Plots
A novem plots represents a visual presentation of useful information. The plot covers a wide range of visuals, from simple charts to video feeds and terminal windows.
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On the novem platform a plot represents the most basic building block of any visualisation. Whilst most plots will probably be charts, several other visual representation exists such as video feeds, terminal windows, browser views, tables, calendars, logs etc.
For ease of navigation we've split the novem plot documentation into a few key categories:
- Charts
- Tables
Charts are the most common visual you'll see such as line and bar charts, whereas tables can be used in documents and emails for good control of layout.
Below is an overview of all the control nodes associated with a novem plot. Most of these have sensible default values so as a user you should not need to worry about most of these endpoints. But they are there in case you want to have more control over your visualisation.
You'll find separate documentation sections for most of these.
plot_name => Name
├── config => Configuration options
│ ├── axis => Axis options
│ │ ├── location =>
│ │ ├── anchor =>
│ │ ├── ticks =>
│ │ ├── domains =>
│ │ ├── scale =>
│ │ ├── margin =>
│ │ ├── overlap =>
│ │ ├── labels =>
│ │ ├── multi =>
│ │ ├── padding =>
│ │ ├── offset =>
│ │ └── range =>
│ ├── bg => Plot Background related controls
│ │ ├── type => The type of background (grid, lines)
│ │ ├── align => Control background axis alignment
│ │ ├── stroke => Control background stroke styles
│ │ ├── color => Control background box and line colors
│ │ ├── index => Which background boxes/lines to draw
│ │ ├── size => Background sizing
│ │ └── labels => Control background label positioning
│ ├── colors =>
│ │ ├── type =>
│ │ └── colors =>
│ ├── table => table specific settings
│ │ └── cell => Format table cells
│ │ ├── align => number alignment
│ │ ├── border => control table borders
│ │ ├── text => font information (weight, style, color)
│ │ ├── format => number and text format
│ │ ├── chart => in-cell charts
│ │ ├── overflow => overflow behavior
│ │ ├── priority => column priority on small screens
│ │ ├── padding => cell padding
│ │ ├── width => cell width
│ │ └── merge => merge cells across cols and rows
│ ├── legend =>
│ │ ├── type => The kind of legend
│ │ ├── position => Position of the legend
│ │ ├── layout =>
│ │ └── format => Format of the individual legend item
│ ├── labels =>
│ │ └── anchor =>
│ ├── interactive =>
│ │ ├── format =>
│ │ └── highlight =>
│ ├── render =>
│ │ ├── template => Template to render against
│ │ ├── scale =>
│ │ └── overlap => Read-only overlap report
│ ├── custom => Custom css/js for custom plots
│ ├── zoom => Map zoom (geo plots)
│ ├── projection => Map projection (geo plots)
│ ├── caption => Caption below chart
│ ├── comments => Enable/disable comment threads
│ ├── theme =>
│ ├── title => Title of chart
│ └── type => bar, sbar, gbar etc...
├── complications =>
│ ├── bands =>
│ │ ├── config =>
│ │ │ └── label_position =>
│ │ └── data =>
│ ├── lines =>
│ │ ├── config =>
│ │ │ ├── color =>
│ │ │ ├── stroke =>
│ │ │ └── label_position =>
│ │ └── data =>
│ └── marks =>
│ ├── config =>
│ │ └── label_position =>
│ └── data =>
├── data => data to chart
├── description => Description (meta)
├── name => Name (meta)
├── summary => One-line summary (meta)
├── vars => Attached key metrics
├── files => Pre-rendered outputs (png, pdf, csv ...)
├── assets => Uploaded images and fonts
└── shared => Sharing information
├── +org~group => Shared with an org group
├── @username~group => Shared with a user group
└── public => Shared with everyone
Note: A plot's data is capped at 2,000,000 characters (~2 MB).
Pre-aggregate, downsample, or drop unused columns to stay under it. See Size
limits for what happens when you exceed
a cap and the limits on other resources.