Radar Chart Example
A radar chart is a graphical method of displaying multivariate data in the form of a two-dimensional chart of three or more quantitative variables represented on axes starting from the same point.
Vega JSON Specification <>
{
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega/v5.json",
"description": "A radar chart example, showing multiple dimensions in a radial layout.",
"width": 400,
"height": 400,
"padding": 40,
"autosize": {"type": "none", "contains": "padding"},
"signals": [
{"name": "radius", "update": "width / 2"}
],
"data": [
{
"name": "table",
"values": [
{"key": "key-0", "value": 19, "category": 0},
{"key": "key-1", "value": 22, "category": 0},
{"key": "key-2", "value": 14, "category": 0},
{"key": "key-3", "value": 38, "category": 0},
{"key": "key-4", "value": 23, "category": 0},
{"key": "key-5", "value": 5, "category": 0},
{"key": "key-6", "value": 27, "category": 0},
{"key": "key-0", "value": 13, "category": 1},
{"key": "key-1", "value": 12, "category": 1},
{"key": "key-2", "value": 42, "category": 1},
{"key": "key-3", "value": 13, "category": 1},
{"key": "key-4", "value": 6, "category": 1},
{"key": "key-5", "value": 15, "category": 1},
{"key": "key-6", "value": 8, "category": 1}
]
},
{
"name": "keys",
"source": "table",
"transform": [
{
"type": "aggregate",
"groupby": ["key"]
}
]
}
],
"scales": [
{
"name": "angular",
"type": "point",
"range": {"signal": "[-PI, PI]"},
"padding": 0.5,
"domain": {"data": "table", "field": "key"}
},
{
"name": "radial",
"type": "linear",
"range": {"signal": "[0, radius]"},
"zero": true,
"nice": false,
"domain": {"data": "table", "field": "value"},
"domainMin": 0
},
{
"name": "color",
"type": "ordinal",
"domain": {"data": "table", "field": "category"},
"range": {"scheme": "category10"}
}
],
"encode": {
"enter": {
"x": {"signal": "radius"},
"y": {"signal": "radius"}
}
},
"marks": [
{
"type": "group",
"name": "categories",
"zindex": 1,
"from": {
"facet": {"data": "table", "name": "facet", "groupby": ["category"]}
},
"marks": [
{
"type": "line",
"name": "category-line",
"from": {"data": "facet"},
"encode": {
"enter": {
"interpolate": {"value": "linear-closed"},
"x": {"signal": "scale('radial', datum.value) * cos(scale('angular', datum.key))"},
"y": {"signal": "scale('radial', datum.value) * sin(scale('angular', datum.key))"},
"stroke": {"scale": "color", "field": "category"},
"strokeWidth": {"value": 1},
"fill": {"scale": "color", "field": "category"},
"fillOpacity": {"value": 0.1}
}
}
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "value-text",
"from": {"data": "category-line"},
"encode": {
"enter": {
"x": {"signal": "datum.x"},
"y": {"signal": "datum.y"},
"text": {"signal": "datum.datum.value"},
"align": {"value": "center"},
"baseline": {"value": "middle"},
"fill": {"value": "black"}
}
}
}
]
},
{
"type": "rule",
"name": "radial-grid",
"from": {"data": "keys"},
"zindex": 0,
"encode": {
"enter": {
"x": {"value": 0},
"y": {"value": 0},
"x2": {"signal": "radius * cos(scale('angular', datum.key))"},
"y2": {"signal": "radius * sin(scale('angular', datum.key))"},
"stroke": {"value": "lightgray"},
"strokeWidth": {"value": 1}
}
}
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "key-label",
"from": {"data": "keys"},
"zindex": 1,
"encode": {
"enter": {
"x": {"signal": "(radius + 5) * cos(scale('angular', datum.key))"},
"y": {"signal": "(radius + 5) * sin(scale('angular', datum.key))"},
"text": {"field": "key"},
"align": [
{
"test": "abs(scale('angular', datum.key)) > PI / 2",
"value": "right"
},
{
"value": "left"
}
],
"baseline": [
{
"test": "scale('angular', datum.key) > 0", "value": "top"
},
{
"test": "scale('angular', datum.key) == 0", "value": "middle"
},
{
"value": "bottom"
}
],
"fill": {"value": "black"},
"fontWeight": {"value": "bold"}
}
}
},
{
"type": "line",
"name": "outer-line",
"from": {"data": "radial-grid"},
"encode": {
"enter": {
"interpolate": {"value": "linear-closed"},
"x": {"field": "x2"},
"y": {"field": "y2"},
"stroke": {"value": "lightgray"},
"strokeWidth": {"value": 1}
}
}
}
]
}