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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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29
30 <p>The dygraphs JavaScript library produces produces interactive, zoomable charts of time series.</p>
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>
41 <li>Compatible with the Google Visualization API</li>
42 </ul>
43
44 <h3>Caveats</h3>
45 <ul>
46 <li>Requires Firefox 1.5+ or Safari/WebKit 1.3+.</li>
47 <li>Internet Explorer is poorly supported.</li>
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>
55 <div id="status" style="width:200px; font-size:0.8em; padding-top:5px;"></div>
56 </td>
57 </tr></table>
58 <script type="text/javascript">
59 g = new DateGraph(
60 document.getElementById("demodiv"),
61 function() {
62 var zp = function(x) { if (x < 10) return "0"+x; else return x; };
63 var r = "date,parabola,line,another line,sine wave\n";
64 for (var i=1; i<=31; i++) {
65 r += "200610" + zp(i);
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)"],
84 padding: {left: 40, right: 30, top: 15, bottom: 15},
85 }
86 );
87 </script>
88
89 <p>For more demos, browse the dygraph <a href="tests/">tests</a> directory.</p>
90
91 <h2>Usage</h2>
92
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:
94
95 <pre>./generate-combined.sh</pre>
96
97 <p>The combined JS file is now in <code>dygraph-combined.js</code>. Here's a basic example to get things started:</p>
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 &lt;html&gt;
106 &lt;head&gt;
107 &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="combined.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
108 &lt;/head&gt;
109 &lt;body&gt;
110 &lt;div id="graphdiv"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
111 &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
112 g = new Dygraph(
113 document.getElementById("graphdiv"), // containing div
114 "Date,Temperature\n" + // CSV or path to a CSV file.
115 "20080507,75\n" +
116 "20080508,70\n" +
117 "20080509,80\n",
118 );
119 &lt;/script&gt;
120 &lt;/body&gt;
121 &lt;/html&gt;
122 </pre>
123 </td><td valign=top>
124 <div id="graphdiv"></div>
125 <script type="text/javascript">
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 );
133 </script>
134 </td></tr></table>
135
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>
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 &lt;html&gt;
145 &lt;head&gt;
146 &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="combined.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
147 &lt;/head&gt;
148 &lt;body&gt;
149 &lt;div id="graphdiv" style="width:600px; height:300px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
150 &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
151 g = new Dygraph(
152 document.getElementById("graphdiv"),
153 "temperatures.csv", // path to CSV file
154 {} // additional options
155 );
156 &lt;/script&gt;
157 &lt;/body&gt;
158 &lt;/html&gt;
159 </pre>
160 </td><td valign=top>
161 <div id="graphdiv2" style="width:600px; height:300px;"></div>
162 <script type="text/javascript">
163 g2 = new Dygraph(
164 document.getElementById("graphdiv2"),
165 "temperatures.csv", {}
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>
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>
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>
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>
178 <li>The data is very spiky. A moving average would be easier to interpret.</li>
179 </ul>
180
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>
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 &lt;html&gt;
190 &lt;head&gt;
191 &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="combined.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
192 &lt;/head&gt;
193 &lt;body&gt;
194 &lt;div id="graphdiv" style="width:600px; height:300px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
195 &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
196 g = new Dygraph(
197 document.getElementById("graphdiv"),
198 "temperatures.csv",
199 { rollPeriod: 7,
200 showRoller: true,
201 }
202 );
203 &lt;/script&gt;
204 &lt;/body&gt;
205 &lt;/html&gt;
206 </pre>
207 </td><td valign=top>
208 <div id="graphdiv3" style="width:600px; height:300px;"></div>
209 <script type="text/javascript">
210 g3 = new Dygraph(
211 document.getElementById("graphdiv3"),
212 "temperatures.csv",
213 { rollPeriod: 7,
214 showRoller: true,
