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Chart Advanced Features: Heatmap

The following sections provide a list of available advanced attributes available for controlling and customizing Heatmap elements.

Note

This article contains documentation for advanced attributes which are third-party customizations that must be manually entered into the chart wizard. These articles were converted directly from the documentation provided by this third-party source. Not every attribute listed may be supported in Exago BI as some unexpected conflicts may occur in their integration within the application.

Functional Attributes

These attributes let you control a variety of functional elements on the chart. For example, you can opt to show or hide data labels, data values. You can also set chart limits and extended properties.

Attribute Type Value Description
animation True/False 0/1 This attribute gives you the option to control animation in your charts. If you do not want to animate any part of the chart, set this as 0.
animationDuration Number In seconds This attribute sets the animation duration of the chart. `animationDuration` attribute is applicable only if animation of the chart is enabled.
Default value: 1 sec
palette Number 1-5 Each chart has 5 pre-defined color palettes which you can choose from. Each palette renders the chart in a different color theme.
paletteColors Text List of hex color codes separated by comma While the `palette` attribute allows to select a palette theme that applies to chart background, canvas, font and tool-tips, it does not change the colors of data items (that is, column, line, pie etc.). Using `paletteColors` attribute, you can specify your custom list of hex colors for the data items. The list of colors have to be separated by comma, for example, `”paletteColors”: “#FF0000, #0372AB, #FF5904…”`. The chart will cycle through the list of specified colors and then render the data plot accordingly. To use the same set of colors throughout all your charts in a web application, you can store the list of palette colors in your application globally and then provide the same in each chart JSON.
useEllipsesWhenOverflow True/False 0/1 When enabled in auto mode, long data labels are truncated by adding ellipses to prevent them from overflowing the chart background. The default value is 1.
trType Text   Specifies the type of data provided in the top-right label. This value is displayed in the tool tip.
tlType Text   Specifies the type of data provided in the top-left label. This value is displayed in the tool tip.
brType Text   Specifies the type of data provided in the bottom-right label. This value is displayed in the tool tip.
blType Text   Specifies the type of data provided in the bottom-left label. This value is displayed in the tool tip.
staggerLines Number 2 or above If you have opted for STAGGER mode as `labelDisplay`, using this attribute you can control how many lines to stagger the label to. By default, all labels are displayed in a single line.
showValues True/False 0/1 Sets the configuration whether data values would be displayed along with the data plot on chart.
showLimits True/False 0/1 Whether to show chart limit values.
showDivLineValues True/False 0/1 Whether to show div line values.
showShadow True/False 0/1 Whether to apply the shadow effects for dataplot.
clickURL Text Any The entire chart can now act as a hotspot. Use this Url to define the hotspot link for the chart. The link can be specified in Exago Link Format.
clickURLOverridesPlotLinks True/False 0/1 Sets whether the `clickURL` attribute (that sets a link to which the user is directed when the chart is clicked) overrides the `link` attribute (that sets a link to which the user is directed when a data plot is clicked).
Default value: 0 (`clickURL` does not override `link`)
interactiveAnimationDuration Number Any Sets the duration of the animation that takes place when the legends are used to show or hide dataplots.
mapByCategory True/False 0/1 Allows you to render a category based heat map chart.
plotFillAlpha Numeric 0 – 100 Sets the transparency of all the dataplots in the chart.
unescapeLinks True/False 0/1 Internally the chart decodes a Url that you set as link. Before invoking the link it again encodes the Url. If you are passing multilingual characters via a Url or do not want this decode-encode mechanism to be handled by chart you can set,`unescapeLinks=’0’`.
showPrintMenuItem True/False 0/1 When you right click on the chart it shows a context menu. This attribute allows you to show or hide the “Print” option in the context menu.
hasRTLText Number Any This attribute, when set to `1`, indicates to the chart that the text (rendered on the chart) may contain RTL characters and the textual display has to be managed accordingly.
plotHighlightEffect Text Any This attribute lets you enable/disable the highlight effect, in the form of a `fadeout`, for the data plots corresponding to a legend item. When this attribute is enabled and the mouse pointer is hovered over a legend item label, plots belonging to the other data series fadeout, by reducing their opacity.
The fadeout effect can be customized by specifying the fadeout color and opacity using the `color` and `alpha` attributes. Eg. `fadeout|color=#ff0000, alpha=60`
theme Text ‘fusion’, ‘gammel’, ‘candy’, ‘ocean’, ‘zune’, ‘carbon’, ‘umber’ This attribute changes the theme of the chart. There are 7 types of themes which have been made according to the different color combinations.

Chart Message-related Attributes

These attributes let you set and configure custom chart messages, using text as well as images.

