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3 | <title>dygraphs JavaScript Library</title> | |
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9f006dbf | 7 | <script type="text/javascript" src="dygraph-combined.js"></script> |
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24 | <body> | |
25 | <center> | |
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26 | <p><span style="font-size:28pt;">dygraphs JavaScript Library</span><br/> |
27 | <a href="http://code.google.com/p/dygraphs/">code.google.com/p/dygraphs</a></p> | |
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28 | </center> |
29 | ||
285a6bda | 30 | <p>The dygraphs JavaScript library produces produces interactive, zoomable charts of time series.</p> |
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31 | |
32 | <h3>Features</h3> | |
33 | <ul> | |
34 | <li>Plots time series without using an external server or Flash</li> | |
35 | <li>Supports multiple data series</li> | |
36 | <li>Supports error bands around data series</li> | |
37 | <li>Displays values on mouseover</li> | |
38 | <li>Interactive zoom</li> | |
39 | <li>Adjustable averaging period</li> | |
40 | <li>Customizable click-through actions</li> | |
285a6bda | 41 | <li>Compatible with the Google Visualization API</li> |
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42 | </ul> |
43 | ||
44 | <h3>Caveats</h3> | |
45 | <ul> | |
46 | <li>Requires Firefox 1.5+ or Safari/WebKit 1.3+.</li> | |
04aa50fd | 47 | <li>Internet Explorer is poorly supported.</li> |
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48 | </ul> |
49 | ||
50 | <h2>Demo</h2> | |
51 | <font size=-1>(Mouse over to highlight individual values. Click and drag to zoom. Double-click to zoom out.)</font><br/> | |
52 | <table><tr><td> | |
53 | <div id="demodiv" style="width:480px; height:320px;"></div> | |
54 | </td><td valign=top> | |
52e5492a | 55 | <div id="status" style="width:200px; font-size:0.8em; padding-top:5px;"></div> |
078d1d29 | 56 | </td> |
6153f697 | 57 | </tr></table> |
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58 | <script type="text/javascript"> |
59 | g = new DateGraph( | |
60 | document.getElementById("demodiv"), | |
61 | function() { | |
ca433857 | 62 | var zp = function(x) { if (x < 10) return "0"+x; else return x; }; |
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63 | var r = "date,parabola,line,another line,sine wave\n"; |
64 | for (var i=1; i<=31; i++) { | |
ca433857 | 65 | r += "200610" + zp(i); |
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66 | r += "," + 10*(i*(31-i)); |
67 | r += "," + 10*(8*i); | |
68 | r += "," + 10*(250 - 8*i); | |
69 | r += "," + 10*(125 + 125 * Math.sin(0.3*i)); | |
70 | r += "\n"; | |
71 | } | |
72 | return r; | |
73 | }, | |
74 | null, | |
75 | { | |
76 | rollPeriod: 1, | |
77 | labelsDiv: document.getElementById('status'), | |
78 | labelsSeparateLines: true, | |
79 | labelsKMB: true, | |
80 | colors: ["hsl(180,60,50)", | |
81 | "rgb(255,100,100)", | |
82 | "#00DD55", | |
83 | "rgba(50,50,200,0.4)"], | |
2a6bfbd4 | 84 | padding: {left: 40, right: 30, top: 15, bottom: 15}, |
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85 | } |
86 | ); | |
87 | </script> | |
88 | ||
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89 | <p>For more demos, browse the dygraph <a href="tests/">tests</a> directory.</p> |
90 | ||
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91 | <h2>Usage</h2> |
92 | ||
285a6bda | 93 | <p>The dygraphs library depends on two other JS libraries: <a href="http://www.mochikit.com/">MochiKit</a> and <a href="http://www.liquidx.net/plotkit/">PlotKit</a>. Rather than tracking down copies of these libraries, I recommend using a packed version of dygraphs that combines all three libraries into a single JS file. Either grab this file from dygraph project's <a href="http://code.google.com/p/dygraphs/downloads/list">downloads</a> page or create it yourself by <a href="http://code.google.com/p/dygraphs/source/checkout">checking out</a> a copy of the code and running: |
078d1d29 | 94 | |
9f006dbf | 95 | <pre>./generate-combined.sh</pre> |
