Chart Types in Edilitics | Purpose-Built Visuals for Every Analysis
Data visualization should clarify—not complicate. But in many tools, users face unclear chart logic, inconsistent formatting, and a lack of governance, leading to unreliable dashboards, duplicate metrics, and wasted analysis effort.
Edilitics resolves this with a standardized, governed visualization layer built on top of clean, transformed datasets. Every chart type is carefully designed to support specific analytical use cases, ensuring clarity, consistency, and trust in what your teams see.
Why Visual Standardization Matters
Without enforced structure, most organizations struggle with:
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❌ Chart sprawl and redundancy
Dashboards often include multiple charts showing the same metric, but with different logic or filters—causing confusion.
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❌ Inconsistent formatting and filters
Ad hoc dashboards lead to mismatched color schemes, time filters, and calculation logic across teams.
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❌ Unvetted data sources
Users may visualize raw or temporary datasets without realizing the risk of incorrect or outdated results.
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❌ Lack of collaboration control
In most BI tools, there’s little control over who builds what, where—and no traceability when dashboards go stale or break.
How Edilitics Solves This
The Visualize module addresses these problems with a charting framework grounded in governed workflows and consistent logic:
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✅ Built on cleansed, shared datasets
Every chart in Edilitics is configured on top of a validated table from the Transform module, ensuring column definitions, field types, and aggregation logic are standardized.
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✅ Standardized chart behavior
Each chart type supports governed filters, auto-grouping for time/date fields, and dynamic formatting based on data type.
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✅ Flexible formatting, consistent themes
Theme-based visuals ensure all dashboards adhere to your organization's look and feel—across teams and business units.
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✅ Secure collaboration by design
Dashboards and charts can be securely shared, versioned, and viewed in real-time without exposing raw logic or edit rights unnecessarily.
For step-by-step setup of your dashboards, refer to the Visualize Module Overview.
Supported Chart Types in Edilitics
Each chart type is designed to fulfill a distinct visualization purpose—whether it’s highlighting patterns over time, comparing subgroups, or presenting a structured tabular view.
| Chart Type | Description | Dimensions |
Basic Bar | Best for comparing values across discrete categories. Bar length reflects value magnitude, with optional sort order controls. | 1 category (row), 1 value field (column) |
Clustered Bar | Compares sub-groups within each primary category. Each cluster holds multiple bars side-by-side—ideal for showing metrics by category and subgroup. | 2–10 categories (rows), 1 value field (column) |
Stacked Bar | Displays composition by stacking sub-categories vertically. Great for showing part-to-whole metrics like revenue split by channel. | 2–10 categories (rows), 1 value field (column) |
Horizontal Bar | Rotated version of the bar—ideal for long category labels or large numbers of items. | 1 category (row), 1 value field (column) |
Horizontal Clustered Bar | Compares sub-groups across horizontally grouped bars. Used when layout or label length favors horizontal formatting. | 2–10 categories (rows), 1 value field (column) |
Horizontal Stacked Bar | Shows part-to-whole contributions across a horizontal layout. Useful for cumulative metrics and composition comparisons. | 2–10 categories (rows), 1 value field (column) |
Basic Line | Connects data points with a continuous line—ideal for trend analysis over time or numeric progression. | 1 category (row), 1 value field (column) |
Stacked Line | Displays cumulative trends for multiple series—best for showing overall growth from multiple contributing sources. | 2–10 categories (rows), 1 value field (column) |
Basic Area | Similar to a line chart, but the area beneath the line is filled—highlighting volume under trend curves. | 1 category (row), 1 value field (column) |
Stacked Area | Aggregates multiple filled lines to show overall trends and individual contributions. Ideal for visualizing growth from multiple segments. | 2–10 categories (rows), 1 value field (column) |
Basic Pie | Displays relative proportions of a single metric as slices of a circle. Best for highlighting part-to-whole relationships with limited categories. | 1 category (row), 1 value field (column) |
Text Table | Interactive table for structured views of KPIs and records. Supports sorting, filtering, and lightweight formatting. | 1–10 categories (rows), 1–10 fields (columns) |
Highlighted Table | Extends text tables with conditional color formatting—great for spotlighting anomalies, top performers, or thresholds. | 1–10 categories (rows), 1–10 fields (columns) |
How to Choose the Right Chart
The best chart depends on the type of question you're answering, not just the data available. Below are common analysis goals with recommended visuals:
| Analytical Goal | Recommended Chart Types |
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| Compare values across categories | Basic Bar, Clustered Bar, Horizontal Bar |
| Visualize part-to-whole data | Stacked Bar, Stacked Area, Pie Chart |
| Analyze trends over time | Line Chart, Area Chart, Stacked Line |
| Explore granular tabular data | Dynamic Text Table, Highlighted Table |
| Spot anomalies or thresholds | Highlighted Table, Conditional Formatting |
| Display metrics by subgroup | Clustered Bar, Stacked Line, Stacked Area |
Need help interpreting visual outputs? All visualizations support live tooltips, point-and-click filters, and chart-level formatting for easier analysis.
Integrated Governance and Scalability
Unlike BI tools that treat charts as disconnected assets, Edilitics treats charts as outputs of a controlled, governed pipeline.
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🔐 Data Trust by Design
Charts are always built on transformed datasets configured in the Transform module—ensuring metrics reflect a single source of truth.
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🎨 Centralized Formatting
Application-wide themes (light/dark), default fonts, and color logic are enforced automatically to ensure consistency across dashboards.
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🧠 Smart Chart Suggestions
Optional chart recommendations are available within the builder, offering context-aware visual choices based on column metadata and data types. These are based on metadata only—no data is shared outside your environment.
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⚙️ Configurable, Not Scripted
Every chart in Edilitics is built with a point-and-click or drag-and-drop interface, no SQL or scripting required.
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📊 Reusable Dashboards
Once configured, charts can be reused, duplicated, or shared across teams—without duplicating logic or losing governance.
Built for Enterprise Reporting at Scale
Whether you're building an executive scorecard, a real-time campaign dashboard, or a board-level summary—Edilitics provides the right visual structure, with the right governance, at every step.
From chart selection to dashboard sharing, everything in Edilitics is designed to be reusable, secure, and analytically consistent—so teams can move faster without compromising on trust.
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