Attribute Type Value Description
baseChartMessageFont Text Any This attribute allows to set a custom font for all chart messages.
baseChartMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set a custom font size for all chart messages.
baseChartMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set a custom font color for all chart messages.
baseChartMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right This attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for all images displayed as chart messages.
Default value: middle
baseChartMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom This attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for all images displayed as chart messages.
Default value: middle
baseChartMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute allows to set a transparency for all images displayed as chart messages.
Default value: 100
baseChartMessageImageScale Number 0-300 This attribute allows to set a scale for magnifying all images displayed as chart messages.
Default value: 100
loadMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed when a chart begins to load. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
loadMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set the font for the message displayed when a chart begins to load.
loadMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed when a chart begins to load.
loadMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed when a chart begins to load.
loadMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `loadMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
loadMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `loadMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
loadMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `loadMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
loadMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `loadMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
typeNotSupportedMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed when the specified chart type is not supported. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
typeNotSupportedMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set the font for the message displayed when the specified chart type is not supported.
typeNotSupportedMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed when the specified chart type is not supported.
typeNotSupportedMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed when the specified chart type is not supported.
typeNotSupportedMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `typeNotSupportedMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
typeNotSupportedMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `typeNotSupportedMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
typeNotSupportedMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `typeNotSupportedMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
typeNotSupportedMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `typeNotSupportedMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
renderErrorMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed if an error is encountered while rendering the chart. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
renderErrorMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set a font for the message displayed if an error is encountered while rendering the chart.
renderErrorMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed if an error is encountered while rendering the chart.
renderErrorMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed if an error is encountered while rendering the chart.
renderErrorMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `renderErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
renderErrorMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `renderErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
renderErrorMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `renderErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
renderErrorMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `renderErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
dataLoadStartMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed when chart data begins loading. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
dataLoadStartMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set a font for the message displayed when chart data begins loading.
dataLoadStartMessageFontSize Text In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed when chart data begins loading.
dataLoadStartMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed when chart data begins loading.
dataLoadStartMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadStartMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
dataLoadStartMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadStartMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
dataLoadStartMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadStartMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
dataLoadStartMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadStartMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
dataEmptyMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed if the data loaded for a chart is empty. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
dataEmptyMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set the font for the message displayed if the data loaded for a chart is empty
dataEmptyMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed if the data loaded for a chart is empty.
dataEmptyMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed if the data loaded for a chart is empty.
dataEmptyMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `dataEmptyMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
dataEmptyMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `dataEmptyMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
dataEmptyMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataEmptyMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
dataEmptyMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataEmptyMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
dataLoadErrorMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed if an error is encountered while loading chart data. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
dataLoadErrorMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set a font for the message displayed if an error is encountered while loading chart data.
dataLoadErrorMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed if an error is encountered while loading chart data.
dataLoadErrorMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed if an error is encountered while loading chart data.
dataLoadErrorMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
dataLoadErrorMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
dataLoadErrorMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
dataLoadErrorMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
dataInvalidMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed if the data to be loaded for the chart is invalid. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
dataInvalidMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set the font for the message displayed if the specified chart data is invalid.
dataInvalidMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed if the specified chart data is invalid.
dataInvalidMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed if the specified chart data is invalid.
dataInvalidMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `dataInvalidMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
dataInvalidMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `dataInvalidMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
dataInvalidMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataInvalidMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
dataInvalidMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataInvalidMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100

Chart Titles and Axis Names

Using these attributes, you can set the various headings and titles of chart like caption, sub-caption, x-axis and y-axis names etc.

Attribute Type Value Description
caption Text Any Caption of the chart.
subCaption Text Any Sub-caption of the chart.
xAxisName Text Any X-axis title of the chart.
yAxisName Text Any Y-axis title of the chart.

Chart Caption Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure the cosmetics of chart caption and sub-caption.

Attribute Type Value Description
captionAlignment Text “left”, “center”, “right” Sets horizontal alignment of caption
captionOnTop True/False 0/1 Whether caption should be on top of the data plot area
captionFontSize Number 6 – 72 Sets the caption font size in pixels
subCaptionFontSize Number 6 – 72 Sets the sub-caption font size (in pixels)
captionFont Text Font Name Sets the caption font family
subCaptionFont Text Font Name Sets the sub-caption font family
captionFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the caption font color
subCaptionFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the sub-caption font color
captionFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether the caption font should be displayed in bold
subCaptionFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether the sub caption font should be displayed in bold
alignCaptionWithCanvas True/False 0/1 Whether the caption is aligned with the canvas. Else, it will be aligned with the entire chart area
captionHorizontalPadding Number In Pixels If caption is not centre aligned, lets you configure the padding (in pixels) from either edge. Will be ignored if caption is centre aligned.

Chart Axis Configuration Attributes

Using these attributes, you can set and configure x-axis labels, y-axis values and set chart cosmetics for the axis like color, alpha, etc.

Attribute Type Value Description
xAxisPosition Text Top, Bottom This attribute sets the position of the x-axis in the chart.

Default value: Bottom

yAxisPosition Text Left, Right This attribute sets the position of the y-axis in the chart.

Default value: Left

showXaxisLabels True/False 0/1 This attribute is used to show or hide the x axis or the column labels.
rotatexAxisLabels True/False 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the data labels would show up as rotated labels on the chart.
showYaxisLabels True/False 0/1 This attribute is used to show or hide y axis or the row labels.
rotateYAxisName True/False 0/1 If you do not wish to rotate y-axis name, set this as 0. It specifically comes to use when you have special characters (UTF8) in your y-axis name that do not show up in rotated mode.
yAxisNameWidth Number (In Pixels) If you opt to not rotate y-axis name, you can choose a maximum width that will be applied to y-axis name.

x-Axis Name Cosmetics

To configure the font cosmetics of x-axis name (title), you can use the following attributes.

Attribute Type Value Description
xAxisNameFont Text Font Name Sets the x-axis font family for the text
xAxisNameFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the x-axis font color
xAxisNameFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the x-axis font size
xAxisNameFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether x-axis font should be bold
xAxisNameFontItalic True/False 0/1 Whether x-axis font should be italicized
xAxisNameBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for x-axis text
xAxisNameBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the border around the x-axis text
xAxisNameAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis alpha including font and background
xAxisNameFontAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis font alpha
xAxisNameBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis background alpha
xAxisNameBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis border alpha
xAxisNameBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis border padding
xAxisNameBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis border radius
xAxisNameBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis border thickness
xAxisNameBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around the x-axis name should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

xAxisNameBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the x-axis name is rendered using dashed lines.
xAxisNameBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between consecutive dashes when the border around the x-axis name is rendered using dashed lines.

y-Axis Name Cosmetics

To configure the font cosmetics of y-axis name (title), you can use the following attributes.

