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Google Visualization API. TAU May 19, 2008. Quick Poll. Google Spreadsheets. Edit Dynamic functions Collaborate Publish Visualize. Visualization Problem. Many ways to visualize Many data sources Many applications. It’s All Here. http://code.google.com/apis/visualization.
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Google Visualization API TAU May 19, 2008
Google Spreadsheets • Edit • Dynamic functions • Collaborate • Publish • Visualize
Visualization Problem • Many ways to visualize • Many data sources • Many applications
It’s All Here http://code.google.com/apis/visualization
API concepts • DataTable • Container application • Visualization gadget • Query • Query language • Table Query URL
Code Walkthrough • Code
Using Visualization Gadgets • On a spreadsheet • On iGoole • On any web page
How it works Browser query Spreadsheet Gadget renderer Query Processor Gadget XML
Tips & Tricks • Data source URL for spreadsheets • Caching in iGoogle and in Spreadsheets • Hosting on Google servers (code.google.com) • Some high end: Pivot (*2), timeline, gantt
Ideas • New ways to visualize data • New ways to create and modify a query • Gallery tour