Well, you haven't really sent the date as string... Replace lines like:
data.setValue(0, 1, new Date (1988Q1)); to: data.setValue(0, 1, '1988Q1'); On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Derek <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to build a motion chart using a quarterly time interval. > The documentation says it's possible by setting the Date data type to > 'string' and using ISO8601 format in the data.setValue, e.g., > 2010Q1. > > The following snippet does not work for me. > > function drawVisualization() { > var data = new google.visualization.DataTable(); > data.addRows(6); > data.addColumn('string', 'Fruit'); > data.addColumn('string', 'Date'); > data.addColumn('number', 'Sales'); > data.addColumn('number', 'Expenses'); > data.addColumn('string', 'Location'); > data.setValue(0, 0, 'Apples'); > data.setValue(0, 1, new Date (1988Q1)); > data.setValue(0, 2, 1000); > data.setValue(0, 3, 300); > data.setValue(0, 4, 'East'); > data.setValue(1, 0, 'Oranges'); > data.setValue(1, 1, new Date (1988Q1)); > data.setValue(1, 2, 950); > data.setValue(1, 3, 200); > data.setValue(1, 4, 'West'); > data.setValue(2, 0, 'Bananas'); > data.setValue(2, 1, new Date (1988Q1)); > data.setValue(2, 2, 300); > data.setValue(2, 3, 250); > data.setValue(2, 4, 'West'); > data.setValue(3, 0, 'Apples'); > data.setValue(3, 1, new Date(1988Q2)); > data.setValue(3, 2, 1200); > data.setValue(3, 3, 400); > data.setValue(3, 4, "East"); > data.setValue(4, 0, 'Oranges'); > data.setValue(4, 1, new Date(1988Q2)); > data.setValue(4, 2, 900); > data.setValue(4, 3, 150); > data.setValue(4, 4, "West"); > data.setValue(5, 0, 'Bananas'); > data.setValue(5, 1, new Date(1988Q2)); > data.setValue(5, 2, 788); > data.setValue(5, 3, 617); > data.setValue(5, 4, "West"); > > var motionchart = new google.visualization.MotionChart( > document.getElementById('visualization')); > motionchart.draw(data, {'width': 800, 'height': 400}); > } > > Any thoughts about what else to try? > > Thanks, > > Derek > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Visualization API" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-visualization-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en.