215 }
216 );
217 </script>
218 </td></tr></table>
219
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>
221
222 <h2>Error Bars</h2>
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>&sigma;</i> = sqrt((<i>&sigma;_1</i>^2 + <i>&sigma;_2</i>^2 + ... + <i>&sigma;_n</i>^2)/<i>n</i>))</p>
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 &lt;html&gt;
234 &lt;head&gt;
235 &lt;script type="text/javascript"
236 src="combined.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
237 &lt;/head&gt;
238 &lt;body&gt;
239 &lt;div id="graphdiv"
240 style="width:800px; height:400px;"
241 &gt;&lt;/div&gt;
242 &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
243 $ = document.getElementById;
244 g = new Dygraph(
245 $("graphdiv"),
246 "twonormals.csv",
247 { rollPeriod: 7,
248 showRoller: true,
249 errorBars: true,
250 valueRange: [50,125]
251 }
252 );
253 &lt;/script&gt;
254 &lt;/body&gt;
255 &lt;/html&gt;
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;
261 new Dygraph(
262 document.getElementById("graphdiv4"),
263 "twonormals.csv",
264 { rollPeriod: 14,
265 showRoller: true,
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
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
288 dow = new Dygraph(
289 document.getElementById('dow_chart'),
290 "dow.txt",
291 {
292 showRoller: true,
293 customBars: true,
294 labelsKMB: true,
295 padding: {left:30, right:30, top:5, bottom:5}
296 });
297 </script>
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 -->
315
316
317 <h2>Other Options</h2>
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>
319
320 <table class=thinborder width=1000>
321 <tr><th>Name</th><th>Sample Value</th><th>Description</th></tr>
322 <tr>
323 <td><b>rollPeriod</b></td>
324 <td><code>7</code></td>
325 <td>Number of days over which to average data. Discussed extensively above.</td>
326 </tr>
327
328 <tr>
329 <td><b>showRoller</b></td>
330 <td><code>true</code></td>
331 <td>Should the rolling average period text box be shown? Default is false.</td>
332 </tr>
333
334 <tr>
335 <td><b>colors</b></td>
336 <td><code>['red',&nbsp;'#00FF00']</code></td>
337 <td>List of colors for the data series. These can be of the form "#AABBCC"
338 or "rgb(255,100,200)" or "yellow", etc. If not specified, equally-spaced
339 points around a color wheel are used.</td>
340 </tr>
341
342 <tr>
343 <td><b>colorSaturation</b></td>
344 <td><code>1.0</code></td>
345 <td>If <b>colors</b> is not specified, saturation of the
346 automatically-generated data series colors. (0.0-1.0, default:
347 1.0)</td>
348 </tr>
349
350 <tr>
351 <td><b>colorValue</b></td>
352 <td><code>0.5</code></td>
353 <td>If colors is not specified, value of the data series colors, as in
354 hue/saturation/value. (0.0-1.0, default 0.5)</td>
355 </tr>
356
357 <tr>
358 <td><b>clickCallback</b></td>
359 <td><code>function(e,date){ alert(date); }</code></td>
360 <td>A function to call when a data point is clicked. The function should take
361 two arguments, the event object for the click and the date that was
362 clicked. (default null)</td>
363 </tr>
364
365 <tr>
366 <td><b>zoomCallback</b></td>
367 <td><code>function(minDate,maxDate) {}</code></td>
368 <td>A function to call when the zoom window is changed (either by zooming
369 in or out). minDate and maxDate are millis since epoch.</td>
370 </tr>
371
372 <tr>
373 <td><b>strokeWidth</b></td>
374 <td><code>2.0</code></td>
375 <td>Width of the data lines. This can be used to increase the contrast or
376 some graphs. (default 1.0)</td>
377 </tr>
378
379 <tr>
380 <td><b>dateWindow</b></td>
381 <td><code>[Date.parse('2006-01-01'),<br/>
382 (new&nbsp;Date()).valueOf()]</code></td>
383 <td>Initially zoom in on a section of the graph. Is of the form [earliest,
384 latest], where earliest/latest are millis since epoch. By default, the
385 full range of the input is shown.</td>
386 </tr>
387
388 <tr>
389 <td><b>valueRange</b></td>
390 <td><code>[10, 110]</code></td>
391 <td>Explicitly set the vertical range of the graph to [low, high]. By
392 default, some clever heuristics are used (see above).</td>
393 </tr>
394
395 <tr>
396 <td><b>labelsSeparateLines</b></td>
397 <td><code>true</code></td>
398 <td>Put &lt;br/&gt; between lines in the label string. Often used in
399 conjunction with <b>labelsDiv</b>. (default false)</td>
400 </tr>
401
402 <tr>
403 <td><b>labelsDiv</b></td>
404 <td><code>document.getElementById('foo')</code></td>