078d1d29 | 96 | |
9f006dbf | 97 | <p>The combined JS file is now in <code>dygraph-combined.js</code>. Here's a basic example to get things started:</p> |
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98 | |
99 | <table> | |
100 | <tr><th>HTML</th> | |
101 | <td rowspan=2><img src=arrow.gif /></td> | |
102 | <th>Output</th></tr> | |
103 | <tr> | |
104 | <td valign=top><pre> | |
105 | <html> | |
106 | <head> | |
107 | <script type="text/javascript" src="combined.js"></script> | |
108 | </head> | |
109 | <body> | |
285a6bda | 110 | <div id="graphdiv"></div> |
078d1d29 | 111 | <script type="text/javascript"> |
285a6bda | 112 | g = new Dygraph( |
078d1d29 | 113 | document.getElementById("graphdiv"), // containing div |
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114 | "Date,Temperature\n" + // CSV or path to a CSV file. |
115 | "20080507,75\n" + | |
116 | "20080508,70\n" + | |
117 | "20080509,80\n", | |
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118 | ); |
119 | </script> | |
120 | </body> | |
121 | </html> | |
122 | </pre> | |
123 | </td><td valign=top> | |
285a6bda | 124 | <div id="graphdiv"></div> |
078d1d29 | 125 | <script type="text/javascript"> |
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126 | g = new Dygraph( |
127 | document.getElementById("graphdiv"), // containing div | |
128 | "Date,Temperature\n" + // CSV or path to a CSV file. | |
129 | "20080507,75\n" + | |
130 | "20080508,70\n" + | |
131 | "20080509,80\n" | |
132 | ); | |
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133 | </script> |
134 | </td></tr></table> | |
135 | ||
285a6bda | 136 | <p>In order to keep this example self-contained, the second parameter is a function that returns CSV data. These lines <i>must</i> begin with a date in the form <i>YYYYMMDD</i>. In most applications, it makes more sense to include a CSV file instead. If the second parameter to the constructor is a string, it will be interpreted as the path to a CSV file. The Dygraph will perform an XMLHttpRequest to retrieve this file and display the data when it becomes available. Make sure your CSV file is readable and serving from a place that understands XMLHttpRequest's! In particular, you cannot specify a CSV file using <code>"file:///"</code>. Here's an example: (data from <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KNUQ/2007/1/1/CustomHistory.html?dayend=31&monthend=12&yearend=2007&req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA">Weather Underground</a>)</p> |
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137 | |
138 | <table> | |
139 | <tr><th>HTML</th> | |
140 | <td rowspan=2><img src=arrow.gif /></td> | |
141 | <th>Output</th></tr> | |
142 | <tr> | |
143 | <td valign=top><pre> | |
144 | <html> | |
145 | <head> | |
146 | <script type="text/javascript" src="combined.js"></script> | |
147 | </head> | |
148 | <body> | |
149 | <div id="graphdiv" style="width:600px; height:300px;"></div> | |
150 | <script type="text/javascript"> | |
285a6bda | 151 | g = new Dygraph( |
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152 | document.getElementById("graphdiv"), |
153 | "temperatures.csv", // path to CSV file | |
285a6bda | 154 | {} // additional options |
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155 | ); |
156 | </script> | |
157 | </body> | |
158 | </html> | |
159 | </pre> | |
160 | </td><td valign=top> | |
161 | <div id="graphdiv2" style="width:600px; height:300px;"></div> | |
162 | <script type="text/javascript"> | |
285a6bda | 163 | g2 = new Dygraph( |
078d1d29 | 164 | document.getElementById("graphdiv2"), |
285a6bda | 165 | "temperatures.csv", {} |
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166 | ); |
167 | </script> | |
168 | </td></tr></table> | |
169 | ||
170 | <p>Click <a href="temperatures.csv">here</a> to view the <code>temperatures.csv</code> file. There are a few things to note here:</p> | |
171 | ||
172 | <ul> | |
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173 | <li>The Dygraph sent off an XHR to get the temperatures.csv file.</li> |
