Chart Types
Every chart type Visualize supports, grouped by what they're for, with field requirements and when to reach for each one.
Every chart type in Visualize is a first-class component with its own field requirements and its own formatting panel - not a generic shape with a type switch. This page groups all 33 by what they're for. Each links to a full doc with required inputs, every formatting control, and the cases where a different chart type fits better.
Tables
Raw rows and columns, for when viewers need to read exact values.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Text Table | Show raw rows and columns in a sortable, scrollable grid. Best when viewers need to read exact values, not a visual summary. |
| Highlighted Table | Show raw rows and columns with numeric cells automatically shaded by value, like a heatmap built into a table. Best when viewers need exact numbers and a visual sense of magnitude. |
Metrics
A single headline number, on its own or as a dial.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| KPI Card | Show one headline number, with an optional trend line and a comparison against a previous value. Best for the single most important figure on a dashboard. |
| Gauge | Show a single number as a needle on a dial, optionally with a target marker. Best for one figure that needs to read as good, bad, or in-between. |
Bar Charts
Comparing categories by value - the most common comparison chart, in eight variants.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Basic Bar | Compare categories by value with one dimension and one measure. The fastest chart to build in Visualize. |
| Grouped Bar | Compare two to ten measures side by side per category. One dimension, multiple measures, grouped bars per category. |
| Stacked Bar | Show how a total breaks into parts across categories. Two to ten measures stacked into a single bar per category. |
| Horizontal Bar | Compare categories by value with bars running left to right. Best when category names are long or the category count is high. |
| Horizontal Grouped Bar | Compare two to ten measures side by side per category with bars running left to right. Best when category names are long and multi-measure comparison is needed. |
| Horizontal Stacked Bar | Show part-to-whole composition per category with bars running left to right - best when category names are long and the question is proportional. |
| Radial Bar | Compare a single measure across categories arranged in a circle, with bar length radiating outward from the center - a ranked comparison with visual interest. |
| Combo Chart | Overlay a bar series and a line series on dual Y-axes to compare two measures with different scales - best when one tracks volume and the other a rate. |
Line Charts
Trend over time or across an ordered sequence.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Line Chart | Track how a single measure changes over time or across an ordered sequence. Best when the trend, rate of change, or pattern over time is the question. |
| Stacked Line | Track how multiple measures accumulate over time with lines stacked on top of each other - best for the combined total and each measure's contribution. |
Area Charts
Trend over time, with the space beneath the line filled to show volume.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Area Chart | Track how a single measure changes over time with the space beneath the line filled to emphasize volume - best when size matters as much as direction. |
| Stacked Area | Track how multiple measures contribute to a combined total over time, with each measure's fill stacked on top of the last - volume and share together. |
Pie Charts
A single whole, broken into a small number of categories.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Pie Chart | Show how a single measure breaks down into a small number of categories as slices of a whole - best with 2 to 6 categories and a share-of-total question. |
| Donut Chart | Show how a single measure breaks down into categories as a ring with a hollow center - the proportion view of a pie chart, with room in the middle. |
| Semi Donut | Show a part-to-whole breakdown as a fixed upper half-ring, gauge-like and compact. Best for dashboards where a full donut takes more space than the data needs. |
| Nightingale Rose | Show how a single measure breaks down into categories using petal length instead of pie slice angle - a visually distinct take on proportion. |
Correlation Charts
The relationship between two or three numeric variables.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Scatter Plot | Plot two measures against each other to reveal correlation, clusters, and outliers - best for relationships between numeric variables, not trends over time. |
| Bubble Chart | Plot two measures against each other with a third measure encoded as bubble size, revealing relationships between three numeric variables at once. |
Distribution Charts
How a measure's values are spread, not just its average.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Histogram | Show how a single measure's values are distributed across automatically computed ranges. Best for spotting skew, clusters, and outliers in raw numeric data. |
| Heatmap | Show how a measure varies across two categories at once, shaded by intensity in a grid. Best for spotting hot and cold spots across a matrix of combinations. |
| Box Plot | Show a measure's quartiles, median, and outliers in one shape, optionally split by category. Best for comparing spread and skew, not just averages. |
Multivariate Charts
Comparing many measures at once across the same categories.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Radar Chart | Compare up to 10 measures across shared categories as overlapping polygons. Best for spotting which entity is strong or weak across many variables at once. |
Flow Charts
How a quantity moves or narrows through stages.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Sankey Diagram | Trace how a quantity flows from one set of stages to the next, with link width showing proportional volume. Best for funnels, journeys, and budget breakdowns. |
| Funnel Chart | Show a single process narrowing stage by stage, with each slice's width proportional to its value. Best for conversion funnels and pipeline drop-off. |
Text
Term frequency, sized by value rather than counted by row.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Word Cloud | Size each label by its value, with color tracking the same scale. Best for at-a-glance term frequency, not for counting words in free text automatically. |
Hierarchy Charts
Parent-child structure, with or without proportion.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Treemap | Show hierarchy and proportion together as nested rectangles, sized by one measure and optionally colored by a second. Best for part-to-whole breakdowns. |
| Tree Chart | Show a strict parent-child hierarchy as a node-and-line diagram you can expand and collapse. Best for org charts, sitemaps, and decision trees. |
Maps
Real geography, shaded by region or plotted by location.
| Chart | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Choropleth Map | Shade a real map by region based on a measure's value, with automatic region matching. Best for geographic comparisons across countries, states, or districts. |
| Scatter Map | Plot locations as sized, colored points on a real map. Best for city or country-level data where exact point locations matter more than shaded regions. |
FAQs
In This Section
Build Your First Chart
Connect a table, assign fields, pick a chart type, and publish a dashboard. Step-by-step.
Basic Bar Chart
One dimension, one measure. The fastest chart to build in Visualize.
KPI Card
One headline number, with an optional trend line and comparison.
Choropleth Map
Shade a real map by region, with automatic region matching.
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