405 <td>Show data labels in an external div, rather than on the graph. (default
406 null)</td>
407 </tr>
408
409 <tr>
410 <td><b>labelsKMB</b></td>
411 <td><code>true</code></td>
412 <td>Show K/M/B for thousands/millions/billions on y-axis (default
413 false).</td>
414 </tr>
415
416 <tr>
417 <td><b>labelsDivWidth</b></td>
418 <td>250</td>
419 <td>Width (in pixels) of the div which shows information on the
420 currently-highlighted points.</td>
421 </tr>
422
423 <tr>
424 <td><b>labelsDivStyles</b></td>
425 <td>{}</td>
426 <td>Additional styles to apply to the currently-highlighted points div. For
427 example, { 'font-weigth': 'bold' } will make the labels bold.</td>
428 </tr>
429
430 <tr>
431 <td><b>highlightCircleSize</b></td>
432 <td><code>3</code></td>
433 <td>Size (in pixels) of the dot drawn over highlighted points (default 3).</td>
434 </tr>
435
436 <tr>
437 <td><b>pixelsPerXLabel</b>, <b>pixelsPerYLabel</b></td>
438 <td>50</td>
439 <td>Number of pixels to require between each x- and y-label. Larger values
440 will yield a sparser axis with fewer ticks. Defaults: 60 (x-axis), 30
441 (y-axis).</td>
442 </tr>
443
444 <tr>
445 <td><b>xAxisLabelWidth</b>, <b>yAxisLabelWidth</b></td>
446 <td>50</td>
447 <td>Width (in pixels) of the x- and y-axis labels.</td>
448 </tr>
449
450 <tr>
451 <td><b>axisLabelFontSize</b></td>
452 <td>14</td>
453 <td>Size of the font (in pixels) to use in the axis labels, both x- and
454 y-axis.</td>
455 </tr>
456
457 <tr>
458 <td><b>rightGap</b></td>
459 <td>5</td>
460 <td>Number of pixels to leave blank at the right edge of the Dygraph. This
461 makes it easier to highlight the right-most data point.</td>
462 </tr>
463
464 <tr>
465 <td><b>errorBars</b></td>
466 <td><code>false</code></td>
467 <td>Does the data contain standard deviations? Setting this to true alters
468 the input format (see above). (default false)</td>
469 </tr>
470
471 <tr>
472 <td><b>sigma</b></td>
473 <td>2</td>
474 <td>When errorBars is set, shade this many standard deviations above/below
475 each point.</td>
476 </tr>
477
478 <tr>
479 <td><b>fractions</b></td>
480 <td>false</td>
481 <td>When set, attempt to parse each cell in the CSV file as "a/b", where a
482 and b are integers. The ratio will be plotted. This allows computation of
483 Wilson confidence intervals (see below).</td>
484 </tr>
485
486 <tr>
487 <td><b>wilsonInterval</b></td>
488 <td>true</td>
489 <td>Use in conjunction with the "fractions" option. Instead of plotting +/-
490 N standard deviations, dygraphs will compute a Wilson confidence interval
491 and plot that. This has more reasonable behavior for ratios close to 0 or
492 1.</td>
493 </tr>
494
495 <tr>
496 <td><b>customBars</b></td>
497 <td>false</td>
498 <td>When set, parse each CSV cell as "low;middle;high". Error bars will be
499 drawn for each point between low and high, with the series itself going
500 through middle.</td>
501 </tr>
502 </table>
503
504 <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>
505
506 <h2>Common Gotchas</h2>
507 <p>Here are a few problems that I've frequently run into while using the
508 dygraphs library.</p>
509
510 <ul>
511 <li>Make sure your CSV files are readable! If your graph isn't showing up,
512 the XMLHttpRequest for the CSV file may be failing. You can determine whether
513 this is the case using tools like <a
514 href="http://www.getfirebug.com/">Firebug</a>.</li>
515
516 <li>Make sure your CSV files are in the correct format. They must be of the
517 form <code>YYYYMMDD,series1,series2,...</code>. And if you set the
518 <code>errorBars</code> property, make sure you alternate data series and
519 standard deviations.</li>
520
521 <li>dygraphs are not happy when placed inside a <code>&lt;center&gt;</code>
522 tag. This applies to the CSS <code>text-align</code> property as well. If you
523 want to center a Dygraph, put it inside a table with "align=center"
524 set.</li>
525
526 <li>Don't set the <code>dateWindow</code> property to a date. It expects
527 milliseconds since epoch, which can be obtained from a JavaScript Date
528 object's valueOf method.</li>
529 </ul>
530
531 <h2>Data Policy</h2>
532 <p>dygraphs is purely client-side JavaScript. It does not send your data to any
533 servers -- the data is process entirely in the client's browser.</p>
534
535 <p><font size=-1>Created May 9, 2008 by <a href=mailto:danvdk@gmail.com>Dan Vanderkam</a></font></p>
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