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I am attempting to create a sankey diagram using D3 visualization. I would like to know how do you take the dataset embeded in the javascript (in json as nodes and links) and recreate it as an external tsv file so that I can use the pbi.dsv() function to connect the D3 visual to the dataset in the report
var margin = {top: 1, right: 1, bottom: 6, left: 1},
width = pbi.width - margin.left - margin.right,
height = pbi.width - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var formatNumber = d3.format(",.0f"),
format = function(d) { return formatNumber(d) + " tuples"; },
color = d3.scale.category20();
var svg = d3.select("#chart")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
var sankey = d3.sankey()
.nodeWidth(15)
.nodePadding(10)
.size([width, height]);
var path = sankey.link();
function createChart( energy ) {
sankey
.nodes(energy.nodes)
.links(energy.links)
.layout(32);
var link = svg.append("g").selectAll(".link")
.data(energy.links)
.enter().append("path")
.attr("class", function(d) { return (d.causesCycle ? "cycleLink" : "link") })
.attr("d", path)
.style("stroke-width", function(d) { return Math.max(1, d.dy); })
.sort(function(a, b) { return b.dy - a.dy; });
link.append("title")
.text(function(d) { return d.source.name + " -> " + d.target.name + "\n" + format(d.value); });
var node = svg.append("g").selectAll(".node")
.data(energy.nodes)
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "node")
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d.x + "," + d.y + ")"; })
.call(d3.behavior.drag()
.origin(function(d) { return d; })
.on("dragstart", function() { this.parentNode.appendChild(this); })
.on("drag", dragmove));
node.append("rect")
.attr("height", function(d) { return d.dy; })
.attr("width", sankey.nodeWidth())
.style("fill", function(d) { return d.color = color(d.name.replace(/ .*/, "")); })
.style("stroke", function(d) { return d3.rgb(d.color).darker(2); })
.append("title")
.text(function(d) { return d.name + "\n" + format(d.value); });
node.append("text")
.attr("x", -6)
.attr("y", function(d) { return d.dy / 2; })
.attr("dy", ".35em")
.attr("text-anchor", "end")
.attr("transform", null)
.text(function(d) { return d.name; })
.filter(function(d) { return d.x < width / 2; })
.attr("x", 6 + sankey.nodeWidth())
.attr("text-anchor", "start");
function dragmove(d) {
d3.select(this).attr("transform", "translate(" + d.x + "," + (d.y = Math.max(0, Math.min(height - d.dy, d3.event.y))) + ")");
sankey.relayout();
link.attr("d", path);
}
};
var energyData = {"nodes":[
{"name":"A"},
{"name":"B"},
{"name":"C"},
{"name":"D"},
{"name":"E"},
{"name":"F"},
{"name":"G"},
],
"links":[
{"source":0,"target":1,"value":2},
{"source":1,"target":2,"value":4},
{"source":2,"target":3,"value":30},
{"source":2,"target":1,"value":5}, // Looper
{"source":4,"target":2,"value":5},
{"source":4,"target":5,"value":5},
{"source":5,"target":6,"value":5}
]}
createChart( energyData )
Hi @TeddyH could you solve it? I'm trying to use the D3.js sankey graph in power bi and I'm getting a whyte report.
To understand how to do so we would recommend to go through these resources:
Ignat Vilesov,
Software Engineer
Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals
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