174 | <li>The labels were taken from the first line of <code>temperatures.csv</code>, which is <code>Date,High,Low</code>.</li> | |
175 | <li>The Dygraph automatically chose two different, easily-distinguishable colors for the two data series.</li> | |
078d1d29 | 176 | <li>The labels on the x-axis have switched from days to months. If you zoom in, they'll switch to weeks and then days.</li> |
285a6bda | 177 | <li>Some heuristics are used to determine a good vertical range for the data. The idea is to make all the data visible and have human-friendly values on the axis (i.e. 200 instead of 193.4). Generally this works well.</li> |
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178 | <li>The data is very spiky. A moving average would be easier to interpret.</li> |
179 | </ul> | |
180 | ||
285a6bda | 181 | <p>This problem can be fixed by specifying the appropriate options in the "additional options" parameter to the Dygraph constructor. To set the number of days for a moving average, use the <b>rollPeriod</b> option. Here's how it's done:</p> |
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182 | |
183 | <table> | |
184 | <tr><th>HTML</th> | |
185 | <td rowspan=2><img src=arrow.gif /></td> | |
186 | <th>Output</th></tr> | |
187 | <tr> | |
188 | <td valign=top><pre> | |
189 | <html> | |
190 | <head> | |
191 | <script type="text/javascript" src="combined.js"></script> | |
192 | </head> | |
193 | <body> | |
194 | <div id="graphdiv" style="width:600px; height:300px;"></div> | |
195 | <script type="text/javascript"> | |
285a6bda | 196 | g = new Dygraph( |
078d1d29 | 197 | document.getElementById("graphdiv"), |
285a6bda | 198 | "temperatures.csv", |
078d1d29 | 199 | { rollPeriod: 7, |
738fc797 | 200 | showRoller: true, |
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201 | } |
202 | ); | |
203 | </script> | |
204 | </body> | |
205 | </html> | |
206 | </pre> | |
207 | </td><td valign=top> | |
208 | <div id="graphdiv3" style="width:600px; height:300px;"></div> | |
209 | <script type="text/javascript"> | |
285a6bda | 210 | g3 = new Dygraph( |
078d1d29 | 211 | document.getElementById("graphdiv3"), |
285a6bda | 212 | "temperatures.csv", |
078d1d29 | 213 | { rollPeriod: 7, |
738fc797 | 214 | showRoller: true, |
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215 | } |
216 | ); | |
217 | </script> | |
218 | </td></tr></table> | |
219 | ||
738fc797 | 220 | <p>A rolling average can be set using the text box in the lower left-hand corner of the graph (the showRoller attribute is what makes this appear).</p> |
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221 | |
222 | <h2>Error Bars</h2> | |
285a6bda | 223 | <p>Another significant feature of the dygraphs library is the ability to display error bars around data series. One standard deviation must be specified for each data point. A +/-<i>n</i> sigma band will be drawn around the data series at that point. If a moving average is being displayed, dygraphs will compute the standard deviation of the average at each point. (i.e. <i>σ</i> = sqrt((<i>σ_1</i>^2 + <i>σ_2</i>^2 + ... + <i>σ_n</i>^2)/<i>n</i>))</p> |
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224 | |
225 | <p>Here's a demonstration. There are two data series. One is <code>N(100,10)</code> with a standard deviation of 10 specified at each point. The other is <code>N(80,20)</code> with a standard deviation of 20 specified at each point. The CSV file was generated using Octave and can be viewed <a href="twonormals.csv">here</a>.</p> | |
226 | ||
227 | <table> | |
228 | <tr><th>HTML</th> | |
229 | <td rowspan=2><img src=arrow.gif /></td> | |
230 | <th>Output</th></tr> | |
231 | <tr> | |
232 | <td valign=top><pre> | |
233 | <html> | |
234 | <head> | |
235 | <script type="text/javascript" | |
236 | src="combined.js"></script> | |
237 | </head> | |
238 | <body> | |
239 | <div id="graphdiv" | |
240 | style="width:800px; height:400px;" | |
241 | ></div> | |
242 | <script type="text/javascript"> | |
243 | $ = document.getElementById; | |
285a6bda | 244 | g = new Dygraph( |
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245 | $("graphdiv"), |
246 | "twonormals.csv", | |
078d1d29 | 247 | { rollPeriod: 7, |
