Most basic treemap in d3.js




This post describes how to build a very basic treemap with d3.js. It takes into account a hierarchy dataset, stored at .csv format. See many other examples in the treemap section of the gallery. Learn more about the theory of treemaps in data-to-viz.com.


Treemap section

Steps:

  • The Html part of the code just creates a div that will be modified by d3 later on.

  • The first part of the javascript code set a svg area. It specify the chart size and its margin. Read more.

  • The input dataset used here is stored at the .csv format. The d3.stratify() function is thus needed for reformatting. read more.

  • Then, the d3.treemap() function can be used to compute the rectangle coordinates of each entity of the hierarchy.

  • Finally, it is possible to use these coordinates to add rectangles and labels with rect and text.
<!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>


<script>

// set the dimensions and margins of the graph
var margin = {top: 10, right: 10, bottom: 10, left: 10},
  width = 445 - margin.left - margin.right,
  height = 445 - 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 data
d3.csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/D3-graph-gallery/master/DATA/data_hierarchy_1level.csv', function(data) {

  // stratify the data: reformatting for d3.js
  var root = d3.stratify()
    .id(function(d) { return d.name; })   // Name of the entity (column name is name in csv)
    .parentId(function(d) { return d.parent; })   // Name of the parent (column name is parent in csv)
    (data);
  root.sum(function(d) { return +d.value })   // Compute the numeric value for each entity

  // Then d3.treemap computes the position of each element of the hierarchy
  // The coordinates are added to the root object above
  d3.treemap()
    .size([width, height])
    .padding(4)
    (root)

console.log(root.leaves())
  // use this information to add rectangles:
  svg
    .selectAll("rect")
    .data(root.leaves())
    .enter()
    .append("rect")
      .attr('x', function (d) { return d.x0; })
      .attr('y', function (d) { return d.y0; })
      .attr('width', function (d) { return d.x1 - d.x0; })
      .attr('height', function (d) { return d.y1 - d.y0; })
      .style("stroke", "black")
      .style("fill", "#69b3a2");

  // and to add the text labels
  svg
    .selectAll("text")
    .data(root.leaves())
    .enter()
    .append("text")
      .attr("x", function(d){ return d.x0+10})    // +10 to adjust position (more right)
      .attr("y", function(d){ return d.y0+20})    // +20 to adjust position (lower)
      .text(function(d){ return d.data.name})
      .attr("font-size", "15px")
      .attr("fill", "white")
})
</script>

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