Chromatogram#
Chromatograms can be plotted using kind = chromatogram. In this plot, retention time is on the x-axis and intensity is on the y-axis. The by parameter can be used to separate out different mass traces.
Parameters#
Parameter  | 
Default  | 
Type  | 
Description  | 
|---|---|---|---|
x*  | 
str  | 
The column name for x-axis data  | 
|
y*  | 
str  | 
The column name for y-axis data  | 
|
by  | 
str  | 
The column name to group by. Will result in separate line traces per group  | 
|
backend  | 
str  | 
‘Backend to use. One of: [ “ms_matplotlib”, “ms_bokeh”, “ms_plotly” ]. Must be specified if not set globally  | 
|
annotation_data  | 
DataFrame  | 
DataFrame of annotation data with columns [‘leftWidth’, ‘rightWidth’]  | 
|
relative_intensity  | 
False  | 
bool  | 
Convert y-axis values to relative intensity  | 
height  | 
int  | 
Height of plot, units dependent on backend.  | 
|
width  | 
int  | 
Width of plot in pixels, units dependent on backend.  | 
|
grid  | 
False  | 
bool  | 
Whether to show grid on the plot  | 
toolbar_location  | 
“above”  | 
Location of toolbar for interactive plots. One of: [“above”, “below”, “left”]  | 
|
fig  | 
None  | 
fig  | 
Existing figure object to plot on. Useful for matplotlib backend  | 
xlabel  | 
None  | 
str  | 
Label for x axis  | 
ylabel  | 
None  | 
str  | 
Label for y axis  | 
show_plot  | 
True  | 
bool  | 
Whether to display the plot. If plot is not shown, will return the plot object corresponding with the backend. If plot is displayed the method returns None  |