Swapping Series and Group Orientation

How to:

The swapData property can be used to swap series and group orientation. When false (the default), values in a row in a data set are represented as series. When true, values in a column are represented as series.


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Syntax: How to Swap Series and Group Orientation
swapData: boolean

where:

boolean

Can be:

  • true, which swaps the series and group orientation.
  • false, which does not swap the series and group orientation. This is the default value.


Example: Swapping Series and Group Orientation

The following request against the GGSALES data source generates a vertical bar chart:

GRAPH FILE GGSALES
SUM DOLLARS BUDDOLLARS UNITS BUDUNITS
BY PRODUCT
WHERE CATEGORY EQ 'Gifts'
ON GRAPH PCHOLD FORMAT JSCHART
ON GRAPH SET LOOKGRAPH VBAR
ON GRAPH SET STYLE *
*GRAPH_JS
    swapData:false,   
series: [
    {series: 0, color: 'lightgreen'},
    {series: 1, color: 'coral'},
    {series: 2, color: 'lightblue'},
    {series: 3, color: 'burlywood'} 
]
*END
INCLUDE=ENIADefault_combine.sty,$
ENDSTYLE
END

On the output:

Changing the swapData property to true generates the following chart, in which:

Although the labels did not change, the series and groups have been swapped:

To swap the labels as well as the series and group orientation, see Swapping Series, Group, and Label Orientation.


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