Attribute Type Value Description
yAxisNameFont Text Font Name Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) font family for the text
yAxisNameFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) font color
yAxisNameFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the y-axis (primary / secondary) font size
yAxisNameFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether y-axis (primary / secondary) font should be bold
yAxisNameFontItalic True/False 0/1 Whether y-axis (primary / secondary) font should be italicized
yAxisNameBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for y-axis (primary / secondary) text
yAxisNameBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the border around the y-axis (primary / secondary) text
yAxisNameAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) alpha including font and background
yAxisNameFontAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) font alpha
yAxisNameBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) background alpha
yAxisNameBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) border alpha
yAxisNameBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) border padding
yAxisNameBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) border radius
yAxisNameBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) border thickness
yAxisNameBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around the y-axis name should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

yAxisNameBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the y-axis name is rendered using dashed lines.
yAxisNameBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around the y-axis name is rendered using dashed lines.

Chart Cosmetics

The following attributes let you configure chart cosmetics like background color, background alpha, canvas color & alpha etc.

Attribute Type Value Description
showBorder True/False 0/1 Whether to show a border around the chart or not.
borderColor Color Hex Color Code Border color of the chart.
borderThickness Number In Pixels Border thickness of the chart.
borderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Border alpha of the chart.
bgColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute sets the background color for the chart. You can set any hex color code as the value of this attribute. To specify a gradient as background color, separate the hex color codes of each color in the gradient using comma. Example: `#FF5904, #FFFFFF`.
bgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the alpha (transparency) for the background. If you have opted for gradient background, you need to set a list of alpha(s) separated by comma.
bgRatio Number 0 – 100 If you have opted for a gradient background, this attribute lets you set the ratio of each color constituent.
bgAngle Number 0-360 Angle of the background color, in case of a gradient.
bgImage Text Any To place any image (JPG/PNG/GIF) as background of the chart, enter the (path and) name of the background image as a URL without quotes around it. It should be in the same domain as the chart.
bgImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute specifies the opacity for the loaded background image.
bgImageDisplayMode Text stretch, tile, fit, fill, center, none Helps you specify the mode in which the background image is to be displayed. Stretch – expands the image to fit the entire chart area, without maintaining original image constraints. Tile – the image is repeated as a pattern on the entire chart area. Fit – fits the image proportionately on the chart area. Fill -proportionately fills the entire chart area with the image. Center – the image is positioned at the center of the chart area. None – Default mode.
bgImageValign Text left, center, right Helps you to vertically align the background image.
bgImageHalign Text left, center, right Helps you to horizontally align the background image.
bgImageScale Number 0-300 Helps you magnify the background image.This attribute will only work when the attribute `bgImageDisplayMode` is set to none, center, or tile.
canvasBgColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute sets the background color for the chart canvas. You can set any hex color code as the value of this attribute. To specify a gradient as canvas background color, separate the hex color codes of each color in the gradient using comma. Example: #FF5904, #FFFFFF.
canvasBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute sets the background transparency for the chart canvas. For gradient, separate the alpha value using comma. Example: 15, 50.
canvasBgRatio Numbers separated by comma 0 – 100 When a gradient is used to set the color of the canvas background, this attribute sets the ratio of the colors. Example : If the value of the `canvasBgColor` attribute is set as `#FF5904, #FFFFFF`, `canvasBgRatio` can be used to specify their ratio in the background.
canvasBgAngle Number 0-360 Helps you specify canvas background angle in case of gradient.
canvasBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Lets you specify canvas border color.
canvasBorderThickness Number 0-5 Lets you specify canvas border thickness.
canvasBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Lets you control transparency of canvas border.
showVLineLabelBorder True/False 0/1 If you have opted to show a label for any of your vLines in the chart, you can collectively configure whether to show border for all such labels using this attribute. If you want to show label border for just a particular vLine, you can over-ride this value by specifying border configuration for that specific vLine.
rotateVLineLabels True/False 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the vline labels will show up as rotated labels on the chart.
Default value: 0
logoURL Text Url You can load an external logo (JPEG/PNG) to your chart, this attribute lets you specify the URL. Due to cross domain security restrictions it is advised to use a logo from the same domain name as your charts.
logoLeftMargin Number In Pixels This attribute helps you set the amount of empty space that you want to put on the left side of your logo image. Nothing is rendered in this space.
logoTopMargin Number In Pixels This attribute helps you set the amount of empty space that you want to put on top of your logo image. Nothing is rendered in this space.
logoPosition Text TL, TR, BL, BR, CC Where to position the logo on the chart: TL – Top-left TR – Top-right BR – Bottom right BL – Bottom left CC – Center of screen
logoAlpha Number 0 – 100 Once the logo has loaded on the chart, you can configure its opacity using this attribute.
logoScale Number 0-300 You can also change the scale of an externally loaded logo at run-time by specifying a value for this parameter.
logoLink Text Url If you want to link the logo to an external URL, specify the link in this attribute. The link can be in Exago Link Format, allowing you to link to new windows, pop-ups, frames etc.

