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: controls how tall your want your chart to appear
- Set the height of the chart to a value between 1 and 400
- Note that some charts can have a height greater than 400
Width of chart
- set the width of the chart to a value between 1 and 400
- Note that some charts can have a width greater than 400
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 your chart to display
- It's best to use standard font names to ensure that the font will appear on any computer
Font size: set the font size of the text in your 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 data to appear in the chart
- "True" shows the data as stacked on top of each other
- "False" shows the data as individual sets of data
Line width: controls the width of the lines depicting your data
- set the width of the lines in your chart from anywhere between 1 and above
Size of points: set how the points in your chart will appear
- type in a higher number to display larger points
- type in a lower number to display smaller points
- Note that a value of "1" is the minimum
Legend position: controls where you want the legend to appear in respect to the chart
- choose an option from the drop-down menu:
- "bottom:" the legend displays below the chart
- "in:" the legend displays inside of the chart
- "none:" the legend disappears and is no longer a part of the chart
- "right:" the legend displays to the right of the chart
- "top:" the legend displays above the chart
Legend text setting(s): customize how the legend will appear
- Click inside the textbox to display the "Set legendTextStyle" pop-up window
- "Font:" type in a font style
- "Size:" type in a number
- "Color:" click the color square, prompting the ColorPicker to appear
- choose a color scheme for the legend
formats the x-axis
- Baseline:
- Type in the number along the x-axis where you want to set the baseline, and thus where you want the bars to begin (for example, in you type in "50," the baseline will move to 50; the bars showing numbers lower than 50 will point to the left, while bars 50 and higher will point to the right)
- Baseline Color:
- Click the colored square and the ColorPicker tool will appear, allowing you to choose a color for the baseline
- Direction:
- Type in -1 to reverse the order of the values along the x-axis (for example, change the order from smallest to largest, to largest to smallest)
- Axis Label Format:
- Type in a label to appear in front of the numbers on the x-axis (for example, if you type in "Rabbits," the numbers on the x-axis would read "Rabbits5," "Rabbits10" and so on); type in a 0 if you don't want to have axis labels
- Log Scale?:
- Type in "true" in order to make the horizontal axis a logarithmic scale (all values must be positive)
- Text Position:
- Change the position of the horizontal axis text relative to the chart area by typing in "out," "in," or "none"
- Axis Title:
- Type in a title for the x-axis, which will appear below it
- Max Value:
- Filter data by typing in the maximum number you want to be shown on the chart (for example, if you type in "50," bars showing values of 51 and up will not appear)
- Min Value:
- Filter data by typing in the minimum number you want to appear on the chart (for example, if you type in "10," bars showing values of 9 and lower will not appear)
- Slanted Text:
- Type in "true" to display text on the x-axis text at an angle, which helps fit more text along the axis; type in "false" in order to display the text upright (the default is to slant text if it doesn't all fit when drawn upright)
Series setting(s): allows you to overlay several chart styles on top of each other, with each column of data being depicted by its own style
- Type in instructions in these formats of your choosing:
- Set a column to be displayed in a different chart style:
- Decide what data set to change: type in 0 for the first column, 1 for the second column, etc.
- Decide what style of chart in which to display the data set: "line," "area," "bars," or "steppedarea"
- For example, you could type in: 0,type=area, 1,type=bars, 2,type=steppedArea
- If you want to change the line width or point size of a particular chart style:
- Decide on the line width: type in "lineWidth=xxx," where xxx is the width (i.e., "4")
- Decide the point size: type in "pointSize=xxx," where xxx is the size (i.e., "12")
- Type in the line width or point size settings right after specifying the chart type for a certain data set, for example, you could type into the text box: 0,type=area, lineWidth=4, 1,type=bars, 2,type=steppedArea, pointSize=1
Title text setting(s): styles your text
- Font
- Type in a font name; use standard fonts, such as Arial, Courier, or Times New Roman, to ensure that it will look the same across different browsers
- Font size
- Type in a number as small as 1
- Color
- Click the colored square, prompting the ColorPicker tool to appear
- Choose a color
Tool tip setting(s): styles how the text in the tool tip will appear
- Font
- Type in a font name; use standard fonts, such as Arial, Courier, or Times New Roman, to ensure that it will look the same across all browsers
- Font size
- Type in a number as small as 1
- Color
- Click the colored square, prompting the ColorPicker tool to appear
- Choose a color
Vertical axis setting(s): formats the y-axis
- The settings are the same for the horizontal axis. Go to Horizontal axis settings
Background setting(s)
Chart area setting(s)
Chart colors
Enable user draw?