Google Charts and CSV Part 3: Side-by-Side Bubble Charts

Introduction

If you haven’t already, go ahead and take a look at the previous two installments of this series (Easy Data Visualization with Google Charts and a CSV and More Google Charts with a CSV: Bubble Charts). Today we’re going to take the bubble chart from More Google Charts with a CSV: Bubble Charts and add another chart to the same page. It’s not exactly as simple as duplicating all the code we created last time, but it nearly is.

Setup

Begin by downloading the finished product from last time here. Also, I’ve pasted the HTML below in case that’s easier for you:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Google Chart Example</title>
    <style>
      ul {
        list-style-type: none;
      }
    </style>
    <script src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="jquery.csv-0.71.js"></script>
    <script>
      // load the visualization library from Google and set a listener
      google.load("visualization", "1", {packages:\["corechart"\]});
      google.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);
      function drawChart() {
        // grab the CSV
        $.get("kzn1993.csv", function(csvString) {
          // transform the CSV string into a 2-dimensional array
          var arrayData = $.csv.toArrays(csvString, {onParseValue: $.csv.hooks.castToScalar});

          // use arrayData to load the select elements with the appropriate options
          for (var i = 0; i < arrayData[0].length; i++) {
            // this adds the given option to both select elements
            $("select").append("<option value='" + i + "'>" + arrayData[0][i] + "</option");
          }

          // set the default selection
          $("#domain option[value='0']").attr("selected","selected");
          $("#range option[value='1']").attr("selected","selected");

          // this new DataTable object holds all the data
          var data = new google.visualization.arrayToDataTable(arrayData);
          // this view can select a subset of the data at a time
          var view = new google.visualization.DataView(data);
          view.setColumns([{calc:stringID, type: "string"},1,2,3]);

          // this function returns the first column values as strings (by row)
          function stringID(dataTable, rowNum){
            // return dataTable.getValue(rowNum, 0).toString();
            // return an empty string instead to avoid the bubble labels
            return "";
          }
          var options = { title: "KwaZulu-Natal Household Survey (1993)", hAxis: {title: data.getColumnLabel(0), minValue: data.getColumnRange(0).min, maxValue: data.getColumnRange(0).max}, vAxis: {title: data.getColumnLabel(1), minValue: data.getColumnRange(1).min, maxValue: data.getColumnRange(1).max}, bubble: {stroke: "transparent", opacity: 0.2}, colorAxis: {colors:['red','blue']}, };
          var chart = new google.visualization.BubbleChart(document.getElementById('chart'));
          chart.draw(view, options);

          // set listener for the update button
          $("select").change(function(){
            // determine selected domain and range
            var domain = +$("#domain option:selected").val();
            var range = +$("#range option:selected").val();
            var color = +$("#color option:selected").val();
            var size = +$("#size option:selected").val();

            // update the view
            view.setColumns([{calc:stringID, type: "string", label: "Household ID"},domain,range,color,size]);

            // update the options
            options.hAxis.title = data.getColumnLabel(domain);
            options.hAxis.minValue = data.getColumnRange(domain).min;
            options.hAxis.maxValue = data.getColumnRange(domain).max;
            options.vAxis.title = data.getColumnLabel(range);
            options.vAxis.minValue = data.getColumnRange(range).min;
            options.vAxis.maxValue = data.getColumnRange(range).max;
            options.bubble = {stroke: "transparent", opacity: 0.2};
            options.colorAxis = {colors:['red','blue']};

            // update the chart
            chart.draw(view, options);
          });
        });
      }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="chart" style="width:800px; height:500px;"></div>
    <ul>
      <li>
        Y-Axis
        <select id="range"></select>
      </li>
      <li>
        X-Axis
        <select id="domain"></select>
      </li>
      <li>
        Color
        <select id="color"></select>
      </li>
      <li>
        Size
        <select id="size"></select>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </body>
</html>

Data

For this tutorial I’ve split the South African data by province in 1993. File kz1993.csv contains only the households in the former KwaZulu bantustan. File n1993.csv contains only the black households in the Natal province of what was at the time “white” South Africa. For more details on the data, please see the first tutorial in this series (Easy Data Visualization with Google Charts and a CSV).