738fc797 | 248 | showRoller: true, |
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249 | errorBars: true, |
250 | valueRange: [50,125] | |
251 | } | |
252 | ); | |
253 | </script> | |
254 | </body> | |
255 | </html> | |
256 | </pre> | |
257 | </td><td valign=top> | |
258 | <div id="graphdiv4" style="width:800px; height:400px;"></div> | |
259 | <script type="text/javascript"> | |
260 | $ = document.getElementById; | |
285a6bda | 261 | new Dygraph( |
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262 | document.getElementById("graphdiv4"), |
263 | "twonormals.csv", | |
078d1d29 | 264 | { rollPeriod: 14, |
738fc797 | 265 | showRoller: true, |
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266 | errorBars: true, |
267 | valueRange: [50, 125] | |
268 | } | |
269 | ); | |
270 | </script> | |
271 | </td></tr></table> | |
272 | ||
273 | <p>Things to note here:</p> | |
274 | <ul> | |
275 | <li>The <b>errorBars</b> option affects both the interpretation of the CSV file and the display of the graph. When <b>errorBars</b> is set to true, each line is interpreted as <i>YYYYMMDD</i>,<i>A</i>,<i>sigma_A</i>,<i>B</i>,<i>sigma_B</i>,...</li> | |
276 | <li>The first line of the CSV file doesn't mention the error columns. In this case, it's just "Date,Series1,Series2".</li> | |
277 | <li>The averaging visibly affects the error bars. This is most clear if you crank up the rolling period to something like 100 days. For the earliest dates, there won't be 100 data points to average so the signal will be noisier. The error bars get smaller like sqrt(N) going forward in time until there's a full 100 points to average.</li> | |
278 | <li>The error bars are partially transparent. This can be seen when they overlap one another.</li> | |
279 | </ul> | |
280 | ||
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281 | <h2>One last demo</h2> |
282 | ||
283 | <p>This chart shows monthly closes of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, both in nominal and real (i.e. adjusted for inflation) dollars. The shaded areas show its monthly high and low. CPI values with a base from 1982-84 are used to adjust for inflation.</p> | |
284 | ||
285 | <div id=dow_chart style="width:1000px; height:400px;"></div> | |
286 | <script type="text/javascript"> | |
287 | // From http://www.econstats.com/eqty/eq_d_mi_3.csv | |
285a6bda | 288 | dow = new Dygraph( |
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289 | document.getElementById('dow_chart'), |
290 | "dow.txt", | |
353a0294 | 291 | { |
738fc797 | 292 | showRoller: true, |
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293 | customBars: true, |
294 | labelsKMB: true, | |
295 | padding: {left:30, right:30, top:5, bottom:5} | |
296 | }); | |
297 | </script> | |
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298 | <!-- |
299 | ||
300 | Here is a script to regenerate the Dow Jones plot: | |
301 | ||
302 | # Get unadjusted DJIA data in a nice format: | |
303 | curl -O http://www.econstats.com/eqty/eq_d_mi_3.csv | |
304 | sed '1,17d' eq_d_mi_3.csv | cut -d, -f1,6 | perl -pe 's/(\d{4}-\d\d)-\d\d/$1/g' | perl -pe 's/, */\t/' | grep -v 'na' | perl -ne 'chomp; ($m,$v) = split/\t/; $close{$m} = $v; if ($low{$m} == 0 || $v < $low{$m}) { $low{$m}=$v } if ($v > $high{$m}) { $high{$m} = $v } END { for $x(sort keys %close) { print "$x\t$low{$x}\t$close{$x}\t$high{$x}\n" } } ' > monthly-djia.tsv | |
305 | ||
306 | # Fetch and format the CPI data: | |
307 | curl 'http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?series_id=CUUR0000SA0&years_option=all_years&periods_option=all_periods&output_type=column&output_format=text&delimiter=comma' > cpi-u.txt | |
308 | sed '1,/Series Id,Year,/d' cpi-u.txt | sed '/^$/,$d' | cut -d, -f2,3,4 | perl -ne 'print if /,M(0[0-9]|1[012]),/' | perl -pe 's/(\d{4}),M(\d{2}),/$1-$2\t/g' > cpi-u.tsv | |
309 | ||
310 | # Merge: | |
311 | join -t' ' cpi-u.tsv monthly-djia.tsv > annotated-djia.tsv | |
312 | perl -ne 'BEGIN{print "Month,Nominal,Real\n"} chomp; ($m,$cpi,$low,$close,$high) = split /\t/; $cpi /= 100.0; print "$m-15,$low;$close;$high,",($low/$cpi),";",($close/$cpi),";",($high/$cpi),"\n"' annotated-djia.tsv > dow.txt | |
