A default bar chart
Letters,Amount
A,28
B,55
C,43
D,91
E,81
F,53
G,19
H,81
I,52
width
(defaults to400
)height
(defaults to200
)color
(defaults tosteelblue
)
A bar chart with all options set
---
width: 500
height: 100
color: red
---
Letters,Amount
A,28
B,55
C,43
D,91
E,81
F,53
G,19
H,81
I,52
A default line chart
Date,Value
2010-01-01,28
2012-02-22,55
2013-01-13,43
2015-01-04,91
2015-01-05,81
2017-12-06,53
2018-06-07,19
2019-11-08,81
2020-01-09,52
width
(defaults to400
)height
(defaults to200
)color
(defaults tosteelblue
)temporal
(defaults tofalse
)
If temporal
is not true
, the x axis is assumed to be nominal
, as in the example above. As we are using dates here, set temporal
to true
.
A temporal line chart
---
temporal: true
---
Date,Value
2010-01-01,28
2012-02-22,55
2013-01-13,43
2015-01-04,91
2015-01-05,81
2017-12-06,53
2018-06-07,19
2019-11-08,81
2020-01-09,52
A temporal area chart
---
temporal: true
---
Date,Value
2010-01-01,28
2012-02-22,55
2013-01-13,43
2015-01-04,91
2015-01-05,81
2017-12-06,53
2018-06-07,19
2019-11-08,81
2020-01-09,52
Area chart options are the same as for line charts.
A temporal multiline chart
---
temporal: true
---
Date,Value,Stock
2010-01-01,28,AAA
2012-02-22,55,AAA
2013-01-13,43,AAA
2015-01-04,91,AAA
2010-01-01,80,BBB
2012-02-22,53,BBB
2013-01-13,63,BBB
2015-01-04,34,BBB
2010-01-01,18,CCC
2012-02-22,34,CCC
2013-01-13,55,CCC
2015-01-04,76,CCC
For multiline charts, add a third column. Options are the same as for line charts, except you can not choose the color. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A default pie chart
Letters,Amount
A,28
B,55
C,43
D,91
width
(defaults to400
)height
(defaults to200
)
Charts are drawn with vegalite. Try their online editor.
A vegalite chart
{
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v4.json",
"description": "A simple bar chart with embedded data.",
"width": 400,
"height": 200,
"data": {
"values": [
{"a": "A", "b": 28}, {"a": "B", "b": 55}, {"a": "C", "b": 43},
{"a": "D", "b": 91}, {"a": "E", "b": 81}, {"a": "F", "b": 53},
{"a": "G", "b": 19}, {"a": "H", "b": 87}, {"a": "I", "b": 52}
]
},
"mark": "bar",
"encoding": {
"x": {"field": "a", "type": "ordinal", "axis": {"labelAngle": 0}},
"y": {"field": "b", "type": "quantitative"}
}
}
Vegalite is based on vega. You can use that too.
A vega chart
{
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega/v5.json",
"width": 400,
"height": 200,
"padding": 5,
"data": [
{
"name": "table",
"values": [
{"category": "A", "amount": 28},
{"category": "B", "amount": 55},
{"category": "C", "amount": 43},
{"category": "D", "amount": 91},
{"category": "E", "amount": 81},
{"category": "F", "amount": 53},
{"category": "G", "amount": 19},
{"category": "H", "amount": 87}
]
}
],
"scales": [
{
"name": "xscale",
"type": "band",
"domain": {"data": "table", "field": "category"},
"range": "width",
"padding": 0.05,
"round": true
},
{
"name": "yscale",
"domain": {"data": "table", "field": "amount"},
"nice": true,
"range": "height"
}
],
"axes": [
{ "orient": "bottom", "scale": "xscale" },
{ "orient": "left", "scale": "yscale" }
],
"marks": [
{
"type": "rect",
"from": {"data":"table"},
"encode": {
"enter": {
"x": {"scale": "xscale", "field": "category"},
"width": {"scale": "xscale", "band": 1},
"y": {"scale": "yscale", "field": "amount"},
"y2": {"scale": "yscale", "value": 0},
"fill": {"value": "steelblue"}
}
}
}
]
}