Heatmap
Database Query Heatmap
Dark theme heatmap showing query performance by table
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(14, 7), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
np.random.seed(42)
tables = ['users', 'orders', 'products', 'sessions', 'logs']
hours = [f'{h:02d}:00' for h in range(0, 24, 2)]
queries = np.random.gamma(5, 100, (len(tables), len(hours)))
colors = ['#1e293b', '#7c2d12', '#ea580c', '#fb923c', '#fed7aa']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('query', colors, N=256)
cell_w, cell_h = 0.88, 0.82
for i in range(len(tables)):
for j in range(len(hours)):
val = queries[i, j]
rect = FancyBboxPatch((j - cell_w/2, i - cell_h/2), cell_w, cell_h,
boxstyle="round,pad=0.02,rounding_size=0.12",
facecolor=cmap(val/queries.max()), edgecolor='#e2e8f0', linewidth=1.5)
ax.add_patch(rect)
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, len(hours)-0.5)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(tables)-0.5)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.invert_yaxis()
ax.set_xticks(range(len(hours)))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(tables)))
ax.set_xticklabels(hours, rotation=45, ha='right', color='#64748b', fontsize=9, fontweight='500')
ax.set_yticklabels(tables, color='#1e293b', fontsize=10, fontweight='500', family='monospace')
sm = plt.cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=cmap, norm=plt.Normalize(0, queries.max()))
cbar = plt.colorbar(sm, ax=ax, shrink=0.8, pad=0.02)
cbar.set_label('Queries/sec', color='#1e293b', fontsize=11)
cbar.outline.set_edgecolor('#e2e8f0')
plt.setp(plt.getp(cbar.ax.axes, 'yticklabels'), color='#64748b')
for spine in ax.spines.values(): spine.set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(length=0)
ax.set_title('Database Query Load by Table', fontsize=18, color='#1e293b', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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