Class LineChartBuilder

  • LineChartBuilder is used to create line charts and offers various methods for customization.

  • Data for the line chart can be imported from external sources like Google Sheets using a data source URL.

  • You can set visual properties of the chart such as title, axis titles, dimensions, colors, curve style, and point style.

  • Methods are available to control the appearance of the legend and axis text, including text style and position.

  • Advanced options and logarithmic scale for the range axis can also be configured.

LineChartBuilder

Builder for line charts. For more details, see the Google Charts documentation.

Here is an example that shows how to build a line chart. The data is imported from a Google spreadsheet.

// Get sample data from a spreadsheet.
constdataSourceUrl='https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/tq?range=A1%3AG5'+
'&key=0Aq4s9w_HxMs7dHpfX05JdmVSb1FpT21sbXd4NVE3UEE&gid=2&headers=-1';
constchartBuilder=Charts.newLineChart()
.setTitle('Yearly Rainfall')
.setXAxisTitle('Month')
.setYAxisTitle('Rainfall (in)')
.setDimensions(600,500)
.setCurveStyle(Charts.CurveStyle.SMOOTH)
.setPointStyle(Charts.PointStyle.MEDIUM)
.setDataSourceUrl(dataSourceUrl);
constchart=chartBuilder.build();

Methods

MethodReturn typeBrief description
build() Chart Builds the chart.
reverseCategories() LineChartBuilder Reverses the drawing of series in the domain axis.
setBackgroundColor(cssValue) LineChartBuilder Sets the background color for the chart.
setColors(cssValues) LineChartBuilder Sets the colors for the lines in the chart.
setCurveStyle(style) LineChartBuilder Sets the style to use for curves in the chart.
setDataSourceUrl(url) LineChartBuilder Sets the data source URL that is used to pull data in from an external source, such as Google Sheets.
setDataTable(tableBuilder) LineChartBuilder Sets the data table to use for the chart using a DataTableBuilder.
setDataTable(table) LineChartBuilder Sets the data table which contains the lines for the chart, as well as the X-axis labels.
setDataViewDefinition(dataViewDefinition) LineChartBuilder Sets the data view definition to use for the chart.
setDimensions(width, height) LineChartBuilder Sets the dimensions for the chart.
setLegendPosition(position) LineChartBuilder Sets the position of the legend with respect to the chart.
setLegendTextStyle(textStyle) LineChartBuilder Sets the text style of the chart legend.
setOption(option, value) LineChartBuilder Sets advanced options for this chart.
setPointStyle(style) LineChartBuilder Sets the style for points in the line.
setRange(start, end) LineChartBuilder Sets the range for the chart.
setTitle(chartTitle) LineChartBuilder Sets the title of the chart.
setTitleTextStyle(textStyle) LineChartBuilder Sets the text style of the chart title.
setXAxisTextStyle(textStyle) LineChartBuilder Sets the horizontal axis text style.
setXAxisTitle(title) LineChartBuilder Adds a title to the horizontal axis.
setXAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle) LineChartBuilder Sets the horizontal axis title text style.
setYAxisTextStyle(textStyle) LineChartBuilder Sets the vertical axis text style.
setYAxisTitle(title) LineChartBuilder Adds a title to the vertical axis.
setYAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle) LineChartBuilder Sets the vertical axis title text style.
useLogScale() LineChartBuilder Makes the range axis into a logarithmic scale (requires all values to be positive).

Detailed documentation

build()

Builds the chart.

Return

Chart — A Chart object, which can be embedded into documents, UI elements, or used as a static image.


reverseCategories()

Reverses the drawing of series in the domain axis. For vertical-range charts (such as line, area or column charts), this means the horizontal axis is drawn from right to left. For horizontal-range charts (such as bar charts), this means the vertical axis is drawn from top to bottom. For pie charts, this means the slices are drawn counterclockwise.

// Creates a pie chart builder and sets drawing of the slices in a
// counter-clockwise manner.
constbuilder=Charts.newPieChart();
builder.reverseCategories();

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setBackgroundColor(cssValue)

Sets the background color for the chart.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the background color to gray
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setBackgroundColor('gray');

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
cssValueStringThe CSS value for the color (such as "blue" or "#00f").

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setColors(cssValues)

Sets the colors for the lines in the chart.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the first two lines to be drawn in
// green and red, respectively.
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setColors(['green','red']);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
cssValuesString[]An array of color CSS values, such as ["red", "#acf"]. The nth element in the array represents the color of the nth line in the chart.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setCurveStyle(style)

Sets the style to use for curves in the chart. See CurveStyle for allowed curve styles.

// Creates a line chart builder and curves the lines in the chart.
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setCurveStyle(Charts.CurveStyle.SMOOTH);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
styleCurveStyle The style for curves in the chart.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.

See also


setDataSourceUrl(url)

Sets the data source URL that is used to pull data in from an external source, such as Google Sheets. If a data source URL and a DataTable are provided, the data source URL is ignored.

