Manual Configuration

The Visualizer plugin allows you to add a manual configuration to the charts. 

1

Navigate to the Visualizer > Chart Library.

2

Open one of the existing charts or create a new one.

3

Switch to  Settings > Manual Configuration. 

4

Paste the desired code snippets from below according to the type of chart that you use.

Google Charts

Create dual Y-axis

Supported charts: Area, Bar, Column, Combo, Line

• The below code will convert the first and second series into Y axis.

{
"vAxes": {
          "0": {"title": "Temps (Celsius)"},
          "1": {"title": "Daylight"}
        },
"series": {
          "0": {"targetAxisIndex": "0"},
          "1": {"targetAxisIndex": "1"}
        }
}

• The below code will convert the first and second series into Y axis and customize the ticks on each axis.

{
"vAxes": {
          "0": {"title": "Temps (Celsius)", "ticks": [1500000, 2000000]},
          "1": {"title": "Daylight","ticks": [15000, 2000]}
        },
"series": {
          "0": {"targetAxisIndex": "0"},
          "1": {"targetAxisIndex": "1"}
        }
}

Customize Axis

Supported charts: All except Pie, Gauge, and Table.

• The below code will change the angle of the text to 90 degrees. Make it 0 if the text needs to be horizontal.

{
"hAxis": {
         "slantedTextAngle": 90
        }
}

• The below code will change the ticks of the X-axis.

{
"hAxis": {
         "ticks": [10,20,30,90]
        }
}

• The below code will change the maximum and minimum value of the Y axis without changing the data.

{
"vAxis": {
	"maxValue": 20,
	"minValue":-1
	}
}

Customize Pie Charts

Supported charts: Pie

• The below code will change how the "Other" slice works. In the default pie chart that the plugin creates, we will combine all slices that have a value of 16% and below into one slice.

{
	"sliceVisibilityThreshold": 0.16
}

• Change the size of the pie hole in a donut chart and the text color so that the values are visible.

{
	"pieHole": 0.9,
	"pieSliceTextStyle":{
		"color":"red"
	}
}

Customize Gauge Charts

Supported charts: Gauge

• Change major ticks in the gauges. Provide as many strings as the number of ticks required.

{
	"majorTicks": ["tick one","tick two","tick three"]
}

Customize Text/Font

Supported charts: All except Gauge and Table.

• Change font family and font size for all text.

{
	"fontName": "Verdana",
	"fontSize": 10
}

Customize Tooltip

Supported charts: All except Gauge and Table.

• Enable HTML tooltips so that you can style them.

{
	"tooltip": {
		"isHtml":"true"
	}
 }

Add this code to the theme CSS file.

div.google-visualization-tooltip {
	/* style the tooltip here */
}

Customize Stacked Charts

Supported charts: Bar, Column.

• 100% stacked

{
	"isStacked": "percent"
 }

• 100% stacked, fractional

{
	"isStacked": "relative"
 }

When creating a Combo chart, the number format field is only available in the Horizontal axis settings but not in the Vertical axis settings.
This article will help users to set up a manual configuration so the number format field will also be available in the Vertical axis settings.

 { "vAxis": { "format": "#%" } }

Save the changes and see if the number format is now available in the Vertical axis settings.

ChartJS

Customize Pie Charts

Supported charts: Pie / Donut

• Go from Pie to Donut chart:

{ 
   "cutoutPercentage": 50 
}

This will add a Donut Hole in the center of your Pie chart, turning it into a Donut. The value 50 is the percentage of the whole Pie chart, which will be transformed into a hole. You can customize that value according to your preferences.

• Set the rotation value

The rotation for a ChartJS Pie chart is defined as the angle from which the arcs will start showing.

{
   "rotation": 45
}

The difference can be observed from the arcs positioning.

• Customize the Pie / Donut circumference:

{ 
   "circumference": 6 
}

This value is automatically multiplied by PI. If the value is too low, the chart will  not be able to form a complete circle. If the value is too high, the chart will spin until it matches the circumference you set through this code. Here is an example of such extreme cases:

All the snippets from above can, of course, be combined and used on the same Pie Chart at once:

{ 
   "cutoutPercentage": 50, "rotation": 45, "circumference": 6
}

Customize Line Charts

Supported charts: Line

• Disable / Hide the Lines that connect the dots:

{
   "showLines": false
}

The default value here is  true. By changing it to false, the lines will disappear, but the ticks (dots) will remain in place.

• Interrupt the lines if the data for a certain value is missing:

{
   "spanGaps": true
}

The default value here is  false.

Disable the animations to improve website performance & speed

Supported charts: ALL

Chart animations, if they last long enough, might affect your page loading time and performance. If your charts have long render times, it is a good idea to disable animations. This will have the effect of reducing CPU usage and improving general page performance.

To disable animations, use this:

{
   "animation": false
}

🎥 Video - Manual Configuration