Class DataViewDefinitionBuilder

Builder for DataViewDefinition objects.

Here's an example of using the builder. The data is imported from a Google spreadsheet.

function doGet() {
  // This example creates two table charts side by side. One uses a data view
  // definition to restrict the number of displayed columns.

  // Get sample data from a spreadsheet.
  const dataSourceUrl = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/tq?range=A1%3AF' +
      '&key=0Aq4s9w_HxMs7dHpfX05JdmVSb1FpT21sbXd4NVE3UEE&gid=4&headers=-1';

  // Create a chart to display all of the data.
  const originalChart = Charts.newTableChart()
                            .setDimensions(600, 500)
                            .setDataSourceUrl(dataSourceUrl)
                            .build();

  // Create another chart to display a subset of the data (only columns 1 and
  // 4).
  const dataViewDefinition = Charts.newDataViewDefinition().setColumns([0, 3]);
  const limitedChart = Charts.newTableChart()
                           .setDimensions(200, 500)
                           .setDataSourceUrl(dataSourceUrl)
                           .setDataViewDefinition(dataViewDefinition)
                           .build();

  const htmlOutput = HtmlService.createHtmlOutput();
  const originalChartData = Utilities.base64Encode(
      originalChart.getAs('image/png').getBytes(),
  );
  const originalChartUrl =
      `data:image/png;base64,${encodeURI(originalChartData)}`;
  const limitedChartData = Utilities.base64Encode(
      limitedChart.getAs('image/png').getBytes(),
  );
  const limitedChartUrl =
      `data:image/png;base64,${encodeURI(limitedChartData)}`;
  htmlOutput.append('<table><tr><td>');
  htmlOutput.append(`<img border="1" src="${originalChartUrl}">`);
  htmlOutput.append('</td><td>');
  htmlOutput.append(`<img border="1" src="${limitedChartUrl}">`);
  htmlOutput.append('</td></tr></table>');
  return htmlOutput;
}

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`build()`	`DataViewDefinition`	Builds and returns the data view definition object that was built using this builder.
`setColumns(columns)`	`DataViewDefinitionBuilder`	Sets the indexes of the columns to include in the data view as well as specifying role-column information.

Detailed documentation

`build()`

Builds and returns the data view definition object that was built using this builder.

Return

DataViewDefinition — A data view definition object that was built using this builder.

`setColumns(columns)`

Sets the indexes of the columns to include in the data view as well as specifying role-column information. This subset of column indexes refer to the columns of the data source that the data view is derived from.

A column role describes the purpose of the data in that column: for example, a column might hold data describing tooltip text, data point annotations, or uncertainty indicators. For more details, see DataTable Roles in the Google Charts documentation.

Assuming a spreadsheet with the following data in A1:C3:

'abc', 20, 'blue';
'def', 30, 'red';
'ghi', 40, 'orange';

The following code creates a bar chart where each bar is a different color. The colors are assigned via a style "role column".

const COLUMN_SPEC = [
  0,  // categories
  1,  // counts
  {sourceColumn: 2, role: 'style'},
];

function roleColumnChart() {
  const spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  const sheet = spreadsheet.getActiveSheet();
  const viewSpec =
      Charts.newDataViewDefinition().setColumns(COLUMN_SPEC).build();
  const chartBuilder = sheet.newChart()
                           .setChartType(Charts.ChartType.BAR)
                           .setDataViewDefinition(viewSpec)
                           .setOption('useFirstColumnAsDomain', true)
                           .setPosition(5, 1, 0, 0)
                           .setOption('hAxis', {title: 'Counts'})
                           .setOption('vAxis', {title: 'Categories'})
                           .addRange(sheet.getRange('A1:C3'));
  sheet.insertChart(chartBuilder.build());
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`columns`	`Object[]`	An array of column indexes, or column descriptions (an object), to include in the data view. The column descriptions define a column role. The data table and the enumeration for data view columns are zero-based.

Return

DataViewDefinitionBuilder — This builder, useful for chaining.