Organization Chart

Overview

Org charts are diagrams of a hierarchy of nodes, commonly used to portray superior/subordinate relationships in an organization. A family tree is a type of org chart.

Example

 
<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      google.charts.load('current', {packages:["orgchart"]});
      google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);

      function drawChart() {
        var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
        data.addColumn('string', 'Name');
        data.addColumn('string', 'Manager');
        data.addColumn('string', 'ToolTip');

        // For each orgchart box, provide the name, manager, and tooltip to show.
        data.addRows([
          [{'v':'Mike', 'f':'Mike<div style="color:red; font-style:italic">President</div>'},
           '', 'The President'],
          [{'v':'Jim', 'f':'Jim<div style="color:red; font-style:italic">Vice President</div>'},
           'Mike', 'VP'],
          ['Alice', 'Mike', ''],
          ['Bob', 'Jim', 'Bob Sponge'],
          ['Carol', 'Bob', '']
        ]);

        // Create the chart.
        var chart = new google.visualization.OrgChart(document.getElementById('chart_div'));
        // Draw the chart, setting the allowHtml option to true for the tooltips.
        chart.draw(data, {'allowHtml':true});
      }
   </script>
    </head>
  <body>
    <div id="chart_div"></div>
  </body>
</html>

Loading

The package name is 'orgchart'.

  google.charts.load('current', {packages: ['orgchart']});

The visualization's class name is google.visualization.OrgChart.

  var visualization = new google.visualization.OrgChart(container);

Data Format

A table with three string columns, where each row represents a node in the orgchart. Here are the three columns:

  • Column 0 - The node ID. It should be unique among all nodes, and can include any characters, including spaces. This is shown on the node. You can specify a formatted value to show on the chart instead, but the unformatted value is still used as the ID.
  • Column 1 - [optional] The ID of the parent node. This should be the unformatted value from column 0 of another row. Leave unspecified for a root node.
  • Column 2 - [optional] Tool-tip text to show, when a user hovers over this node.

Each node can have zero or one parent node, and zero or more child nodes.

Custom Properties

You can assign the following custom properties to data table elements, using the setProperty() method of DataTable:

Property Name
selectedStyle

Applies To: DataTable row

An inline style string to assign to a specific node when selected. You must set the option allowHtml=true for this to work, and it must be set before calling draw() on the visualization. This overrides the selectionColor option for the specified node.

Example:   myDataTable.setRowProperty(2, 'selectedStyle', 'background-color:#00FF00');

style

Applies To: DataTable row

An inline style string to assign to a specific node. This is overridden by the selectedStyle property. You must set the option allowHtml=true for this to work, and it must be set before calling draw() on the visualization. This overrides the color option for the specified node.

Example:   myDataTable.setRowProperty(3, 'style', 'border: 1px solid green');

Configuration Options

Name
allowCollapse

Determines if double click will collapse a node.

Type: boolean
Default: false
allowHtml

If set to true, names that includes HTML tags will be rendered as HTML.

Type: boolean
Default: false
color

Deprecated. Use nodeClass instead. The background color of the orgchart elements.

Type: string
Default: '#edf7ff'
compactRows

If set to true, subtrees are placed as close as possible as long as nodes do not overlap. Use this option to reduce the overall drawing width and edge length.

Type: boolean
Default: false
nodeClass

A class name to assign to node elements. Apply CSS to this class name to specify colors or styles for the chart elements.

Type: string
Default: default class name
selectedNodeClass

A class name to assign to selected node elements. Apply CSS to this class name to specify colors or styles for selected chart elements.

Type: string
Default: default class name
selectionColor

Deprecated. Use selectedNodeClass instead. The background color of selected orgchart elements.

Type: string
Default: '#d6e9f8'
size

'small', 'medium' or 'large'

Type: string
Default: 'medium'

Methods

Method
collapse(row, collapsed)
Collapses or expands the node.
  • row - Index of the row to expand or collapse.
  • collapsed Whether to collapse or expand the row, where true means collapse.
Return Type: none
draw(data, options)

Draws the chart.

Return Type: none
getChildrenIndexes(row)

Returns an array with the indexes of the children of the given node.

Return Type Array.<number>
getCollapsedNodes

Returns an array with the list of the collapsed node's indexes.

Return Type: Array.<number>
getSelection()

Standard getSelection() implementation. Selection elements are all row elements. Can return more than one selected row.

Return Type: Array of selection elements
setSelection(selection)

Standard setSelection() implementation. Treats every selection entry as a row selection. Supports selection of mutiple rows.

Return Type: none

Events

Name
collapse

Event triggered when allowCollapse is set to true and the user double clicks on a node with children.

Properties:
collapsed - A boolean indicating whether this is a 'collapse' or 'expand' event.
row - The zero-based index of the row in the data table, corresponding to the node being clicked.
onmouseover

Triggered when the user hovers over a specific row.

Properties:
row - The zero-based index of the row in the data table, corresponding to the node being moused over.
onmouseout

Triggered when the user hovers out of a row.

Properties:
row - The zero-based index of the row in the data table, corresponding to the node being moused out from.
select

Standard select event

Properties:
None
ready

The chart is ready for external method calls. If you want to interact with the chart, and call methods after you draw it, you should set up a listener for this event before you call the draw method, and call the methods only after the event is fired.

Properties:
None

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