Data Plot Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure how your plot (columns, lines, area, pie or any data that you’re plotting) would appear on the chart. If the plots can show borders, you can control the border properties using the attributes listed below. Or, if they support gradient fills, you can again configure various properties of the gradient using these attributes. Various other controls over plot cosmetics can be attained using this set of attributes.

Attribute Type Value Description
showPlotBorder True/False 0/1 Whether the column, area, pie etc. border would show up.
plotBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Color for column, area, pie border.
plotBorderThickness Number 0-5 Thickness for column, area, pie border.
plotBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Alpha for column, area, pie border.
plotBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around the data plots should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

plotBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the data plots are rendered using dashed lines.
plotBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around the data plots are rendered using dashed lines.
plotFillAngle Number 0-360 If you have opted to fill the plot (column, area etc.) as gradient, this attribute lets you set the fill angle for gradient.
plotFillRatio Number 0 – 100 If you have opted to fill the plot (column, area etc.) as gradient, this attribute lets you set the ratio for gradient.

Data Value Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure font, background and border cosmetics, of value text-field that appear for each data plot.

Attribute Type Value Description
valueFont Text Font Name Sets the font of the values in the chart
valueFontColor Color Hex Color Code Specifies the value font color
valueFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the value font size
valueFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether value font should be bold
valueFontItalic True/False 0/1 Whether value font should be italicized
valueBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for value text
valueBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the border color around the value text
valueAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the value alpha including font and background
valueFontAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the value font alpha
valueBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the value background alpha
valueBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the value border alpha
valueBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the value border thickness
valueBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the padding between the value and its surrounding border
valueBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the value border radius
valueBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around the data values should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

valueBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the data values is rendered using dashed lines.
valueBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around the data values is rendered using dashed lines.
textOutline True/False 0/1 Set this attribute to `1` to draw a border on the data value text.
Default value: 0

Chart Padding & Margins

The following attributes help you control chart margins and paddings. Exago allows you manually customize the padding of various elements on the chart to allow advanced manipulation and control over chart visualization. Padding in Exago is always defined in pixels, unless the attribute itself suggests some other scale (like `plotSpacePercent`, which configures the spacing using percentage values). You can also define the chart margins. Chart Margins refer to the empty space left on the top, bottom, left and right of the chart. That means, Exago would not plot anything in that space. It is not necessary for you to specify any padding or margin values. Exago automatically assumes the best values for the same, if you do not specify the same.

Attribute Type Value Description
captionPadding Number In Pixels This attribute lets you control the space (in pixels) between the sub-caption and top of the chart canvas. If the sub-caption is not defined, it controls the space between caption and top of chart canvas. If neither caption, nor sub-caption is defined, this padding does not come into play.
xAxisNamePadding Number In Pixels Using this, you can set the distance between the top end of x-axis title and the bottom end of data labels (or canvas, if data labels are not to be shown).
yAxisNamePadding Number In Pixels Using this, you can set the distance between the right end of y-axis title and the start of y-axis values (or canvas, if the y-axis values are not to be shown).
labelXPadding Number In Pixels This attribute sets the vertical space between the x-axis labels and canvas bottom edge.
labelYPadding Number In Pixels It sets the horizontal space between the y-axis labels and the canvas right edge.
chartLeftMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put on the left side of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
chartRightMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put on the right side of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
chartTopMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put on the top of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
chartBottomMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put at the bottom of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
legendPadding Number In Pixels Padding of legend from right or bottom side of canvas
canvasLeftMargin Number In Pixels This attribute lets you control the space between the start of chart canvas and the start (x) of chart. In case of 2D charts, the canvas is the visible rectangular box. Using this attribute, you can control the amount of empty space between the chart left side and canvas left side. By default, the chart automatically calculates this space depending on the elements to be placed on the chart. However, if you want to over-ride this value with a higher value, you can use this attribute to specify the same. Please note that you cannot specify a margin lower than what has been calculated by the chart. This attribute is particularly useful, when you have multiple charts placed in a page and want all their canvas start position to align with each other – so in such a case, you can set same margin value (a value large enough that it does not get rejected by chart owing to it being lower than the calculated value) for all such charts in the page.
canvasRightMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between end of canvas and end of chart.
canvasTopMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between top of canvas and top of chart.
canvasBottomMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between bottom of canvas and bottom of chart.

Data Label Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure the cosmetics of all data labels of the chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
showLabels True/False 0/1 It sets the configuration whether the categorical axis labels will be displayed or not.
maxLabelHeight Number In Pixels This attribute can be used to set the maximum height for the categorical axis labels (data labels) excluding the axis title. If any label goes beyond this height, the label will be truncated. In stagger mode, the number of stagger lines will be reduced if they exceed this value.
maxLabelWidthPercent Numeric In Pixels Restricts the maximum space allotted for the y-axis data labels with respect to the chart’s width. If a data label is longer than the specified percentage width then it will either be wrapped or get truncated, subject to the availability of vertical space. Unnecessary space is not reserved for the labels. If all the labels are shorter than the specified maximum width, this value is not applied.
minLabelWidthPercent Number 1-100 Restricts the minimum length of data labels in terms of percentage of the chart’s width that the data labels can occupy. The space thus calculated stays reserved even if the label width is less than the minimum width.
labelDisplay Text ‘AUTO’, ‘WRAP’, ‘STAGGER’, ‘ROTATE’, ‘NONE’ Using this attribute, you can customize the alignment of data labels (categorical axis labels). There are 5 options: AUTO, WRAP, STAGGER, ROTATE or NONE. By default, this attribute is set to AUTO mode which means that the alignment of the data labels is determined automatically depending on the size of the chart. WRAP wraps the label text if it is too long to fit in one line. ROTATE rotates the labels vertically. STAGGER divides the labels into multiple lines.
labelFont Text Font Name Sets the categorical axis label font family for the text.
labelFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the categorical axis label font color.
labelFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the categorical axis label font size.
labelFontBold True/False 0/1 Flag indicating whether categorical axis label font should be bold or not.
labelFontItalic True/False 0/1 Flag indicating whether categorical axis label font should be italicized or not.
labelBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for categorical axis label text.
labelBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the color of the border around the categorical axis label text.
labelAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the categorical axis label alpha for both font and background.
labelBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the categorical axis label background alpha.
labelBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the categorical axis label border alpha.
labelBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the categorical axis label border padding.
labelBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the categorical axis label border radius.
labelBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the categorical axis label border thickness.
labelBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around categorical axis labels should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

labelBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the categorical axis labels are rendered using dashed lines.
labelBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around categorical axis labels are rendered using dashed lines.
labelLink URL Any Sets a link for every data plot.
tlFont Text Font Name Allows user to set Top Left font for the tooltext
tlFontSize Number 6 – 72 Allows user to set Top Left font size for the tooltext
tlFontColor Color Hex color code Allows user to set Top Left font color for the tooltext
trFont Text Font Name Allows user to set Top Right font for the tooltext
trFontSize Number 6 – 72 Allows user to set Top Right font size for the tooltext
trFontColor Color Hex color code Allows user to set Top Right font color for the tooltext
blFont Text Font Name Allows user to set Bottom Left font for the tooltext
blFontSize Number 6 – 72 Allows user to set Bottom Left font size for the tooltext
blFontColor Color Hex color code Allows user to set Bottom Left font color for the tooltext
brFont Text Font Name Allows user to set Bottom Right font for the tooltext
brFontSize Number 6 – 72 Allows user to set Bottom Right font size for the tooltext
brFontColor Color Hex color code Allows user to set Bottom Right font color for the tooltext

Tooltip

These attributes let you control the tooltip. You can set the background color, border color, separator character and few other details.

Attribute Type Value Description
showToolTip True/False 0/1 Whether to show tool tip on chart.
toolTipBgColor Color Hex Color Code Background color for tool tip.
toolTipColor Color Hex Color Code Font color for the tool-tip.
toolTipBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Border color for tool tip.
tooltipBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the border transparency for tool tip.
toolTipSepChar Text Any The character specified as the value of this attribute separates the name and value displayed in tool tip.
plottooltext Text Any Specify custom text for the tooltip
You can either specify a constant string as the tooltip text or you can use variable values from the data level by prefixing a `$` to the attribute name, for example, `$name`, `$value`.
showToolTipShadow True/False 0/1 Whether to show shadow for tool tips on the chart.
tooltipbgalpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency of the tooltip.
tooltipborderradius Number In Pixels Sets the border radius of the tooltip.
tooltipborderthickness Number In Pixels Sets the border thickness of the tooltip.
toolTipPadding Number In Pixels This attribute sets the vertical space between the value and the border of the tooltip. If you want more space between the value and the border, you can use this attribute to control it.

Toolbar Attributes

Using this set of attributes, you can customize the toolbar on the chart. The advantage of having a toolbar is that it manages all the UI action elements (context menus, checkboxes, buttons) centrally. This provides a clean, uniform look and a better, more meaningful and logical grouping.

Attribute Type Value Description
toolbarPosition Text TL, TR, BL, BR, CC Where to position the toolbar on the chart: TL – Top-left TR – Top-right BR – Bottom right BL – Bottom left CC – Center of screen
toolbarX Number Any Sets the toolbox position on the chart with respect to x-axis.
toolbarY Number Any Sets the toolbox position on the chart with respect to y-axis.
toolbarHAlign Text Left, Right Sets the horizontal alignment of the toolbar on the chart.
toolbarVAlign Text Top, Bottom Sets the vertical alignment of the toolbar on the chart
toolbarButtonColor Color Any (color code without the # prefix) Sets the color of the toolbar buttons.
showToolBarButtonTooltext True/False 0/1 Enables/disables display of tooltips for toolbar buttons.
toolbarButtonScale Number Any You can change the scale of the toolbar by specifying a value for this attribute.

Attributes for Exporting Charts

These attributes allow you to control the saving of chart as image, SVG or XLSX.

Attribute Type Value Description
exportEnabled True/False 0/1 Whether the chart will allow exporting to images, PDFs, SVG, XLSX or CSV format.

Default value: 0

exportAction Text ‘save’ or ‘download’ In case of server-side exporting, the action specifies whether the exported image will be sent back to client as download, or whether it’ll be saved on the server.

Default value: download

exportHandler Text Any In case of server side exporting, this refers to the path of the server-side export handler (the ready-to-use scripts that we provide).
exportFormats Text Any Lets you configure what output formats to allow for export of chart, in the export context menu, and also customize the label for each menu item. The attribute value should be a pipe (|) delimited separated key-value pair. Example: `exportFormats: ‘PNG=Export as High Quality Image|JPG|PDF=Export as PDF File’`
exportMode Text Any This attributes sets the modes of export. To enable client-side exporting, set this attribute to `client`.

Default value: auto.

Note: Starting v3.12.1, the `exportMode` attribute replaces the `exportAtClientSide` attribute. However, you don’t need to make any changes to the existing setup because, the Exago library comes with the proper mapping already provided.

exportShowMenuItem True/False 0/1 Whether the menu items related to export (e.g., Save as JPEG etc.) will appear in the context menu of chart.
exportTargetWindow Text ‘_self’ or ‘_blank’ In case of server-side exporting and when using download as action, this lefts you configure whether the return image, PDF, SVG or XLSX will open in same window (as an attachment for download), or whether it will open in a new window.

