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Example

 

Spreadsheet Format

 Column 1Column 2

Column 3 (if you want more than one bar per category)

Data Type

Text or numbers

numbernumber
ContentsThe subjects of the data in your chart, such as countries, various metals or chemicals, years, etc.
  • The value for your subject on the y-axis
  • This forms a bar in your chart
  • The value for your subject  on the y-axis
  • This forms a second bar in your chart
    

 

Customization Options

Data Source URL

This field provides one way to upload your Google Docs spreadsheet, containing the data that will be used to create your visualization, into SHIVA. To use this option, you do not need to allow SHIVA read-only access to your Google Drive. For information on using it, see the Copy a Spreadsheet into SHIVA step-by-step guide

 

Data Filter

  • choose which data you want to see in the chart

Height of chart

  • set the height of the bar chart from 1 to greater than 400

Width of chart

  • set the height of the bar chart from 1 to greater than 600

Title above chart

  • Enter a title for your chart; this field is mandatory
  • Note that the title won't show up in the chart itself

Opacity of area chart: controls the opacity of the area below the chart lines

  • enter a value between 0 and 1, where 0=transparent and 1=opaque

Font name: set the font you want to display in your bar chart

  • It's best to use standard font names to ensure that the font will appear on any computer

Font size: set the font size you want to display in your bar chart

  • It's default setting is "automatic" which is font size 12
  • Note that if you have more than three columns, the text becomes difficult to read after font size 30

Stacked chart?- controls how you want the bars to appear in the chart

  • "True" shows the bars as stacked on top of one another
  • "False" shows the bars as individual sets of data, see the example chart above

Line width

  • set the width of the lines in your chart from anywhere between 1 and above

Size of points

Legend position

Legend text setting(s)

Horizontal axis setting(s)

Series setting(s)

Title text setting(s)

Tool tip setting(s)

Vertical axis setting(s)

Background setting(s)

Chart area setting(s)

Chart colors

Enable user draw?

 

 

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