Cannot make charts work with my data

[malikarumi]

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# heatsimp7

def seven1():
    from bokeh.plotting import figure, show
    from datetime import datetime, timedelta

    meds = ['Afinitor']

    dates = [(datetime.now() + timedelta(day * 1)) for day in range(0, 7)]

    week = ['sun', 'mon', 'tues', 'wed', 'thu', 'fri', 'sat']
    compliance = ['nr', 'yes', 'no', 'nr', 'nr', 'yes', 'yes']

    colors = [
        "#0B486B", "#79BD9A", "#CFF09E",
        "#79BD9A", "#0B486B", "#79BD9A",
        "#CFF09E",
    ]

    p = figure(title="Afinitor Compliance", tools="hover", toolbar_location=None,
               x_range=week, y_range=meds, x_axis_type='datetime',)

    p.rect(dates, compliance, color=colors, width=1, height=1)
    # maybe compliance is an x, not a y?
    show(p)


seven1()

In some cases, a screenshot of your plot will also be helpful.

1. x_range and y_range are both simple lists. y_range works as expected. x_range is giving me
   milliseconds. My code says nothing about milliseconds. Is that some kind of default in x_axis_type=‘datetime’?

2. I copied the dates variable verbatim from an earlier example in the first steps tutorial.

3. Neither the term ‘day’ nor the term ‘hour’ appear on this page about datetime properties:
   bokeh.core.properties — Bokeh 2.4.2 Documentation
   Neither of them are on the page about DatetimeAxis, either, but as a newby I can only post one link.

4. There are no colors anywhere.

5. There are no values anywhere.

6. The hover is there, but there’s nothing to hover over.

7. I actually wanted a multi line graph, one line for each medication. But I made it simple after
   running into these issues, which did not go away with my simplicity.

8. Maybe I need a different tutorial? One that treats me like a 5th grader? Or even a
   Kindergartner? Suggestions? Explanations?

[carolyn]

Hi @malikarumi ,

What’s your ideal output here? Are you trying for a heatmap? You mention a multiline, but the code uses rect, so I’m not sure.

[carolyn]

In the meantime, here’s a way to at least show your data with the rects.

from bokeh.plotting import figure, show
from bokeh.models import FactorRange, DatetimeTickFormatter
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

meds = ['Afinitor']

# changed the datetime.now() to be today at midnight, so that the blocks sit centered over their ticks
dates = [(datetime.combine(datetime.today(), datetime.min.time()) + timedelta(day * 1)) for day in range(0, 7)]
compliance = ['nr', 'yes', 'no', 'nr', 'nr', 'yes', 'yes']

colors = [
    "#0B486B", "#79BD9A", "#CFF09E",
    "#79BD9A", "#0B486B", "#79BD9A",
    "#CFF09E",
]

p = figure(title="Afinitor Compliance",
           tools="hover",
           toolbar_location=None,
           x_axis_type="datetime",
           y_range=FactorRange(factors=tuple(set(compliance))),
           width=700,
           height=200
           )
p.xaxis[0].formatter = DatetimeTickFormatter(days="%a")
p.rect(x=dates, y=compliance, width=timedelta(days=1), color=colors, height=1)

show(p)