Annotation Chart Example

An example of a Google Annotation Chart.

by Mike Rawling

HTML

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
       <div id='chart_div' style='width: 900px; height: 500px;'></div>

JavaScript

google.charts.load('current', {'packages':['annotationchart']});
      google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);
      function drawChart() { 
        var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
        data.addColumn('date', 'Date');
        data.addColumn('number', 'Kepler-22b mission');
        data.addColumn('string', 'Kepler title');
        data.addColumn('string', 'Kepler text');
        data.addColumn('number', 'Gliese 163 mission');
        data.addColumn('string', 'Gliese title');
        data.addColumn('string', 'Gliese text');
        data.addRows([
          [new Date(2314, 2, 15), 12400, undefined, undefined,
                                  10645, undefined, undefined],
          [new Date(2314, 2, 16), 24045, 'Lalibertines', 'First encounter',
                                  12374, undefined, undefined],
          [new Date(2314, 2, 17), 35022, 'Lalibertines', 'They are very tall',
                                  15766, 'Gallantors', 'First Encounter'],
          [new Date(2314, 2, 18), 12284, 'Lalibertines', 'Attack on our crew!',
                                  34334, 'Gallantors', 'Statement of shared principles'],
          [new Date(2314, 2, 19), 8476, 'Lalibertines', 'Heavy casualties',
                                  66467, 'Gallantors', 'Mysteries revealed'],
          [new Date(2314, 2, 20), 0, 'Lalibertines', 'All crew lost',
                                  79463, 'Gallantors', 'Omniscience achieved']
        ]);

        var chart = new google.visualization.AnnotationChart(document.getElementById('chart_div'));

        var options = {
          displayAnnotations: true
        };

        chart.draw(data, options);
      }