Connected scatter plot with interactive legend





This post describes how to build a connected scatter plot with multiple data series in d3.js. It includes a legend that allows to show or hide groups. It follows the previous basic connected scatter plot.


Connected scatter section

Steps:

  • First, you need to understand how to build a basic connected scatterplot.

  • Then, check how to add several groups to the chart, it's a bit tricky.

  • This chart just show how to add a legend on top. Every word of the legend is linked with an on("click",..) element that will show or hide the group.

  • The function that is called first recover the opacity attribute of the group elements. If it is 0, it switches to 1. And reciprocally.

  • Note: don't be afraid by currentOpacity == 1 ? 0:1. It is just a shorter way to write if(currentOpacity == 1){return 0}else{return 1}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">

<!-- Load d3.js -->
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.js"></script>

<!-- Create a div where the graph will take place -->
<div id="my_dataviz"></div>

<!-- Color Scale -->
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3-scale-chromatic.v1.min.js"></script>

<script>

// set the dimensions and margins of the graph
var margin = {top: 10, right: 100, bottom: 30, left: 30},
    width = 460 - margin.left - margin.right,
    height = 400 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

// append the svg object to the body of the page
var svg = d3.select("#my_dataviz")
  .append("svg")
    .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
    .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
  .append("g")
    .attr("transform",
          "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

//Read the data
d3.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/D3-graph-gallery/master/DATA/data_connectedscatter.csv", function(data) {

    // List of groups (here I have one group per column)
    var allGroup = ["valueA", "valueB", "valueC"]

    // Reformat the data: we need an array of arrays of {x, y} tuples
    var dataReady = allGroup.map( function(grpName) { // .map allows to do something for each element of the list
      return {
        name: grpName,
        values: data.map(function(d) {
          return {time: d.time, value: +d[grpName]};
        })
      };
    });
    // I strongly advise to have a look to dataReady with
    // console.log(dataReady)

    // A color scale: one color for each group
    var myColor = d3.scaleOrdinal()
      .domain(allGroup)
      .range(d3.schemeSet2);

    // Add X axis --> it is a date format
    var x = d3.scaleLinear()
      .domain([0,10])
      .range([ 0, width ]);
    svg.append("g")
      .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
      .call(d3.axisBottom(x));

    // Add Y axis
    var y = d3.scaleLinear()
      .domain( [0,20])
      .range([ height, 0 ]);
    svg.append("g")
      .call(d3.axisLeft(y));

    // Add the lines
    var line = d3.line()
      .x(function(d) { return x(+d.time) })
      .y(function(d) { return y(+d.value) })
    svg.selectAll("myLines")
      .data(dataReady)
      .enter()
      .append("path")
        .attr("class", function(d){ return d.name })
        .attr("d", function(d){ return line(d.values) } )
        .attr("stroke", function(d){ return myColor(d.name) })
        .style("stroke-width", 4)
        .style("fill", "none")

    // Add the points
    svg
      // First we need to enter in a group
      .selectAll("myDots")
      .data(dataReady)
      .enter()
        .append('g')
        .style("fill", function(d){ return myColor(d.name) })
        .attr("class", function(d){ return d.name })
      // Second we need to enter in the 'values' part of this group
      .selectAll("myPoints")
      .data(function(d){ return d.values })
      .enter()
      .append("circle")
        .attr("cx", function(d) { return x(d.time) } )
        .attr("cy", function(d) { return y(d.value) } )
        .attr("r", 5)
        .attr("stroke", "white")

    // Add a label at the end of each line
    svg
      .selectAll("myLabels")
      .data(dataReady)
      .enter()
        .append('g')
        .append("text")
          .attr("class", function(d){ return d.name })
          .datum(function(d) { return {name: d.name, value: d.values[d.values.length - 1]}; }) // keep only the last value of each time series
          .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + x(d.value.time) + "," + y(d.value.value) + ")"; }) // Put the text at the position of the last point
          .attr("x", 12) // shift the text a bit more right
          .text(function(d) { return d.name; })
          .style("fill", function(d){ return myColor(d.name) })
          .style("font-size", 15)

    // Add a legend (interactive)
    svg
      .selectAll("myLegend")
      .data(dataReady)
      .enter()
        .append('g')
        .append("text")
          .attr('x', function(d,i){ return 30 + i*60})
          .attr('y', 30)
          .text(function(d) { return d.name; })
          .style("fill", function(d){ return myColor(d.name) })
          .style("font-size", 15)
        .on("click", function(d){
          // is the element currently visible ?
          currentOpacity = d3.selectAll("." + d.name).style("opacity")
          // Change the opacity: from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0
          d3.selectAll("." + d.name).transition().style("opacity", currentOpacity == 1 ? 0:1)

        })
})


</script>

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