Default value: _self

exportFileName Text Any Using this attribute you can specify the name (excluding the extension) of the output (export) file.

Data Plot Hover Effects

If you wish to show an effect on the data plot (column, line anchor, pie etc.) when the user hovers his mouse over the data plot, these attributes let you configure the cosmetics of the hover for all data plots in the chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
showHoverEffect True/False 0/1 Whether to enable hover effect on charts for all elements
plotHoverEffect True/False 0/1 Whether to enable hover effect on charts for data plots (e.g., column, pie) only
plotFillHoverColor Color Hex Color Code Specifies the hover color for the data plots
plotFillHoverAlpha Number 1 – 100 Specifies the hover alpha for data plots

Legend Properties

In multi-series charts, the series name of each data-set shows up in the legend of the chart. If you do not need the legend, you can opt to hide the same. Also, the legend can be placed at the bottom of the chart or to the right of the chart. Using the attributes below, you can configure the functional and cosmetic properties of the legend.

Attribute Type Value Description
showLegend True/False 0/1 Whether to show legend on the chart.
legendItemFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether legend keys should be displayed in bold
legendItemFont Text Font Name Sets legend item font
legendItemFontSize Number 6 – 72 Sets legend item font size
legendItemFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets legend item font color
legendCaption Text   You can add a caption for the entire legend by setting the same here.
legendItemHoverFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets legend item font color on hover
legendCaptionAlignment Text “left”, “center”, “right” Sets the legend caption horizontal alignment .
legendCaptionFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether legend caption should be displayed in bold
legendCaptionFont Text Font Name Sets legend caption font
legendCaptionFontSize Number 6 – 72 Sets legend caption font size
legendCaptionFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets legend caption font color
legendIconScale Number 1-5 This attribute lets you control the size of legend icon.
legendItemHiddenColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the color that applies on both text font and icon when they are in a disabled / hidden state
legendPosition Text bottom, right, top, top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right, left, left-top, left-bottom, right, right-top, right-bottom, and absolute The legend can be plotted at different positions with respect to the chart. Note that if the value of `legendPosition` is set to `absolute`, you also need to set the coordinates of the legend. You can do that using the attributes `legendXPosition` and `legendYPosition`, both of which accept absolute or percentage values.
legendXPosition Number 0 to chart width (in pixels) When the value of `legendPosition` is set to `absolute`, use this attribute to set the X-coordinate of the legend. It accepts absolute or percentage values. By default, its value is set to `0`.
legendYPosition Number 0 to chart height (in pixels) When the value of `legendPosition` is set to `absolute`, use this attribute to set the Y-coordinate of the legend. It accepts absolute or percentage values. By default, its value is set to `0`.
legendNumRows Number Any Sets the number of rows the legend should display.
legendNumColumns Number Any Sets the number of columns the legend should display.
legendBgColor Color Hex Color Code Background color for the legend.
legendBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Background alpha for the legend.
legendBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Border Color for the legend.
legendBorderThickness Number In Pixels Border thickness for the legend.
legendBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Border alpha for the legend.
legendShadow True/False 0/1 Whether to show a shadow for legend.
legendAllowDrag True/False 0/1 The legend can be made drag-able by setting this attribute to 1. End viewers of the chart can drag the legend around on the chart.
legendScrollBgColor Color Hex Color Code If you have too many items on the legend, a scroll bar shows up on the same. This attribute lets you configure the background color of the scroll bar.
reverseLegend True/False 0/1 You can reverse the order of datasets in the legend by setting this attribute to 1.
interactiveLegend True/False 0/1 This attribute lets you interact with the legend in your chart. When you click a legend key, the dataplots associated with that series are eliminated from the chart. Re-clicking the key causes the dataplots to reappear.
legendNumColumns Number Positive Integer If your chart contains multiple series, the legend is displayed as a grid comprising of multiple legend keys. With the help of this attribute you can specify the number of columns that are to be displayed in the legend.
minimiseWrappingInLegend True/False 0/1 Whether to minimize legend item text wrapping.
legendPointerColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the legend pointer color for a gradient legend.
legendPointerAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the legend pointer transparency for a gradient legend.
legendPointerBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency for the legend pointer border for a gradient legend.
legendpointerbordercolor Color Hex color code Sets the color for the border of the legend pointer.
legendScaleLineColor Hex Color Code Any Allows you to set the color of the scale in gradient legend.
legendaxisbordercolor Color Hex Color Code Sets color for the gradient legend’s axis border.
legendaxisborderalpha Number 0 – 100 Sets transparency for the gradient legend’s axis border.
legendScaleLineAlpha Numeric 0 – 100 Allows you to set the transparency of the scale in gradient legend.
legendScaleLineThickness Numeric Any Allows you to set the thickness of the scale in gradient legend.
autoOrderLegendIcon True/False 0/1 Allows you to show the legend icon in ascending order in icon legend.
drawCustomLegendIcon True/False 0/1 Specifies whether drawing a custom legend icon will be enabled. All legend icon customization attributes will work only if this feature is enabled.
Default value: 0 (disabled)
legendIconBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the border color for the legend icon.
Default value: Data plot border color
legendIconBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for the legend icon.
Default value: Data plot fill color
legendIconAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the legend icon transparency.
Default value: 100
legendIconBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the legend icon background transparency.
Default value: 100
legendIconSides Number Any Sets the number of sides for the legend icon.
Default value: 4
legendIconBorderThickness Number 1-5 Sets the thickness of the legend icon border.
Default value: 1
legendIconStartAngle Number Any Sets the starting angle of for drawing the legend icon.
Default value: 45
alignLegendWithCanvas True/False 0/1 This attribute if set to `0`, the legend box will be center aligned with respect to the entire width of the chart only if the total width of the legend box is more than the canvas width. By default, the legend box is center aligned with respect to the canvas width and it remains the same if the width of the legend box is less than the canvas width.

