Try a to wrap the result DataTable with a DataView that transforms the first
column into a string of your choice. See here:
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/reference.html#DataView_setColumns

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:25 PM, mikew <[email protected]> wrote:

> I can't seem to figure how to query a flat table into a matrix for
> e.g. a column chart. Here's the example:
>
> Let's take a google spreadsheet with deliveries showing the date, type
> of product and amount delivered:
>
> DATE  |    PRODUCT   |   AMOUNT
> Jan-1   |   Bananas       |    10
> Jan-1   |   Apples          |     5
> Jan-1   |   Oranges       |      7
> Jan-2   |   Bananas       |     5
> Jan-3   |   Banana         |     7
> Jan-3   |   Oranges       |     3
>
> What is the query that gives me the following table:
>
>                 Bananas    Apples    Oranges
> January         15              5             10
> February        ...             ...             ...
> ...
>
> I think the query should be:  select month(A), sum(C) group by A pivot
> B
>
> However, this results in a chart displaying month(a) as one of the
> data columns (since month is a number I assume) and NOT as labels for
> the x-axis.
>
> How can I get it to:
>
> a) display month as Jan, Feb, Mar, ... instead of 0, 1, 2, ...
>
> and finally
>
> b) to display them as labels on the x-axis
>
> Thanks for any help!
> mike
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