Chart View Settings

This page describes how to set the view settings for a specific chart.

You can provide specific settings for each chart on your presentation. These settings can include chart-type, font-family, sorting, placeholder. Check below for a full spec of the attributes available.

Chart view settings

Name	Type	Required	Description	Values
chart_type	String	true	This attribute defines the chart_type.	Check the chart types section.
placeholder_index	Integer/String	true	This attribute defines in which placeholder the chart should be mounted. Should be unique. You can also pass the name of the placeholder instead as it appears in power point.	0-99
show_legend	String	false	Controls the position and visibility of the chart legend.	[ "none", "bottom", "left", "right", "top" ]
show_legend_font_family	String	false	Defines the font-family used for the chart legend.	Check the fonts section
show_data_labels	String	false	This attribute defines the position of the data labels in the chart.	Check the data labels section.
show_value_axis	String	false	This attribute controls the position of the y axis.	[ "none", "default", "opposite" ]
show_sort	String	false	This attribute controls the sorting of the values on the chart.	[ "none", "descending", "ascending" ]
sorting_value	String	false	This attribute controls the sorting by value.	Cross break inner column name. If provided, and show_sort descending/ascending, then data will be sorted by it
show_category_axis_font_family	String	false	This attribute controls the font-family for the x axis.	Check the font section.
show_value_axis_font_family	String	false	This attribute controls the font-family for the y axis.	Check the font section.
show_data_label_font_family	String	false	This attribute controls the font-family for the data label.	Check the font section.
series_marker_style	String	false	This attribute controls the marker displayed when hovering the data points.	[ "automatic", "circle", "dash", "diamond", "dot", "none", "picture", "plus", "square", "star" ]
series_by	String	false	This attribute controls how data will be presented.	["columns", "rows"]
series_line_color	String	false	The main color of the series.	RGB
show_data_label_font_color	String	false	Color of the data label.	RGB
show_legend_font_color	String	false	Legend font color	RGB
show_value_axis_font_color	String	false	Value Axis font color.	RGB
vaxis_tick_label_line_color	String	false	Value Axis tick line color.	RGB
show_category_axis_font_color	String	false	Column axis font color.	RGB
caxis_tick_label_line_color	String	false	Column Axis tick line color.	RGB
show_data_label_font_size	Integer	false	Data Label font size.	From 1 to x
show_value_axis_font_size	Integer	false	Value axis font size.	From 1 to x
show_category_axis_font_size	Integer	false	Column axis font size.	From 1 to x
caxis_tick_label_line_width	Integer	false	Column Axis tick line width.	From 0 to x
series_line_width	Integer	false	Series line width.	From 0 to x
show_legend_font_size	Integer	false	Legend font size.	From 0 to x
max_axis_scale	Integer	false	Maximum value for axis.	From 0 to x
min_axis_scale	Integer	false	Minimum value for axis.	From 0 to x
decimal_places	Integer	false	Data Label decimal places.	From 0 to x
plot_gap_width	Integer	false	Defines width of gap in the chart.	From 0 to 500
plot_overlap	Integer	false	Data Labels overlap offset.	From 0 to 500
legend_in_layout	Boolean	false	Controls legend visibility.	[true , false]
series_smooth_line	Boolean	false	Controls line anti-aliasing	[true , false]
hide_percentage	Boolean	false	Hide percentage sign.	[true , false]
show_legend_font_bold	Boolean	false	Legend font weight.	[true , false]
show_horizontal_gridlines	Boolean	false	Show chart horizontal grid lines.	[true , false]
show_vertical_gridlines	Boolean	false	Show chart vertical grid lines.	[true , false]
show_category_axis_font_bold	Boolean	false	Category axis font weight.	[true , false]
show_value_axis_font_bold	Boolean	false	Value axis font weight.	[true , false]
show_data_label_font_bold	Boolean	false	Data labels font weight.	[true , false]

Example in JSON

{
  "view_settings": {
    "chart_type": "bar",
    "hide_percentage": true,
    "placeholder_index": 0,
    "show_legend": "bottom",
    "show_legend_font_family": "arial_narrow",
    "show_legend_font_size": 11,
    "show_legend_font_bold": true,
    "show_legend_font_color": "rgb(89,89,89)",
    "show_data_labels": "inside_end",
    "show_data_label_font_family": "arial_narrow",
    "show_data_label_font_size": 11,
    "show_data_label_font_bold": true,
    "show_data_label_font_color": "rgb(255,255,255)",
    "show_horizontal_gridlines": false,
    "show_vertical_gridlines": true,
    "show_value_axis": "none",
    "show_value_axis_font_family": "arial_narrow",
    "show_value_axis_font_size": 10,
    "show_value_axis_font_bold": true,
    "show_value_axis_font_color": "rgb(63,63,63)",
    "show_category_axis_font_family": "arial_narrow",
    "show_category_axis_font_size": 11,
    "show_category_axis_font_bold": true,
    "show_category_axis_font_color": "rgb(63,63,63)",
    "show_sort": "none",
    "sorting_value": "no-sorting",
    "max_axis_scale": 100,
    "min_axis_scale": 0,
    "decimal_places": 0,
    "caxis_tick_label_line_color": "rgb(143,143,143)",
    "caxis_tick_label_line_width": 1,
    "legend_in_layout": false,
    "plot_gap_width": 50,
    "plot_overlap": 0,
    "vaxis_tick_label_line_color": "rgb(143,143,143)",
    "show_chart_title": false,
    "chart_title_font_bold": true,
    "chart_title_font_size": 12,
    "chart_title_font_color": "rgb(123,123,123)",
    "chart_title_font_family": "arial_narrow"
  }
}