313 | ||
314 | --> | |
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315 | |
316 | ||
078d1d29 | 317 | <h2>Other Options</h2> |
bb89f446 | 318 | <p>These are the options that can be passed in through the optional third parameter of the Dygraph constructor. To see demonstrations of many of these options, browse the <a href="tests/">dygraphs tests</a> directory.</p> |
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319 | |
320 | <table class=thinborder width=1000> | |
321 | <tr><th>Name</th><th>Sample Value</th><th>Description</th></tr> | |
322 | <tr> | |
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323 | <td><b>includeZero</b></td> |
324 | <td><code>true, false</code></td> | |
325 | <td>Usually, dygraphs will use the range of the data plus some padding to | |
326 | set the range of the y-axis. If this option is set, the y-axis will always | |
327 | include zero, typically as the lowest value. This can be used to avoid | |
328 | exaggerating the variance in the data.</td> | |
329 | </tr> | |
330 | ||
331 | <tr> | |
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332 | <td><b>rollPeriod</b></td> |
333 | <td><code>7</code></td> | |
334 | <td>Number of days over which to average data. Discussed extensively above.</td> | |
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335 | </tr> |
336 | ||
337 | <tr> | |
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338 | <td><b>showRoller</b></td> |
339 | <td><code>true</code></td> | |
340 | <td>Should the rolling average period text box be shown? Default is false.</td> | |
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341 | </tr> |
342 | ||
343 | <tr> | |
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344 | <td><b>colors</b></td> |
345 | <td><code>['red', '#00FF00']</code></td> | |
346 | <td>List of colors for the data series. These can be of the form "#AABBCC" | |
347 | or "rgb(255,100,200)" or "yellow", etc. If not specified, equally-spaced | |
348 | points around a color wheel are used.</td> | |
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349 | </tr> |
350 | ||
351 | <tr> | |
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352 | <td><b>colorSaturation</b></td> |
353 | <td><code>1.0</code></td> | |
354 | <td>If <b>colors</b> is not specified, saturation of the | |
355 | automatically-generated data series colors. (0.0-1.0, default: | |
356 | 1.0)</td> | |
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357 | </tr> |
358 | ||
359 | <tr> | |
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360 | <td><b>colorValue</b></td> |
361 | <td><code>0.5</code></td> | |
362 | <td>If colors is not specified, value of the data series colors, as in | |
363 | hue/saturation/value. (0.0-1.0, default 0.5)</td> | |
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364 | </tr> |
365 | ||
366 | <tr> | |
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367 | <td><b>clickCallback</b></td> |
368 | <td><code>function(e,date){ alert(date); }</code></td> | |
369 | <td>A function to call when a data point is clicked. The function should take | |
370 | two arguments, the event object for the click and the date that was | |
371 | clicked. (default null)</td> | |
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372 | </tr> |
373 | ||
374 | <tr> | |
375 | <td><b>zoomCallback</b></td> | |
376 | <td><code>function(minDate,maxDate) {}</code></td> | |
377 | <td>A function to call when the zoom window is changed (either by zooming | |
378 | in or out). minDate and maxDate are millis since epoch.</td> | |
379 | </tr> | |
380 | ||
381 | <tr> | |
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382 | <td><b>strokeWidth</b></td> |
383 | <td><code>2.0</code></td> | |
384 | <td>Width of the data lines. This can be used to increase the contrast or | |
385 | some graphs. (default 1.0)</td> | |
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386 | </tr> |
387 | ||
388 | <tr> | |
078d1d29 | 389 | <td><b>dateWindow</b></td> |
672f92a0 | 390 | <td><code>[Date.parse('2006-01-01'),<br/> |
