Help with Visualiztion API

[Lauren Berman]

Hi Everyone,

I am new to the Google Visualization API world. I am trying to
complete a task for a director and I work at a very well known defense
contractor. I am creating a dashboard with 12 different pie charts. I
would like to be able to hover over each slice and see what it's made
up of. How do I install google Visualization API. Is it a code I have
to put in? I am somewhat new to VBA but would love to learn. How do I
go about installing this? Also if other people are going to be viewing
the report can they still hover over each slice and see what its made
up of if they do not have this extra package( google visualization
API)? Any help would be greatly apperciated!

Thanks, Lauren

[Roni Biran]

Hi Lauren and welcome to the google visualization API community,

Firstly, I would like to inform you that this is not a VBA API but a JavaScript API.

Now, as for your question.

The API is a very straight JavaScript API, using JSON data table and objects.

All you have to do is follow the samples in the http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/piechart.html or test them in the playground (http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/?type=visualization#pie_chart)

You do not have to install anything. It is that simple.

Good luck,

Roni

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[asgallant]

Welcome!

The Visualization API is coded in javascript and rendered in a browser, so there is nothing you need to install.  You link to the library by including a script tag with the source pointing to Google's API server, and then load whichever packages you need.  See an example in action here: http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/?type=visualization#pie_chart (click on "Edit HTML" to see the code for the whole script).  It might look intimidating to start with, but it's actually pretty easy to learn, and there is a wonderful community of people here who can help you out if you get stuck.

I'd suggest starting out in the visualization playground (linked above) and experimenting with what the different charts do, the different ways to build them, and how to customize them.