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
slide_master_index	Integer	true	This attribute defines which slide master to use from the template	0-99
slide_layout_index	Integer/String	true	This attribute defines which slide layout to use from the template. You can also pass the name of the layout instead as it appears on powerpoint.	0-99, "Chart and Image"
placeholder_index	Integer/String	true	This attribute defines which chart placeholder to use for the chart. You can also pass the name of the placeholder instead as it appears on powerpoint.	0-99, "Chart placeholder 5"
chart_type	String	true	This attribute defines the chart_type.	Check the chart types section.
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": {
    "slide_master_index": 0,
    "slide_layout_index": 0,
    "placeholder_index": 0,
    "chart_type": "bar",
    "hide_percentage": false,
    "show_legend": "bottom",
    "show_legend_font_family": "auto",
    "show_legend_font_size": 12,
    "show_legend_font_bold": false,
    "show_legend_font_color": "rgb(0,0,0)",
    "show_data_labels": "center",
    "show_data_label_font_family": "auto",
    "show_data_label_font_size": 12,
    "show_data_label_font_bold": false,
    "show_data_label_font_color": "rgb(0,0,0)",
    "show_horizontal_gridlines": false,
    "show_vertical_gridlines": false,
    "show_value_axis": "default",
    "show_value_axis_font_family": "auto",
    "show_value_axis_font_size": 12,
    "show_value_axis_font_bold": false,
    "show_value_axis_font_color": "rgb(0,0,0)",
    "show_category_axis_font_family": "auto",
    "show_category_axis_font_size": 12,
    "show_category_axis_font_bold": false,
    "show_category_axis_font_color": "rgb(0,0,0)",
    "show_sort": "none",
    "sorting_value": "no-sorting",
    "max_axis_scale": null,
    "min_axis_scale": null,
    "decimal_places": 0,
    "legend_in_layout": false,
    "vaxis_tick_label_line_color": "rgb(0,0,0)",
    "caxis_tick_label_line_color": "rgb(0,0,0)",
    "caxis_tick_label_line_width": 1,
    "plot_overlap": 0,
    "plot_gap_width": 50
  }
}