Every data card renders as one of 24 chart types. You pick the type in the
card editor's chart picker, which you can search by name or tag and filter
by library. This page lists the full catalogue and when to reach for each.
Basic and Advanced libraries
The catalogue is split into two libraries. Basic covers the
essentials -- KPIs, tables, lines, bars and the common statistical charts.
Advanced adds the more bespoke visuals such as gauges, Sankeys and
waterfalls. Today both libraries are available to every organisation; the
split simply organises the picker.
KPIs and single values
| Chart | When to use |
|---|
| KPI | A single headline number with optional unit. |
| KPI tile (Advanced) | Headline number with a delta arrow and sparkline -- a more polished card. |
| Gauge (Advanced) | Speedometer-style dial for one value against a scale, with optional coloured zones. |
| Thermometer (Advanced) | Vertical gauge filling toward a maximum. |
| Water-fill gauge (Advanced) | Circular vessel that fills to the value's percentage. |
| Progress ring (Advanced) | Radial bar showing one value as a percentage of a target. |
| Bullet (Advanced) | Compact actual-versus-target bar on a qualitative scale. |
Tables
| Chart | When to use |
|---|
| Table | The rows as returned, with column selection and relabelling. |
Trends over time
| Chart | When to use |
|---|
| Line chart | Trend of a numeric value over an ordered category, with optional series split. |
| Area chart | Filled line, optionally stacked for parts-of-whole over time. |
| Bar + line combo | Bars and a line on a shared X axis with dual Y axes -- volume plus rate. |
Comparing categories
| Chart | When to use |
|---|
| Bar chart | Compare a numeric value across categories. |
| Horizontal bar | Categories on the Y axis -- best for long labels or rankings. |
| Waterfall (Advanced) | Positive and negative contributions stepping toward a net total. |
Parts of a whole
| Chart | When to use |
|---|
| Pie chart | Share of a total across a handful of categories. |
| Donut chart | Same as pie with a centre hole; avoid more than six slices. |
| Treemap | Area-proportional tiles -- parts-of-whole across many categories. |
| Funnel | Conversion stages tapering from top to bottom. |
Distributions and relationships
| Chart | When to use |
|---|
| Histogram | Distribution of a numeric column, binned into equal-width buckets. |
| Scatter plot | Two numeric dimensions as points, with optional point size -- good for correlation. |
| Heatmap | Density grid across two categorical dimensions. |
| Radar (Advanced) | Spider chart comparing several metrics, optionally one ring per series. |
| Sankey (Advanced) | Flows between nodes, with width proportional to magnitude. |
| Word cloud (Advanced) | Words sized by weight -- a quick read of relative frequency. |
Good to know
- Bar, horizontal bar, pie and donut charts support click-to-filter on a
dashboard: clicking a bar or slice pins that value as a cross-filter for
the other cards. See Dashboards.
- Each chart type exposes its own small configuration form -- which columns
drive the axes, labels, value formatting and colour overrides. Column
fields offer the dataset's columns, so configure the chart after the
data preview has run.
- Charts inherit the active dashboard theme's palette automatically; you
can override colours per card. See
Themes and branding.