Handles a query response error returned by the data source. */
QueryWrapper.prototype.handleErrorResponse = function(response) {
  var message = response.getMessage();
  var detailedMessage = response.getDetailedMessage();
  if (this.errorContainer) {
    google.visualization.errors.addError(this.errorContainer,
        message, detailedMessage, {'showInTooltip': false});
  } else {
    throw Error(message + ' ' + detailedMessage);
  }
};


/** Aborts the sending and drawing. */
QueryWrapper.prototype.abort = function() {
  this.query.abort();
};

Table Query Wrapper Example

This is an example demonstrating how to display a large data set in a paged table visualization without fetching all the data in a single request. This is useful when there is a large amount of data and you want to avoid the overhead of requesting or storing all the data at once on your page.

The JavaScript defines an object, TableQueryWrapper, which manages the google.visualization.Query object to make the requests, as well as the table visualization, to handle sorting and pagination. The object is instantiated with the google.visualization.Query instance, a handle to the page element used to hold the visualization and any errors it throws, and any options to pass into the draw() method (including the number of rows to fetch, as the pageSize option). This object manages the table visualization by catching and handling paging and sorting events.

When the user pages forward or backward, TableQueryWrapper handles the event by creating and sending a new query with appropriate LIMIT and OFFSET values to repopulate the table page. Similarly, when the user clicks a column to change the sort order, the TableQueryWrapper handles the event by creating and sending a new query with an appropriate ORDER BY clause, and resets back to offset 0.

In the following example, the dropdown box enables you to select the number of table rows to show. If changed, the host page creates a new TableQueryWrapper instance, then sends a new query with a LIMIT clause reflecting the number of rows selected, and no OFFSET clause (that is, it jumps back to the first row).