HTML

Let’s begin by modifying the HTML. First we’ll encapsulate both the chart and the list in a <div> that is floated to the left. We also need to add a class (I’m going to choose chart) to each of the <select> elements to distinguish the chart on the left from the one on the right:

<div style="float:left;">
  <div id="chart" style="width:600px; height:500px;"></div>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Y-Axis
      <select class="chart" id="range"></select>
    </li>
    <li>
      X-Axis
      <select class="chart" id="domain"></select>
    </li>
    <li>
      Color
      <select class="chart" id="color"></select>
    </li>
    <li>
      Size
      <select class="chart" id="size"></select>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

So far so good. Now copy this entire <div> and paste a duplicate below. Change the ids and classes for this <div> by adding a 2. Also change the float direction to ”right“:

<div style="float:right">
  <div id="chart2" style="width:600px; height:500px;"></div>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Y-Axis
      <select class="chart2" id="range2"></select>
    </li>
    <li>
      X-Axis
      <select class="chart2" id="domain2"></select>
    </li>
    <li>
      Color
      <select class="chart2" id="color2"></select>
    </li>
    <li>
      Size
      <select class="chart2" id="size2"></select>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

JavaScript

Chart 1

Now we need to make some adjustments to our drawChart() callback function. First we’ll change the CSV file reference from the kzn1993.csv to kz1993.csv.

function drawChart() {
  // grab the first CSV
  $.get("kz1993.csv", function(csvString) {

In the for loop we need to change the jQuery selection of all select elements to only those with the chart class:

// use arrayData to load the select elements with the appropriate options
for (var i = 0; i < arrayData[0].length; i++) {
  // this adds the given option to both select elements
  $('select.chart').append(
    "<option value='" + i + "'>" + arrayData[0][i] + '</option>'
  )
}

The last change we need to make for the chart on the left is to modify the title:

var options = { title: "KwaZulu-Natal Household Survey (1993) - KwaZulu", hAxis: {title: data.getColumnLabel(0), minValue: data.getColumnRange(0).min, maxValue: data.getColumnRange(0).max}, vAxis: {title: data.getColumnLabel(1), minValue: data.getColumnRange(1).min, maxValue: data.getColumnRange(1).max}, bubble: {stroke: "transparent", opacity: 0.2}, colorAxis: {colors:\['red','blue'\]}, };

Chart 2

Now, for the chart on the right we can start by copying the $.get(); call of the first chart. We just need to change the referenced CSV, the referenced HTML ids and classes, and the title. First, change the referenced CSV:

// grab the second CSV (this one covers Natal Province)
$.get("n1993.csv", function(csvString) {

Next, change the referenced ids and classes here:

// use arrayData to load the select elements with the appropriate options
for (var i = 0; i < arrayData[0].length; i++) {
  // this adds the given option to both select elements
  $('select.chart2').append(
    "<option value='" + i + "'>" + arrayData[0][i] + '</option>'
  )
}
// set the default selection
$("#domain2 option[value='0']").attr('selected', 'selected')
$("#range2 option[value='1']").attr('selected', 'selected')

and here:

var chart = new google.visualization.BubbleChart(document.getElementById('chart2'));
chart.draw(view, options);
// set listener for the update button
$("select.chart2").change(function(){
  // determine selected domain and range
  var domain = +$("#domain2 option:selected").val();
  var range = +$("#range2 option:selected").val();
  var color = +$("#color2 option:selected").val();
  var size = +$("#size2 option:selected").val();

The last thing to do is change the title:

var options = { title: "KwaZulu-Natal Household Survey (1993) - Natal", hAxis: {title: data.getColumnLabel(0), minValue: data.getColumnRange(0).min, maxValue: data.getColumnRange(0).max}, vAxis: {title: data.getColumnLabel(1), minValue: data.getColumnRange(1).min, maxValue: data.getColumnRange(1).max}, bubble: {stroke: "transparent", opacity: 0.2}, colorAxis: {colors:\['red', 'blue'\]}, };

Conclusion

The end result looks pretty nice (if your charts stack vertically, you need to make your charts smaller or your screen wider).

To play around with a live version go here. If any of this was confusing, please check the previous two tutorials (Easy Data Visualization with Google Charts and a CSV and More Google Charts with a CSV: Bubble Charts) or leave a comment below.

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JavaScript

Chart 1

Chart 2

Conclusion

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