simple-d3-heatmap

A javascript module to create heatmap calendars
Demo: https://team-centric-software.github.io/simple-d3-heatmap/

Description

This module allows you to create nicely looking heatmap calendars with ease. You can choose between yearly, monthly and weekly format.

Preview

Yearly:

Monthly:

Weekly:

Getting Started

Installation

Embed the d3-heatmap.js as well as d3.js in your HTML

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/d3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tcs-open-source/simple-d3-heatmap@latest/simple-d3-heatmap.min.js"></script>

Basic Usage

<!-- Create div to append the calendar to -->
<div id="calendarContainer"></div>

<script>
	// time series data with the format `timestamp: value` as object
	const data = {
		1546254000000: 29,
		1546257600000: 41,
		1546261200000: 50,
		1546264800000: 13,
		1546268400000: 5,
	};

	// create a new instance of SimpleD3Heatmap
	const heatmap = new SimpleD3Heatmap();
	
	// create a weekly calendar which we will append to `calendarContainer` with the data `data`
	heatmap.weekly("calendarContainer", data);
</script>

<!-- Styling for the Tooltip -->
<style>
	.d3-calendar-tooltip {
		background-color: white;
		border: 2px solid #111;
		color: black;
		width: max-content;
		padding: 3px 12px;
	}

	.d3-calendar-tooltip::after {
		box-sizing: border-box;
		display: inline;
		font-size: 12px;
		width: 100%;
		line-height: 1;
		color: #111;
		content: "\25BC";
		position: absolute;
		left: 0px;
		top: 24px;
		text-align: center;
	}
</style>

Heatmap calendar live preview and playground: Click here

Documentation

new SimpleD3Heatmap([settings])

Creates an instance of SimpleD3Heatmap.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	default
settings	Object	Object which holds all settings for the SimpleD3Heatmap	{}	Optional
settings.minColor	color	Color of the lowest datapoint in the heatmap - as HEX, RGB or CSS color code	"#ECF5E2"	Optional
settings.maxColor	color	Color of the highest datapoint in the heatmap - as HEX, RGB or CSS color code	"#222081"	Optional
settings.colorMode	int	Selects the way the colors are generated (1 => linear, 2 => sqrt or 3 => cubehelix)	2	Optional
settings.gutterSize	float	Defines the space inbetween the square (0 - 1) (not for yearly)	0.1	Optional
settings.outerSize	float	Defines the space inbetween the axis and the square (0 - 1) (not for yearly)	0.35	Optional
settings.scale	float	Defines the size of the heatmap	1	Optional
settings.showLines	boolean	Show axis lines? (not for yearly)	false	Optional
settings.showTicks	boolean	Show axis ticks? (not for yearly)	true	Optional
settings.locale	String	Locale - language used for months, weekdays and date formats	"en-US"	Optional
settings.dayNameLength	String	Defines the weekday format (long => "Friday", short => "Fri" or narrow => "F")	"long"	Optional
settings.showMonth	boolean	Show the months?	true	Optional
settings.includeWeekend	boolean	Show saturday and sunday? Only for weekly calendar heatmap	true	Optional
settings.tooltipClass	String	CSS class for the tooltip	"d3-calendar-tooltip"	Optional
settings.mobileViewPx	Number	At how many pixels (width) change to mobile view?	1200	Optional
settings.enableAnimations	boolean	Enable animations when rendering the calendar heatmaps	true	Optional

Example

const heatmap = new SimpleD3Heatmap({
	minColor: "#ECF5E2", // lowest datapoint's color in the heatmap - e.g. rgb(0, 255, 0) or #00ff00
	maxColor: "#222081", // highest datapoint's color in the heatmap - e.g. rgb(255, 255, 0) or #ffff00
	colorMode: 2, // switches between color scales (1: linear, 2: sqrt and 3: cubehelix)
	
	gutterSize: 0.1, // distance inbetween the squares (range: 0-1)
	outerSize: 0.35, // distance inbetween axis x, y and the squares
	scale: 0.8, // scale of the heatmap
	
	showLines: false, // show the axis line
	showTicks: true, // show the axis ticks
	locale: "de-DE", // defines the format of the date in the axis
	dayNameLength: "short", // style of the displayed weekday, options => long: "Friday", short: "Fri", narrow: "F" (uses locale)
	showMonth: true, // displays the months (uses locale)
	includeWeekend: true, // include the weekend in weekly calendar or only monday till friday?

	tooltipClass: "d3-calendar-tooltip", // class of the tooltip
	mobileViewPx: 1200, // at which width change to mobileview?
	enableAnimations: true, // enable animations when rendering calendar?
})

Returns

• Void

SimpleD3Heatmap.weekly(container_id, data)

Creates a heatmap calendar of one week

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
container_id	String	ID of the container where the heatmap should be appended to
data	heatmapData	Data for the heatmap

Returns

• Void

SimpleD3Heatmap.monthly(container_id, data)

Creates a heatmap calendar of one month

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
container_id	String	ID of the container where the heatmap should be appended to
data	heatmapData	Data for the heatmap

Returns

• Void

SimpleD3Heatmap.yearly(container_id, data)

Creates a heatmap calendar of one year

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
container_id	String	ID of the container where the heatmap should be appended to
data	heatmapData	Data for the heatmap

Returns

• Void

Data Format: heatmapData

{
	timestamp: value,
	...
}