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procedure of mapping data into visual elements. This procedure can also be called visual coding, and visual elements can also be called visual channels.</p> <p>Every type of charts in Apache ECharts<sup>TM</sup> has this built-in mapping procedure. For example, line chart map data into <em>lines</em>, bar chart map data into <em>height</em>. Some more complicated charts, like <code>graph</code>, <code>themeRiver</code>, and <code>treemap</code> have their own built-in mapping.</p> <p>Besides, ECharts provides <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap">visualMap component</a> for general visual mapping. Visual elements allowed in <code>visualMap</code> component are:</p> <ul><li><code>symbol</code>, <code>symbolSize</code></li> <li><code>color</code>, <code>opacity</code>, <code>colorAlpha</code>,</li> <li><code>colorLightness</code>, <code>colorSaturation</code>, <code>colorHue</code></li></ul> <p>Next, we are going to introduce how to use <code>visualMap</code> component.</p> <h2 id="data-and-dimension" tabindex="-1">Data and Dimension</h2> <p>Data are usually stored in <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#series.data">series.data</a> in ECharts. Depending on chart types, like list, tree, graph, and so on, the form of data may vary somehow. But they have one common feature, that they are a collection of data items. Every data item contains data value, and other information if needed. Every data value can be a single value (one dimension) or an array (multiple dimensions).</p> <p>For example, <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#series.data">series.data</a> is the most common form, which is a <code>list</code>, a common array:</p> <div class="md-code-block"><div class="nuxt-content-highlight"><pre class="language-js line-numbers"><code>series<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
data<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span>
<span class="token punctuation">{</span>
<span class="token comment">// every item here is a dataItem</span>
value<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">2323</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// this is data value</span>
itemStyle<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
<span class="token number">1212</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// it can also be a value of dataItem, which is a more common case</span>
<span class="token number">2323</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// every data value here is one dimension</span>
<span class="token number">4343</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
<span class="token number">3434</span>
<span class="token punctuation">]</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span></code></pre></div> <!----> <div class="clipboard" data-v-479657ca><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-6 w-6" data-v-479657ca><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-6 w-6" data-v-479657ca><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M8 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-1M8 5a2 2 0 002 2h2a2 2 0 002-2M8 5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2m0 0h2a2 2 0 012 2v3m2 4H10m0 0l3-3m-3 3l3 3" data-v-479657ca></path></svg></svg></div></div> <div class="md-code-block"><div class="nuxt-content-highlight"><pre class="language-js line-numbers"><code>series<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
data<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span>
<span class="token punctuation">{</span>
<span class="token comment">// every item here is a dataItem</span>
value<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token number">3434</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">129</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">'San Marino'</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// this is data value</span>
itemStyle<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
<span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token number">1212</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">5454</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">'Vatican'</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// it can also be a value of dataItem, which is a more common case</span>
<span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token number">2323</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">3223</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">'Nauru'</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// every data value here is three dimension</span>
<span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token number">4343</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">23</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">'Tuvalu'</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span> <span class="token comment">// If is scatter chart, usually map the first dimension to x axis,</span>
<span class="token comment">// the second dimension to y axis,</span>
<span class="token comment">// and the third dimension to symbolSize</span>
