Example
Spreadsheet Format
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 (if you want more than one bar per category) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Data Type | Text or numbers | number | number |
| Contents | The subjects of the data in your chart, such as countries, various metals or chemicals, years, etc. |
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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: allows you to only show certain sets of data at a time instead of all of it
Height of chart: sets the height of the chart
- set the height of the bar chart from 1 to greater than 400
Width of chart: sets the width of your chart
- set the height of the bar chart from 1 to greater than 600
Title above chart: the title won't show up in the chart itself
- enter a title for your char
Opacity of area chart:
Font name: set the font that will 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 that will display in your bar chart
- it's automatically set to "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?