Release Notes

This page describes changes and exciting new features of the Google Chart API.

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What's New?

Chart wizard - We've created a new chart wizard that will help you design charts without fiddling with URL parameters!

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Documentation revised:
- Documented all chart types on separate pages
- Added a new page listing all chart parameters
Chart playground added
Some terminology changes:
- Financial markers are now called candlestick markers
- Text encoding is now called basic text format
- Data sets are now called data series
New formula images added
New chart URLs supported ([0-9].chart.googleapis.com)
New dynamic icons added
data point marker improvements
- New annotation marker added (chm=A)
- New error bar marker added (chm=E)
- New horizontal line fixed to a specific point (chm=H)
- New box charts, also called box plots
- Now support commas in the text string
- Anchor placement now available for data value markers.
Underscore ( _ ) now means null in text encoding
Charts now support POST requests
Axis labels now support custom formatting
Scatterplots now support a trace line marker
Multiple output formats now supported, including PNG, GIF, JPG, and validation mode