Google Charts – Basic Timelines Chart

Following is an example of a basic timelines chart. We’ve already seen the configuration used to draw this chart in the Google Charts Configuration Syntax chapter. So, let’s see the complete example.

Configurations

We’ve used the Timeline class to show the timelines diagram.

//Timeline chart
var chart = new google.visualization.Timeline(document.getElementById('container'));

Example

googlecharts_timelines_basic.htm

<html>
   <head>
      <title>Google Charts </title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js">
      </script>
      <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://www.google.com/jsapi">
      </script>
      <script type = "text/javascript">
         google.charts.load('current', {packages: ['timeline']});     
      </script>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <div id = "container" style = "width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto">
      </div>
      <script language = "JavaScript">
         function drawChart() {
            // Define the chart to be drawn.
            var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
            data.addColumn({ type: 'string', id: 'President' });
            data.addColumn({ type: 'date', id: 'Start' });
            data.addColumn({ type: 'date', id: 'End' });
            data.addRows([
            [ 'Washington', new Date(1789, 3, 30), new Date(1797, 2, 4) ],
            [ 'Adams',      new Date(1797, 2, 4),  new Date(1801, 2, 4) ],
            [ 'Jefferson',  new Date(1801, 2, 4),  new Date(1809, 2, 4) ]]);
 
            var options = {      
               width: '100%', 
               height: '100%'
            };
                  
            // Instantiate and draw the chart.
            var chart = new google.visualization.Timeline(document.getElementById('container'));
            chart.draw(data, options);
         }
         google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Result

Verify the result.

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