Number Formatting

Exago offers you a lot of options to format your numbers on the chart. Using the attributes below, you can control a myriad of options like: Formatting of commas and decimals Number prefixes and suffixes Decimal places to which the numbers would round to Scaling of numbers based on a user defined scale Custom number input formats

Attribute Type Value Description
formatNumber True/False 0/1 This configuration determines whether the numbers displayed on the chart will be formatted using commas, for example, 40,000 if ‘formatNumber’: ‘1’; and 40000 if ‘formatNumber’: ‘0’;.
formatNumberScale True/False 0/1 Configuration whether to add K (thousands) and M (millions) to a number after truncating and rounding it – for example, if `formatNumberScale` is set to 1, 1043 would become 1.04K (with decimals set to 2 places). Same with numbers in millions – an M will be added at the end.
defaultNumberScale Text Any The default unit of the numbers that you are providing to the chart.
numberScaleUnit Text Any Unit of each block of the scale.
numberScaleValue Text Any Range of the various blocks that constitute the scale.
forceNumberScale True/False 0/1 If a data value is less than the lowest given number is the number scale, this attribute forces the lower value of the `numberScaleUnit` to be applied to that data value. This attribute works only when `“formatNumberScale”: “1”` and the `defaultNumberScale` attribute is not defined.
For example, if `“numberScaleUnit”: “K, M”`, `“numberScaleValue”: “1000, 1000”`, and `“forceNumberScale”: “1”`, a data value of `400` will be rendered as `0.40K`.
scaleRecursively True/False 0/1 Whether recursive scaling should be applied.
maxScaleRecursion Number Any How many recursions to complete during recursive scaling? -1 completes the entire set of recursion.
scaleSeparator Text Any What character to use to separate the scales that are generated after recursion?
numberPrefix Text Character Using this attribute, you could add prefix to all the numbers visible on the graph. For example, to represent all dollars figure on the chart, you could specify this attribute to $ to show like $40000, $50000.
numberSuffix Text Character Using this attribute, you could add a suffix to all the numbers visible on the graph. For example, to represent all figures quantified as per annum on the chart, you could specify this attribute to ‘/a’ to show like 40000/a, 50000/a.
decimalSeparator Text Character This attribute helps you specify the character to be used as the decimal separator in a number.
thousandSeparator Text Character This attribute helps you specify the character to be used as the thousands separator in a number.
thousandSeparatorPosition Number   This option helps you specify the position of the thousand separator.
inDecimalSeparator Text Character In some countries, commas are used as decimal separators and dots as thousand separators. In XML, if you specify such values, it will give an error while converting to number. So, the chart accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can convert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the decimal separator.
inThousandSeparator Text Character In some countries, commas are used as decimal separators and dots as thousand separators. In XML, if you specify such values, it will give an error while converting to number. So, the chart accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can convert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the thousand separator.
decimals Number 0-10 Number of decimal places to which all numbers on the chart would be rounded to.
forceDecimals True/False 0/1 Whether to add 0 padding at the end of decimal numbers. For example, If you limit the maximum number of decimal digits to 2, a number like 55.345 will be rounded to 55.34. This does not mean that all numbers will be displayed with a fixed number of decimal places. For instance 55 will not be displayed as 55.00 and 55.1 will not become 55.10. In order to have fixed number of decimal places attached to all the numbers, set this attribute to 1.

Font Properties

Using the attributes below, you can define the generic font properties for all the text on the chart. These attributes allow you a high level control over font properties. If you intend to specify font properties for individual chart elements (like Caption, sub-caption etc.), you’ll need to use the Styles feature of Exago. Using Styles, you can also specify advanced font properties like Bold, Italics, HTML Mode etc.

Attribute Type Value Description
baseFont Text Font Name This attribute lets you set the font face (family) of all the text (data labels, values etc.) on chart. If you specify the `outCnvBaseFont` attribute also, then this attribute controls only the font face of text within the chart canvas bounds.
baseFontSize Number 6 – 72 This attribute sets the base font size of the chart, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie on the canvas will be displayed using the font size provided here.
baseFontColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute sets the base font color of the chart, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie on the canvas will be displayed using the font color provided here.
outCnvBaseFont Text Font Name This attribute sets the base font family of the chart text which lies outside the canvas, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie outside the canvas will be displayed using the font name provided here.
outCnvBaseFontSize Number 6 – 72 This attribute sets the base font size of the chart, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie outside the canvas will be displayed using the font size provided here.
outCnvBaseFontColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute sets the base font color of the chart, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie outside the canvas will be displayed using the font color provided here.

The rows Object and the row Object

While the `dataset` object and its child object, the `data` object can be used to define the rows and columns for a heat map chart, you have to be careful about the order of the values for the rows and columns. The `rows` object and its child object, the `row` object are used to create rows and predefine their order, enabling you to specify the data values in any order. Although the `row` object has to be defined within the `rows` object, rows cannot be collectively customized using the `rows` object, because it does not have any attributes of its own. These attributes let you define the order of rows for a heat map chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
id Number/String Any Allows you to specify a unique Id for the rows. This id is used in the `data` object to place the data values in the pre-defined position.
label Text Any Allows you to specify a label for the rows. If you do not specify the label the unique id will be displayed as the label for the rows in the chart.

