Visual Types Overview

Owned by Allen Bernard Pilapil (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Nov 25, 2022
9 min read

AutoGraph - AutoGraph selects a visual type based on the number and type of fields you choose.

Requires 1 dimension or measure

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - Is used to give information about the current performance of a company or organization. Factors, which are crucial for monitoring how the company performs, are measured and then presented in form of KPIs.
Requires 1 measure in Value Also, KPI Trend works best with a date or numeric field in the Trend group.

Guage chart - Also known as dial charts or speedometer charts, use needles to show information as a reading on a dial. On a gauge chart, the value for each needle is read against the colored data range or chart axis. This chart type is often used in executive dashboard reports to show key business indicators.
Requires 1 measure in Value

Donut chart - Show each cell's data as a slice of a doughnut. The chart may contain one or more doughnuts, arranged inside the other. Doughnut charts let you show the relationship between parts of several sets of data to the whole. Each doughnut shows a series of data.
Requires 1 dimension in Group/Color

Pie chart - Sometimes called a circle chart, is a way of summarizing a set of nominal data or displaying the different values of a given variable (e.g. percentage distribution). This type of chart is a circle divided into a series of segments. Each segment represents a particular category.
Requires 1 dimension in Group/Color

Horizontal bar chart - This is a graph in the form of rectangular bars. It's a data visualization technique. The length of these bars is proportional to the values they represent. The bar chart title indicates which data is represented.
Requires 1 dimension in the Y axis

Vertical bar chart - Useful to compare different categorical or discrete variables, such as age groups, classes, schools, etc., as long as there are not too many categories to compare. They are also very useful for time series data.
Requires 1 dimension in the X axis

Horizontal stacked bar chart - It is a graph whose bars are drawn horizontally. The data categories are shown on the vertical axis and the data values are shown on the horizontal axis. The length of each bar is equal to the value corresponding to the data category and all bars go across from left to right.
Requires 1 dimension in the Y axis

Vertically stacked bar chart - This is a chart that uses vertical bars to show comparisons among categories. One axis of the chart shows the specific categories being compared, and the other axis represents a discrete value.
Requires 1 dimension in the X axis

Horizontal Stacked 100% bar chart - A segmented horizontal bar chart is a type of stacked bar chart. It is also called a 100% stacked bar graph because each horizon bar represents 100% of the discrete data value and all the bars are of the same length while numerical variations are indicated in percentages.
Requires 1 dimension in the Y axis

Vertical stacked 100% bar chart - The bars are split into colored bar segments placed on top of each other. Each bar height is 100%, and the colored bar segments represent the components' relative contributions to the total bar.
Requires 1 dimension in the X axis

Waterfall chart - A chart that shows a running total as values are added or subtracted. It's useful for understanding how an initial value (for example, net income) is affected by a series of positive and negative values. The columns are color coded so you can quickly tell positive from negative numbers.
Requires 1 category or 1 measure in Value

Line chart - A graph that uses lines to connect individual data points. A line graph displays quantitative values over a specified time interval. In finance, line graphs are commonly used to depict the historical price action of an asset or security.
Requires 1 dimension in the X axis

Area line chart - This is a graph that combines a line chart and a bar chart to show changes in quantities over time. It's similar to a line graph in that data points are plotted and connected by line segments. However, the area below the line is colored in or shaded.
Requires 1 dimension in the X axis

Stacked area line chart - All of the lines are stacked on top of each other over a straight baseline at the bottom of the stack. With a stream graph, the baseline is set through the center of the chart, and the areas are symmetrically gathered around the central line.
Requires 1 dimension in the X axis

Clustered bar combo chart - A grouped bar chart (a.k.a. clustered bar chart, multi-series bar chart) extends the bar chart, plotting numeric values for levels of two categorical variables instead of one. Bars are grouped by position for levels of one categorical variable, with color indicating the secondary category level within each group.
Requires 1 dimension in the X axis

Stacked bar combo chart - In a stacked bar chart, the bars are split into colored bar segments placed on top of each other. The total height of a bar shows the numerical value for a certain category, and the heights of the bar segments represent how different components contribute to that value.
Requires 1 dimension in the X axis

Box plot - Also called a box and whisker plot displays the five-number summary of a set of data. The five-number summary is the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum. In a box plot, we draw a box from the first quartile to the third quartile. A vertical line goes through the box at the median.
Requires at least one unique measure field

Pivot table - This is a statistics tool that summarizes and reorganizes selected columns and rows of data in a spreadsheet or database table to obtain a desired report. The tool does not change the spreadsheet or database itself, it simply “pivots” or turns the data to view it from different perspectives.
Requires 1 dimension in Rows, 1 dimension in Columns, or 1 measure in Values.

Table - This is a means of arranging data in rows and columns. The use of tables is pervasive throughout all communication, research, and data analysis. Tables appear in print media, handwritten notes, computer software, architectural ornamentation, traffic signs, and many other places.
Requires 1 dimension in Group by or 1 measure in Value

Heat map - This is a two-dimensional representation of data in which values are represented by colors. A simple heat map provides an immediate visual summary of information. More elaborate heat maps allow the viewer to understand complex data sets.
Requires 1 dimension in Rows or 1 dimension in Columns

Treemap - This is a visual method for displaying hierarchical data that uses nested rectangles to represent the branches of a tree diagram. Each rectangle has an area proportional to the amount of data it represents. Network administrators often use treemaps to analyze disk space use.
Requires 1 dimension in Group by

Scatter plot - Shows the relationship between two quantitative variables measured for the same individuals. The values of one variable appear on the horizontal axis, and the values of the other variable appear on the vertical axis. Each individual in the data appears as a point on the graph.
Requires 1 measure in the X-axis and 1 measure in the Y axis

Histogram - A graph used to represent the frequency distribution of a few data points of one variable. Histograms often classify data into various “bins” or “range groups” and count how many data points belong to each of those bins.
Requires one measure field

Funnel chart - This is a specialized chart type that demonstrates the flow of users through a business or sales process. The chart takes its name from its shape, which starts with a broad head and ends in a narrow neck. The number of users at each stage of the process are indicated from the funnel's width as it narrows.
Requires one dimension in Group

Sankey diagram - Is a graphic illustration of flows - like energy, material, or money - where they can be combined, split, and traced through a series of events or stages
Requires one dimension in Source and one dimension in the Destination

Points on the map - Plot of geographic latitude/longitude data to visualize the location of data on a map. The point is identified by either a value or a subject.
Requires 1 geospatial field in Geospatial (Country, State, Country, City, or Postcode) or 1 Latitude and 1 longitude field in Geospatial

Filled map - Maps that have polygon shapes defined by the geographical borders (i.e. country's border, state's border), and each shape will contain a different color based on the value it carries.
Requires 1 geospatial field in Location (State, Country, or Zip Code)

Insight - gives you the freedom to create graphs with blended metrics, date ranges, chart types, etc. choosing from our rank data and a variety of third-party integrations.
Requires 1 dimension in Time or 1 measure in Values or 1 dimension in Categories

Word Cloud - This is a visual representation of word frequency. The more commonly the term appears within the text being analyzed, the larger the word appears in the image generated. Word clouds are increasingly being employed as a simple tool to identify the focus of written material.
Requires 1 dimension in Group

Custom visual content - This is an object that lets you put images to your Dashboard by using an image URL
Requires Image URL

Text box - This is an object you can add to your visuals that lets you put and type text anywhere in your Dashboard
Requires text: