Class ColumnChartBuilder

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

This example shows how to create a column chart with data from a data table.

var sampleData = Charts.newDataTable()
    .addColumn(Charts.ColumnType.STRING, "Year")
    .addColumn(Charts.ColumnType.NUMBER, "Sales")
    .addColumn(Charts.ColumnType.NUMBER, "Expenses")
    .addRow(["2004", 1000, 400])
    .addRow(["2005", 1170, 460])
    .addRow(["2006", 660, 1120])
    .addRow(["2007", 1030, 540])
    .addRow(["2008", 800, 600])
    .addRow(["2009", 943, 678])
    .addRow(["2010", 1020, 550])
    .addRow(["2011", 910, 700])
    .addRow(["2012", 1230, 840])
    .build();

var chart = Charts.newColumnChart()
    .setTitle('Sales & Expenses')
    .setXAxisTitle('Year')
    .setYAxisTitle('Amount (USD)')
    .setDimensions(600, 500)
    .setDataTable(sampleData)
    .build();

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`build()`	`Chart`	Builds the chart.
`reverseCategories()`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Reverses the drawing of series in the domain axis.
`setBackgroundColor(cssValue)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the background color for the chart.
`setColors(cssValues)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the colors for the lines in the chart.
`setDataSourceUrl(url)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the data source URL that is used to pull data in from an external source, such as Google Sheets.
`setDataTable(tableBuilder)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the data table to use for the chart using a DataTableBuilder.
`setDataTable(table)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the data table which contains the lines for the chart, as well as the X-axis labels.
`setDataViewDefinition(dataViewDefinition)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the data view definition to use for the chart.
`setDimensions(width, height)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the dimensions for the chart.
`setLegendPosition(position)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the position of the legend with respect to the chart.
`setLegendTextStyle(textStyle)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the text style of the chart legend.
`setOption(option, value)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets advanced options for this chart.
`setRange(start, end)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the range for the chart.
`setStacked()`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Uses stacked lines, meaning that line and bar values are stacked (accumulated).
`setTitle(chartTitle)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the title of the chart.
`setTitleTextStyle(textStyle)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the text style of the chart title.
`setXAxisTextStyle(textStyle)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the horizontal axis text style.
`setXAxisTitle(title)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Adds a title to the horizontal axis.
`setXAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the horizontal axis title text style.
`setYAxisTextStyle(textStyle)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the vertical axis text style.
`setYAxisTitle(title)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Adds a title to the vertical axis.
`setYAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle)`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	Sets the vertical axis title text style.
`useLogScale()`	`ColumnChartBuilder`	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.
var builder = Charts.newPieChart();
builder.reverseCategories();

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setBackgroundColor("gray");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`cssValue`	`String`	The CSS value for the color (such as `"blue"` or `"#00f"`).

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setColors(["green", "red"]);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`cssValues`	`String[]`	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

ColumnChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.

`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

Name	Type	Description
`url`	`String`	The data source URL, including any query parameters.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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

Name	Type	Description
`tableBuilder`	`DataTableBuilder`	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

ColumnChartBuilder — 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

Name	Type	Description
`table`	`DataTableSource`	The data table to use for the chart.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.

`setDataViewDefinition(dataViewDefinition)`

Sets the data view definition to use for the chart.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`dataViewDefinition`	`DataViewDefinition`	A data view definition object that defines the view that should be derived from the given data source for the chart drawing.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.

`setDimensions(width, height)`

Sets the dimensions for the chart.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`width`	`Integer`	The width of the chart, in pixels.
`height`	`Integer`	The height of the chart, in pixels.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setLegendPosition(Charts.Position.RIGHT);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`position`	`Position`	The position of the legend.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var textStyleBuilder = Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('#0000FF').setFontSize(26);
var style = textStyleBuilder.build();
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setLegendTextStyle(style);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`textStyle`	`TextStyle`	The text style to use for the chart legend.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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 column chart with a 1-second animation duration.
var builder = Charts.newColumnChart();
builder.setOption('animation.duration', 1000);
var chart = builder.build();

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`option`	`String`	The option to set.
`value`	`Object`	The value to set.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.

`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

Name	Type	Description
`start`	`Number`	The value for the lowest grid line of the range axis.
`end`	`Number`	The value for the highest grid line of the range axis.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.

`setStacked()`

Uses stacked lines, meaning that line and bar values are stacked (accumulated). By default, there is no stacking.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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'.
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setTitle('My Line Chart')

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`chartTitle`	`String`	the chart title.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var textStyleBuilder = Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('#0000FF').setFontSize(26);
var style = textStyleBuilder.build();
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setTitleTextStyle(style);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`textStyle`	`TextStyle`	The text style to use for the chart title. You can create a `TextStyleBuilder` object by calling `Charts.newTextStyle()`.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var textStyle = Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('blue').setFontSize(18).build();
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setXAxisTextStyle(textStyle);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`textStyle`	`TextStyle`	The text style to use for the horizontal axis title. You can create a `TextStyleBuilder` object by calling `Charts.newTextStyle()`.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setTitle('X-axis Title')

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	The title for the X-axis.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var textStyle = Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('blue').setFontSize(18).build();
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setXAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`textStyle`	`TextStyle`	The text style to use for the horizontal axis title. You can create a `TextStyleBuilder` object by calling `Charts.newTextStyle()`.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var textStyle = Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('blue').setFontSize(18).build();
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setYAxisTextStyle(textStyle);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`textStyle`	`TextStyle`	The text style to use for the horizontal axis title. You can create a `TextStyleBuilder` object by calling `Charts.newTextStyle()`.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setYAxisTitle('Y-axis Title')

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	The title for the Y-axis.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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.
var textStyle = Charts.newTextStyle().setColor('blue').setFontSize(18).build();
var builder = Charts.newLineChart();
builder.setYAxisTitleTextStyle(textStyle);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`textStyle`	`TextStyle`	The text style to use for the horizontal axis title. You can create a `TextStyleBuilder` object by calling `Charts.newTextStyle()`.

Return

ColumnChartBuilder — 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

ColumnChartBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.