For more information about querying data sources, check out the Google Charts documentation.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
urlStringThe data source URL, including any query parameters.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setDataTable(tableBuilder)

Sets the data table to use for the chart using a DataTableBuilder. This is a convenience method for setting the data table without needing to call build().

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
tableBuilderDataTableBuilder A data table builder. A new data table is created instantly as part of this call, so any further updates to the builder won't be reflected in the chart.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setDataTable(table)

Sets the data table which contains the lines for the chart, as well as the X-axis labels. The first column should be a string, and contain the horizontal axis labels. Any number of columns can follow, all must be numeric. Each column is displayed as a separate line.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
tableDataTableSource The data table to use for the chart.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setDataViewDefinition(dataViewDefinition)

Sets the data view definition to use for the chart.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
dataViewDefinitionDataViewDefinition A data view definition object that defines the view that should be derived from the given data source for the chart drawing.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setDimensions(width, height)

Sets the dimensions for the chart.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
widthIntegerThe width of the chart, in pixels.
heightIntegerThe height of the chart, in pixels.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setLegendPosition(position)

Sets the position of the legend with respect to the chart. By default, there is no legend.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the legend position to right.
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setLegendPosition(Charts.Position.RIGHT);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
positionPosition The position of the legend.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setLegendTextStyle(textStyle)

Sets the text style of the chart legend.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets it up for a blue, 26-point legend.
consttextStyleBuilder=
Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('#0000FF').setFontSize(26);
conststyle=textStyleBuilder.build();
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setLegendTextStyle(style);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
textStyleTextStyle The text style to use for the chart legend.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setOption(option, value)

Sets advanced options for this chart. See the available options for this chart. This method has no effect if the given option is invalid.

// Build a line chart with a 1-second animation duration.
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setOption('animation.duration',1000);
constchart=builder.build();

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
optionStringThe option to set.
valueObjectThe value to set.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setPointStyle(style)

Sets the style for points in the line. By default, points have no particular styles, and only the line is visible.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets large point style.
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setPointStyle(Charts.PointStyle.LARGE);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
stylePointStyle The style to use for points in the line.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.

See also


setRange(start, end)

Sets the range for the chart.

If any data points fall outside the range, the range is expanded to include those data points.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
startNumberThe value for the lowest grid line of the range axis.
endNumberThe value for the highest grid line of the range axis.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setTitle(chartTitle)

Sets the title of the chart. The title is displayed centered above the chart.

// Creates a line chart builder and title to 'My Line Chart'.
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setTitle('My Line Chart');

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chartTitleStringthe chart title.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setTitleTextStyle(textStyle)

Sets the text style of the chart title.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets it up for a blue, 26-point title.
consttextStyleBuilder=
Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('#0000FF').setFontSize(26);
conststyle=textStyleBuilder.build();
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setTitleTextStyle(style);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
textStyleTextStyle The text style to use for the chart title. You can create a TextStyleBuilder object by calling Charts.newTextStyle() .

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setXAxisTextStyle(textStyle)

Sets the horizontal axis text style.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the X-axis text style to blue, 18-point
// font.
consttextStyle=
Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('blue').setFontSize(18).build();
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setXAxisTextStyle(textStyle);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
textStyleTextStyle The text style to use for the horizontal axis title. You can create a TextStyleBuilder object by calling Charts.newTextStyle() .

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setXAxisTitle(title)

Adds a title to the horizontal axis. The title is centered and appears below the axis value labels.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the X-axis title.
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setTitle('X-axis Title');

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
titleStringThe title for the X-axis.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setXAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle)

Sets the horizontal axis title text style.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the X-axis title text style to blue,
// 18-point font.
consttextStyle=
Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('blue').setFontSize(18).build();
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setXAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
textStyleTextStyle The text style to use for the horizontal axis title. You can create a TextStyleBuilder object by calling Charts.newTextStyle() .

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setYAxisTextStyle(textStyle)

Sets the vertical axis text style.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the Y-axis text style to blue, 18-point
// font.
consttextStyle=
Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('blue').setFontSize(18).build();
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setYAxisTextStyle(textStyle);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
textStyleTextStyle The text style to use for the horizontal axis title. You can create a TextStyleBuilder object by calling Charts.newTextStyle() .

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setYAxisTitle(title)

Adds a title to the vertical axis. The title is centered and appears to the left of the value labels.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the Y-axis title.
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setYAxisTitle('Y-axis Title');

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
titleStringThe title for the Y-axis.

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


setYAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle)

Sets the vertical axis title text style.

// Creates a line chart builder and sets the Y-axis title text style to blue,
// 18-point font.
consttextStyle=
Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('blue').setFontSize(18).build();
constbuilder=Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setYAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
textStyleTextStyle The text style to use for the horizontal axis title. You can create a TextStyleBuilder object by calling Charts.newTextStyle() .

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.


useLogScale()

Makes the range axis into a logarithmic scale (requires all values to be positive). The range axis are the vertical axis for vertical charts (such as line, area, or column) and the horizontal axis for horizontal charts (such as bar).

Return

LineChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.

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