Thanks for your help! Unfortunately it didn't work. If I understood you correctly, you wanted me to use "single" as the "type" for the checkouts column. I couldn't find any mention of a "single" type but put it in there anyway and now the table won't sort. The data is live with "single" now as the type.
On this page: http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/reference.html#DataTable It lists a getColumnType function that does not mention a "single" type: Returns the type of a given column specified by the column index. columnIndex should be a number greater than or equal to zero, and less than the number of columns as returned by the getNumberOfColumns() method. The returned column type can be one of the following: 'string' 'number' 'boolean' 'date' 'datetime' 'timeofday' I'm not gonna lie, I'm a bit stumped at the moment and hope I'm overlooking something simple. Thanks again, Mike On Feb 9, 8:53 am, Fons Seesink <fons.sees...@gmail.com> wrote: > indeed, have been looking with my eyes closed it seems > in your code try and define with single ' rather than using " > {'cols':[{'id':.......'type':'number'}], > > not sure but the websites explaining about the topic all use single > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Mike Beccaria <mikebecca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not with my browser. I checked it this morning (just now) and noted > > that the numbers don't sort in order. Here's a screenshot: > >http://screencast.com/t/O5Otv4fv > > > Notice the checkouts are supposed to be sorted from high to low but > > they go from 9,8,...36,18,16. > > > Mike > > > On Feb 9, 7:05 am, Fons Seesink <fons.sees...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Looking at your website, I think you sorted things out > > >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Mike Beccaria <mikebecca...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > I created my 1st visualization that creates a sortable table of > >> > values. The problem is that when I sort the "Checkouts" column, they > >> > sort like letters and not like numbers even though I specified the > >> > column data type as a number. > > >> > Here's the table: > >> >http://library.paulsmiths.edu/test/charts/top5visualization.html > > >> > And the json data that it queries: > >> >http://library.paulsmiths.edu/test/charts/top5.php > > >> > Notice that that Checkouts column is a number but when you sort the > >> > column, it doesn't sort properly: > >> > {"cols":[{"id":"year","label":"Year","type":"number"}, > >> > {"id":"title","label":"Title","type":"string"}, > >> > {"id":"checkouts","label":"Checkouts","type":"number"}], > > >> > Sorted Copy from chart: > >> > 2011 Dog hikes in the Adirondacks : 20 trails to enjoy 9 > >> > 2010 Water for elephants : a novel by Sara Gruen. 9 > >> > 2010 The Eighth International Symposium on Environmenta 9 > >> > 2010 Streams : their ecology and life by Colbert.E. Cu 8 > >> > 2010 Introduction to permaculture by Bill Mollison wit 8 > >> > 2010 Negotiation by Roy J. Lewicki, Bruce Barry, David 8 > >> > 2010 Amuse-bouche : little bites that delight before th 8 > >> > 2010 Billy Joe Tatum's Wild foods cookbook and field gu 8 > >> > 2008 About wine by J. Patrick Henderson, Dellie Rex. 36 > >> > 2011 The help by Kathryn Stockett. 18 > >> > 2009 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. 16 > >> > 2011 Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and m 14 > >> > 2009 Lies my teacher told me : everything your American 14 > >> > 2009 Marked : a house of night novel |c P.C. Cast and 14 > >> > 2008 Plows, plagues, and petroleum : how humans took co 14 > >> > 2010 How the other half lives; studies among the teneme 13 > > >> > Any idea how to fix this? Am I overlooking something? > >> > Thanks, > >> > Mike > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "Google Chart API" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to google-chart-api@googlegroups.com. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > google-chart-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en. > > >> -- > > >> Best regards > >> Fons Seesink > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google Chart API" group. > > To post to this group, send email to google-chart-api@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-chart-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en. > > -- > > Best regards > Fons Seesink -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Chart API" group. To post to this group, send email to google-chart-api@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-chart-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en.
