Visualization: Line Chart (Image)

    • The Image Charts portion of Google Chart Tools was officially deprecated as of April 20, 2012, but will continue to work according to their deprecation policy.

    • An Image Line Chart is a line chart rendered as an image using the Google Charts API.

    • The data format requires the first column to be a string category label, followed by any number of numeric columns for each line.

    • Configuration options allow customization of appearance and behavior, including colors, dimensions, legend position, and axis labels.

    • The primary method is draw(data, options) which renders the chart.

    Important: The Image Charts portion of Google Chart Tools has been officially deprecated as of April 20, 2012. It will continue to work as per our deprecation policy .

    1. Overview
    2. Example
    3. Loading
    4. Data Format
    5. Configuration Options
    6. Methods
    7. Events
    8. Data Policy

    Overview

    A line chart that is rendered as an image using the Google Charts API .

    Example

     
    <html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      google.charts.load("current", {packages:["imagelinechart"]});
      google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);

      function drawChart() {
        var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([
          ['Year', 'Sales', 'Expenses'],
          ['2004',  1000,      400],
          ['2005',  1170,      460],
          ['2006',  660,       1120],
          ['2007',  1030,      540]
        ]);

        var chart = new google.visualization.ImageLineChart(document.getElementById('chart_div'));

        chart.draw(data, {width: 400, height: 240, min: 0});
      }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="chart_div" style="width: 400px; height: 240px;"></div>
  </body>
</html>

    Loading

    The google.charts.load package name is "imagelinechart" .

      
 google 
 . 
 charts 
 . 
 load 
 ( 
 'current' 
 , 
  
 { 
 packages 
 : 
  
 [ 
 'imagelinechart' 
 ]});

    The visualization's class name is google.visualization.ImageLineChart .

      
 var 
  
 visualization 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 google 
 . 
 visualization 
 . 
 ImageLineChart 
 ( 
 container 
 );

    Data Format

    The first column should be a string, and contain the category label. Any number of columns can follow, all must be numeric. Each column is displayed as a separate line.

    Configuration Options

    Name
    Type
    Default
    Description
    backgroundColor
    string
    '#FFFFFF' (white)
    The background color for the chart in the Chart API color format .
    colors
    Array<string>
    Auto
    Use this to assign specific colors to each data series. Colors are specified in the Chart API color format . Color i is used for data column i, wrapping around to the beginning if there are more data columns than colors. If variations of a single color is acceptable for all series, use the color option instead.
    enableEvents
    boolean
    false
    Causes charts to throw user-triggered events such as click or mouse over. Supported only for specific chart types. See Events below.
    height
    number
    Container's height
    Height of the chart in pixels.
    legend
    string
    'right'
    Position and type of legend. Can be one of the following:
    • 'right' - To the right of the chart.
    • 'left' - To the left of the chart.
    • 'top' - Above the chart.
    • 'bottom' - Below the chart.
    • 'none' - No legend is displayed.
    max
    number
    automatic
    The maximal value to show in the Y axis.
    min
    number
    automatic
    The minimal value to show in the Y axis.
    showAxisLines
    boolean
    true
    If set to false, removes axis lines and labels.
    showCategoryLabels
    boolean
    same as showAxisLines
    If set to false, removes the labels of the categories (the X axis labels).
    showValueLabels
    boolean
    same as showAxisLines
    If set to false, removes the labels of the values (the Y axis labels).
    title
    string
    no title
    Text to display above the chart.
    valueLabelsInterval
    number
    Auto
    The interval at which to show value axis labels. For example, if min is 0, max is 100, and valueLabelsInterval is 20, the chart will show axis labels at (0, 20, 40, 60, 80 100).
    width
    number
    Container's width
    Width of the chart in pixels.

    Methods

    Method Return Type Description
    draw(data, options)
    		none Draws the chart.

    Events

    You can register to hear the events described on the Generic Image Chart page.

    Data Policy

    Please refer to the Chart API logging policy .
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