Note: The `label` attribute replaces the `name` attribute. Previously, either one of the attributes could be used to set the label. Support for the `name` attribute has been discontinued since v3.10.0.

showLabel Text Any Allows you to show or hide the label of a particular row.

The columns Object and the column Object

While the `dataset` object and its child object, the `data` object can be used to define rows and columns for a heat map chart, you have to be careful about the order of the values for the rows and columns. The `columns` object and its child object, the `column` object are used to create columns and predefine their order, enabling you to specify the data values in any order. Although the `column` object has to be defined within the `columns ` object, note that columns cannot be collectively customized because the `columns` object does not have any attributes of its own. These attributes let you define the order of columns for a heat map chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
id Number/String Any Allows you to specify a unique Id for the columns. This id is used in the `data` object to place the data values in the pre-defined position.
label Text Any Allows you to specify a label for the columns. If you do not specify the label the unique id will be displayed as the label for the rows in the chart.

Note: The `label` attribute replaces the `name` attribute. Previously, either one of the attributes could be used to set the label. Support for the `name` attribute has been discontinued since v3.10.0.

showLabel Text Any Allows you to show or hide the label of a particular column.

The dataset Object and the data Object

The `dataset` object contains a series of data defined through the `data` object. There are no attributes for the `dataset` object. The attributes used for the `data` object are mentioned below:

Attribute Type Value Description
rowId Text Any Specifies the position of the row where the data it is to be placed in the chart. If the `rows` object is used then it is mandatory to use the same id which is defined in the `row` object by the `id` attribute.
columnId Text Any Specifies the position of the column where the data it is to be placed in the chart. If the `columns` object is used then it is mandatory to use the same id which is defined in the `column` object by the `id` attribute.
colorRangeLabel Text Any This attribute is used to provide the color-range label which is defined in the `color` object of the `colorRange` object. It is used only in category based heat map chart.
value Number Any This attribute allows you to display a value at the center of a data plot.
displayValue Number/String Any Allows you to display any numeric value or string at the center of the dataplot. The settings of this attribute overwrites the settings of the ` value` attribute when both are used at the same time.
tlLabel Number/String Any This attribute allows you to display a label on the top-left corner of a data plot.
trLabel Number/String Any This attribute allows you to display a label on the top-right corner of a data plot.
blLabel Number/String Any This attribute allows you to display a label on the bottom-left corner of a data plot.
brLabel Number/String Any This attribute allows you to display a label on the bottom-left corner of a data plot.
color Color Hex Color Code In Heat map chart, if you wish to highlight a particular cell, you can specify it’s color at “set” level using this attribute.
link Text Any You can define links for individual data items. That enables the end user to click on data items (columns, lines, bars etc.) and drill down to other pages. To define the link for data items, use the link attribute. You can define links that open in same window, new window, pop-up window or frames. Please see “Drill Down Charts > Exago Link format” for more information. Also, you need to Url Encode all the special characters (like ? and &) present in the link.
toolText Text Any By default, the tooltip text for a data item in the heat map chart includes the values of the `trLabel`, `tlLabel`, `brlabel`, `bllabel`, `trType`, `tlType`, `brType`, and and `blType` attributes. Additionally, you can display more customized information using the `toolText` attribute.
showValue True/False 0/1 You can individually opt to show or hide values of individual data items using this attribute. This value over-rides the data-set level value.
valueFontColor Color Hex Color Code Specifies the font color of a data value for an individual data plot.
valueBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color of a value text for an individual data plot.
valueBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the border color around the value text for an individual data plot.
alpha Number 0 – 100 For Multi-series charts, you can define the alpha of data-sets at dataset level. However, if you wish to highlight a particular data element, you can specify its alpha at “set” level using this attribute.

The colorRange Object

Attributes of the `colorRange` object for the heat map chart are used to define the type of legend, the lower limit of the scale, and the start and end labels. Note that the `colorRange` object is not used to collectively configure all ranges; the `color` object (child of the `colorRange` object) is used to do that.

Attribute Type Value Description
code Color Hex Color Code Hex code of the color range using which it will be filled.
endLabel Text Any Specifies the label for the upper limit of the gradient scale.
gradient True/False 0/1 Allows you to display gradient legend.
mapByPercent True/False 0/1 Allows you to display the data values in percentage.
minValue Number Any Sets the minimum value or the lower limit of the numeric range and the gradient scale.
startLabel Text Any Specifies the label for the lower limit of the gradient scale.

The color Object

The attributes of the `color` object, child of the `colorRange` object, are used to configure individual ranges on the gauge scale.

Attribute Type Value Description
alpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency of each range in the color range.
code Color Hex Color Code Hex code of the color range using which it will be filled.
label Text Any This attribute determines the label for each numeric range. The label appears either on the gradient scale or on icon legends depending on the legend type used.

Note: The `label` attribute replaces the `name` attribute. Previously, either one of the attributes could be used to set the label. Support for the `name` attribute has been discontinued since v3.10.0.

maxValue Number Any Specifies the upper limits of each numeric range. This attribute is mandatory in each `color` object for both gradient and icon legend.
minValue Number Any Specifies the lower limits of each numeric range. This attribute is mandatory in each `color` object when icon legend is used.
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