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Google Visualization API Essentials

By : Traci Lynn Ruthkoski
Book Image

Google Visualization API Essentials

By: Traci Lynn Ruthkoski

Overview of this book

There's a lot of data in our world, and visual representations are often the best method of making sense of it all. Yet, it should not take an army of programmers and analysts to create visualizations in order to make data useful. The Google Visualization API is accessible to novice and advanced programmers alike, making data useful to more people."Google Visualization API Essentials" will show you how to create interactive data displays with very little code. The API, combined with Google Spreadsheets and Fusion Tables, is a complete system, from data management to analytical displays. Not only is it simple to learn, but the Google Visualization API can also be viewed as a first step to learning additional Google APIs."Google Visualization API Essentials" uses both methodology overviews and hands-on examples with real data to introduce chart and graph creation on the Google platform. Topics are presented from various aspects, including Google Spreadsheets and Fusion Tables, and Graphic User Interfaces. An overview of the various API development environments available to developers is also covered. Basic and advanced charts, data source connectivity, style formatting, and publishing options are also explored in depth."Google Visualization API Essentials" brings the arsenal of Google Visualizations into the web developer toolkit.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Sharing


For visualizations integrated into Spreadsheets or Fusion Tables, it is possible to share work with others by using the built-in Google Apps file sharing method. With Google file sharing, visualizations can be private to one or more users, or publicly available on the Web. When sharing a visualization as part of a Google application file, the entire file, and not just the visualization is shared to other users.

In any Google application that allows sharing, the button can be found in the upper right-hand corner of an open file or document. To share, click on this blue Share button in either a Spreadsheets or Fusion Tables file.

Private sharing

Sharing with Google applications can be public or private. This section details how to share a Spreadsheet or Fusion Table privately. In this scenario, to share privately means sharing to only a select group of individuals. Additionally, it is worth noting this information is universal across Google applications and thus can also be used to...