Creating a treemap chart with the Chart Config Editor

A treemap chart displays categorical and hierarchical data as a set of rectangles, where the size of each rectangle is determined by a numeric measure.

Using the Chart Config Editor, you can create treemap charts by starting from a column chart in Looker. For best results, use a pivoted dimension, an unpivoted dimension, and a measure to create a treemap chart.

For example, you can create a treemap chart that shows the Order Item Count over several different Category values, pivoted by Seasonal Collection. Each season is represented by a color-coded rectangle, which contains smaller rectangles that represent the category. The size of each rectangle corresponds to the Order Item Count .

Prerequisites

To access the Chart Config Editor, you must have the can_override_vis_config permission.

Writing the JSON snippet

To create a treemap chart, start from the following JSON snippet:

{
  chart: {
    type: 'treemap',
  }
}

Creating a treemap chart

To create a treemap chart, follow these steps:

1. View a column chart in an Explore, or edit a column chart in a Look or dashboard.

   For this example, we recommend starting from a column chart with two dimensions and one measure. One dimension should be pivoted. The pivoted values define the top level categories used to render the treemap. Your starting chart might look something like this example:

   

2. Open the Edit menu in the visualization.

3. In the Plot tab, click the Edit Chart Config button. Looker displays the Edit Chart Config dialog.

4. Select the Chart Config (Override) section, and enter the HighCharts JSON from the Writing the JSON snippet section of this page.

5. To let Looker properly format your JSON, click <> (Format code).

6. To test your changes, click Preview.

7. To apply your changes, click Apply. The visualization will be displayed using the custom JSON values.

Once you've customized your visualization, you can save it.