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391 | (new Date()).valueOf()]</code></td> |
392 | <td>Initially zoom in on a section of the graph. Is of the form [earliest, | |
393 | latest], where earliest/latest are millis since epoch. By default, the | |
394 | full range of the input is shown.</td> | |
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395 | </tr> |
396 | ||
397 | <tr> | |
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398 | <td><b>valueRange</b></td> |
399 | <td><code>[10, 110]</code></td> | |
400 | <td>Explicitly set the vertical range of the graph to [low, high]. By | |
401 | default, some clever heuristics are used (see above).</td> | |
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402 | </tr> |
403 | ||
404 | <tr> | |
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405 | <td><b>labelsSeparateLines</b></td> |
406 | <td><code>true</code></td> | |
407 | <td>Put <br/> between lines in the label string. Often used in | |
408 | conjunction with <b>labelsDiv</b>. (default false)</td> | |
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409 | </tr> |
410 | ||
411 | <tr> | |
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412 | <td><b>labelsDiv</b></td> |
413 | <td><code>document.getElementById('foo')</code></td> | |
414 | <td>Show data labels in an external div, rather than on the graph. (default | |
415 | null)</td> | |
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416 | </tr> |
417 | ||
418 | <tr> | |
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419 | <td><b>labelsKMB</b></td> |
420 | <td><code>true</code></td> | |
421 | <td>Show K/M/B for thousands/millions/billions on y-axis (default | |
422 | false).</td> | |
423 | </tr> | |
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424 | |
425 | <tr> | |
426 | <td><b>labelsDivWidth</b></td> | |
427 | <td>250</td> | |
428 | <td>Width (in pixels) of the div which shows information on the | |
429 | currently-highlighted points.</td> | |
430 | </tr> | |
431 | ||
432 | <tr> | |
433 | <td><b>labelsDivStyles</b></td> | |
434 | <td>{}</td> | |
435 | <td>Additional styles to apply to the currently-highlighted points div. For | |
436 | example, { 'font-weigth': 'bold' } will make the labels bold.</td> | |
437 | </tr> | |
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439 | <tr> |
440 | <td><b>highlightCircleSize</b></td> | |
441 | <td><code>3</code></td> | |
442 | <td>Size (in pixels) of the dot drawn over highlighted points (default 3).</td> | |
443 | </tr> | |
444 | ||
445 | <tr> | |
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446 | <td><b>drawPoints</b></td> |
447 | <td><code>false</code></td> | |
448 | <td>Draw a small dot at each point, in addition to a line going through | |
449 | the point. This makes the individual data points easier to see, but can | |
450 | increase visual clutter in the chart. Default: false</td> | |
451 | </tr> | |
452 | ||
453 | <tr> | |
454 | <td><b>pointSize</b></td> | |
455 | <td><code>1.0</code></td> | |
456 | <td>The size of the dot to draw on each point in pixels (see | |
457 | drawPoints). A dot is always drawn when a point is "isolated", i.e. | |
458 | there is a missing point on either side of it. This also controls the | |
459 | size of those dots.</td> | |
460 | </tr> | |
461 | ||
462 | <tr> | |
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463 | <td><b>pixelsPerXLabel</b>, <b>pixelsPerYLabel</b></td> |
464 | <td>50</td> | |
465 | <td>Number of pixels to require between each x- and y-label. Larger values | |
466 | will yield a sparser axis with fewer ticks. Defaults: 60 (x-axis), 30 | |
467 | (y-axis).</td> | |
468 | </tr> | |
469 | ||
470 | <tr> | |
471 | <td><b>xAxisLabelWidth</b>, <b>yAxisLabelWidth</b></td> | |
472 | <td>50</td> | |
473 | <td>Width (in pixels) of the x- and y-axis labels.</td> | |
474 | </tr> | |
475 | ||
476 | <tr> | |
477 | <td><b>axisLabelFontSize</b></td> | |
478 | <td>14</td> | |
479 | <td>Size of the font (in pixels) to use in the axis labels, both x- and | |
480 | y-axis.</td> | |
481 | </tr> | |
482 | ||
483 | <tr> | |
484 | <td><b>rightGap</b></td> | |