<span class="token punctuation">]</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span></code></pre></div> <!----> <div class="clipboard" data-v-479657ca><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-6 w-6" data-v-479657ca><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-6 w-6" data-v-479657ca><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M8 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-1M8 5a2 2 0 002 2h2a2 2 0 002-2M8 5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2m0 0h2a2 2 0 012 2v3m2 4H10m0 0l3-3m-3 3l3 3" data-v-479657ca></path></svg></svg></div></div> <p>Usually the first one or two dimensions are used for mapping. For example, map the first dimension to x axis, and the second dimension to y axis. If you want to represent more dimensions, <code>visualMap</code> is what you need. Most likely, <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#series-scatter">scatter charts</a> use radius to represent the third dimension.</p> <h2 id="the-visualmap-component" tabindex="-1">The visualMap Component</h2> <p>visualMap component defines the mapping from <em>which dimension of data</em> to <em>what visual elements</em>.</p> <p>The following two types of visualMap components are supported, identified with <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap.type">visualMap.type</a>.</p> <p>Its structure is defined as:</p> <div class="md-code-block"><div class="nuxt-content-highlight"><pre class="language-js line-numbers"><code>option <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
visualMap<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span>
<span class="token comment">// can define multiple visualMap components at the same time</span>
<span class="token punctuation">{</span>
<span class="token comment">// the first visualMap component</span>
type<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'continuous'</span> <span class="token comment">// defined as continuous visualMap</span>
<span class="token comment">// ...</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
<span class="token punctuation">{</span>
<span class="token comment">// the second visualMap component</span>
type<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'piecewise'</span> <span class="token comment">// defined as discrete visualMap</span>
<span class="token comment">// ...</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token punctuation">]</span>
<span class="token comment">// ...</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span></code></pre></div> <!----> <div class="clipboard" data-v-479657ca><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-6 w-6" data-v-479657ca><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-6 w-6" data-v-479657ca><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M8 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-1M8 5a2 2 0 002 2h2a2 2 0 002-2M8 5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2m0 0h2a2 2 0 012 2v3m2 4H10m0 0l3-3m-3 3l3 3" data-v-479657ca></path></svg></svg></div></div> <h2 id="continuous-and-piecewise-visual-mapping-components" tabindex="-1">Continuous and Piecewise Visual Mapping Components</h2> <p>The visual mapping component of ECharts is divided into continuous (<a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap-continuous">visualMapContinuous</a>) and piecewise (<a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap-piecewise">visualMapPiecewise</a>).</p> <p>Continuous means that the data dimension for visual mapping is a continuous value, while piecewise means that the data is divided into multiple segments or discrete data.</p> <h3 id="continuous-visual-mapping" tabindex="-1">Continuous Visual Mapping</h3> <p>Continuous type visual mapping can determine the range of visual mapping by specifying the maximum and minimum values.</p> <div class="md-code-block"><div class="nuxt-content-highlight"><pre class="language-js line-numbers"><code>option <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
visualMap<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span>
<span class="token punctuation">{</span>
type<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'continuous'</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
min<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">0</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
max<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">5000</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
dimension<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">3</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// the fourth dimension of series.data (i.e. value[3]) is mapped</span>
seriesIndex<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">4</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// The fourth series is mapped.</span>
inRange<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
<span class="token comment">// The visual configuration in the selected range</span>
color<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token string">'blue'</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">'#121122'</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">'red'</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token comment">// A list of colors that defines the graph color mapping</span>
<span class="token comment">// the minimum value of the data is mapped to 'blue', and</span>
<span class="token comment">// the maximum value is mapped to 'red', // the maximum value is mapped to 'red', // the maximum value is mapped to 'red'.</span>
<span class="token comment">// The rest is automatically calculated linearly.</span>
symbolSize<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token number">30</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">100</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span> <span class="token comment">// Defines the mapping range for the graphic size.</span>
<span class="token comment">// The minimum value of the data is mapped to 30, // and the maximum value is mapped to 100.</span>
<span class="token comment">// The maximum value is mapped to 100.</span>