485 | <td>5</td> | |
486 | <td>Number of pixels to leave blank at the right edge of the Dygraph. This | |
487 | makes it easier to highlight the right-most data point.</td> | |
488 | </tr> | |
489 | ||
490 | <tr> | |
491 | <td><b>errorBars</b></td> | |
492 | <td><code>false</code></td> | |
493 | <td>Does the data contain standard deviations? Setting this to true alters | |
494 | the input format (see above). (default false)</td> | |
495 | </tr> | |
496 | ||
497 | <tr> | |
498 | <td><b>sigma</b></td> | |
499 | <td>2</td> | |
500 | <td>When errorBars is set, shade this many standard deviations above/below | |
501 | each point.</td> | |
502 | </tr> | |
503 | ||
504 | <tr> | |
505 | <td><b>fractions</b></td> | |
506 | <td>false</td> | |
507 | <td>When set, attempt to parse each cell in the CSV file as "a/b", where a | |
508 | and b are integers. The ratio will be plotted. This allows computation of | |
509 | Wilson confidence intervals (see below).</td> | |
510 | </tr> | |
511 | ||
512 | <tr> | |
513 | <td><b>wilsonInterval</b></td> | |
514 | <td>true</td> | |
515 | <td>Use in conjunction with the "fractions" option. Instead of plotting +/- | |
516 | N standard deviations, dygraphs will compute a Wilson confidence interval | |
517 | and plot that. This has more reasonable behavior for ratios close to 0 or | |
518 | 1.</td> | |
519 | </tr> | |
520 | ||
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522 | <td><b>customBars</b></td> |
523 | <td>false</td> | |
524 | <td>When set, parse each CSV cell as "low;middle;high". Error bars will be | |
525 | drawn for each point between low and high, with the series itself going | |
526 | through middle.</td> | |
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527 | </tr> |
528 | </table> | |
529 | ||
285a6bda | 530 | <p>Any options you specify also get passed on to PlotKit's <a href="http://media.liquidx.net/js/plotkit-doc/PlotKit.Renderer.html">Renderer</a> class. dygraphs will override some of these (e.g. strokeColor), but others may be useful. The <code>padding</code> property is an example of this.</p> |
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531 | |
532 | <h2>Common Gotchas</h2> | |
533 | <p>Here are a few problems that I've frequently run into while using the | |
534 | dygraphs library.</p> | |
535 | ||
536 | <ul> | |
537 | <li>Make sure your CSV files are readable! If your graph isn't showing up, | |
538 | the XMLHttpRequest for the CSV file may be failing. You can determine whether | |
539 | this is the case using tools like <a | |
540 | href="http://www.getfirebug.com/">Firebug</a>.</li> | |
541 | ||
542 | <li>Make sure your CSV files are in the correct format. They must be of the | |
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543 | form <code>YYYYMMDD,series1,series2,...</code>. And if you set the |
544 | <code>errorBars</code> property, make sure you alternate data series and | |
545 | standard deviations.</li> | |
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546 | |
547 | <li>dygraphs are not happy when placed inside a <code><center></code> | |
548 | tag. This applies to the CSS <code>text-align</code> property as well. If you | |
285a6bda | 549 | want to center a Dygraph, put it inside a table with "align=center" |
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550 | set.</li> |
551 | ||
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552 | <li>Don't set the <code>dateWindow</code> property to a date. It expects |
553 | milliseconds since epoch, which can be obtained from a JavaScript Date | |
554 | object's valueOf method.</li> | |
555 | </ul> | |
556 | ||
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557 | <h2>Data Policy</h2> |
558 | <p>dygraphs is purely client-side JavaScript. It does not send your data to any | |
5520fcc0 | 559 | servers -- the data is processed entirely in the client's browser.</p> |
2739bb8f | 560 | |
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561 | <p><font size=-1>Created May 9, 2008 by <a href=mailto:danvdk@gmail.com>Dan Vanderkam</a></font></p> |
562 | ||
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