<span class="token comment">// The rest is calculated linearly automatically.</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
outOfRange<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
<span class="token comment">// Check the out of range visual configuration</span>
symbolSize<span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token number">30</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">100</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token comment">// ...</span>
<span class="token punctuation">]</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span></code></pre></div> <!----> <div class="clipboard" data-v-479657ca><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-6 w-6" data-v-479657ca><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-6 w-6" data-v-479657ca><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M8 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-1M8 5a2 2 0 002 2h2a2 2 0 002-2M8 5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2m0 0h2a2 2 0 012 2v3m2 4H10m0 0l3-3m-3 3l3 3" data-v-479657ca></path></svg></svg></div></div> <p>where <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap.inRange">visualMap.inRange</a> indicates the style used for data within the data mapping range; while <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap.outOfRange">visualMap.outOfRange</a> specifies the style for data outside the mapping range.</p> <p><a href="~visualMap.dimension">visualMap.dimension</a> specifies which dimension of the data will be visually mapped.</p> <h3 id="piecewise-visual-mapping" tabindex="-1">Piecewise Visual Mapping</h3> <p>The piecewise visual mapping component has three modes.</p> <ul><li>Continuous data average segmentation: based on <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap-piecewise.splitNumber">visualMap-piecewise.splitNumber</a> to automatically split the data into pieces equally.</li> <li>Continuous data custom segmentation: define the range of each piece based on <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap-piecewise.pieces">visualMap-piecewise.pieces</a>.</li> <li>Discrete data (categorical data): categories are defined in <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap-piecewise.categories">visualMap-piecewise.categories</a>.</li></ul> <p>To use segmented visual map, you need to set <code>type</code> to <code>'piecewise'</code> and choose one of the above three configuration items.</p></article></div></div> <div class="post-contributors"><h3><span class="inline-block align-middle">Contributors</span> <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/apache/echarts-handbook/tree/master/contents/en/concepts/visual-map.md" title="Edit this Document" class="inline-block align-middle text-sm"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" class="h-8 w-8 inline-block align-middle"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M11 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v11a2 2 0 002 2h11a2 2 0 002-2v-5m-1.414-9.414a2 2 0 112.828 2.828L11.828 15H9v-2.828l8.586-8.586z"></path></svg> <span class="inline-block align-middle">Edit this page on GitHub</span></a></h3> <div class="post-contributors-list"><a href="https://github.com/KrzysztofMadejski" target="_blank" class="post-contributor"><img alt="KrzysztofMadejski" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/KrzysztofMadejski?size=60"> <span>KrzysztofMadejski</span></a><a href="https://github.com/pissang" target="_blank" class="post-contributor"><img alt="pissang" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/pissang?size=60"> <span>pissang</span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div> <link rel="stylesheet" href="//fastly.jsdelivr.net/npm/highlight.js@9.12.0/styles/github-gist.min.css"></div></div></div></div><script>window.__NUXT__=function(e,i,t,a,d,l,r,o,n,s,g,c,h,p,m,I,C,u,b,v,A,B,y,G,W,w,f,Z,M,S,Y,V,X,R,F,H,L,x,k,z,N,E,U,T,D,Q,j,J,K,P,O,_,$,q,ee,ie,te,ae,de){return{layout:"default",data:[{html:'<h1 id="visual-map-of-data" tabindex="-1">Visual Map of Data</h1>\n<p>Data visualization is a procedure of mapping data into visual elements. This procedure can also be called visual coding, and visual elements can also be called visual channels.</p>\n<p>Every type of charts in Apache ECharts<sup>TM</sup> has this built-in mapping procedure. For example, line chart map data into <em>lines</em>, bar chart map data into <em>height</em>. Some more complicated charts, like <code>graph</code>, <code>themeRiver</code>, and <code>treemap</code> have their own built-in mapping.</p>\n<p>Besides, ECharts provides <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#visualMap">visualMap component</a> for general visual mapping. Visual elements allowed in <code>visualMap</code> component are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>symbol</code>, <code>symbolSize</code></li>\n<li><code>color</code>, <code>opacity</code>, <code>colorAlpha</code>,</li>\n<li><code>colorLightness</code>, <code>colorSaturation</code>, <code>colorHue</code></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Next, we are going to introduce how to use <code>visualMap</code> component.</p>\n<h2 id="data-and-dimension" tabindex="-1">Data and Dimension</h2>\n<p>Data are usually stored in <a href="https://echarts.apache.org/option.html#series.data">series.data</a> in ECharts. Depending on chart types, like list, tree, graph, and so on, the form of data may vary somehow. But they have one common feature, that they are a collection of data items. Every data item contains data value, and other information if needed. 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