Data Visualizations

    Analytics helps you get the most insight possible out of business data by providing a variety of visualizations.

    What is a Visualization?

    For users to get the most insight possible out of business data, Analytics provides several options to customize the way information is visualized. These are called "visualizations". Any dashboard is composed of one or more visualizations.

    The dashboard shown below contains a wide variety of visualizations, all of which analyze different aspects of Manufacturing.

    Analytics's log in screen

    Choosing the Right Chart Type

    In choosing the best chart type you need to look at your data and answer the questions that will help you find out what story you are trying to tell with your visualization.

    Are you trying to compare data, show data distribution or present it as a part to a whole breakdown? Are you doing a trend analysis of your financial, marketing or sales data, need a date/time axis? Are you looking at relationships between data? Or you just want to show KPIs and gauges, which are really easy to read and tell a quick story? Is it important to plot your data on a map?

    Answer what you want to show with your data and use the table below to choose the most suitable chart.

    Compare Data Bar Chart
    Bar
    Column Chart
    Column
    Area Chart
    Area
    Spline Chart
    Spline
    Combo Chart
    Combo
    Circular Gauge
    Circular Gauge
    Spline with Area Chart
    Spline Area
    OHLC Chart
    OHLC
    Candlestick Chart
    Candlestick
    Time Series Chart
    Time Series
    Part to Whole Stacked Column Chart
    Stacked Column
    Stacked Bar Chart
    Stacked Bar
    Stacked Area Chart
    Stacked Area
    Pie Chart
    Pie
    Dougnut Chart
    Dougnut
    Funnel Chart
    Funnel
    Treemap Chart
    Treemap
    Data Distribution Step Area Chart
    Step Area
    Stacked Column Chart
    Stacked Column
    Scatter Chart
    Scatter
    Bubble Chart
    Bubble
    Data Trend Analysis Line Chart
    Line
    Spline Chart
    Spline
    Combo Chart
    Combo
    OHLC Chart
    OHLC
    Candlestick Chart
    Candlestick
    Radial Chart
    Radial
    Time Series Chart
    Time Series
    Data Relationships Scatter Chart
    Scatter
    Bubble Chart
    Bubble
    Line Chart
    Line
    KPIs and Gauges Bullet Graph Gauge
    Bullet Graph
    Linear Gauge
    Linear
    Text Chart
    Text
    KPI Gauge
    KPI
    Circular Gauge
    Circular
    Geospatial Data Choropleth Map
    Choropleth Map
    Scatter Map
    Scatter Map

    If you need more information about how to use each of these visualizations, use the hyperlinks in the table.

    Topics Overview

    In the Visualization Types dropdown (see the table of contents on the left) you will find an A-Z list of all kinds of charts Analytics provides.

    In Working with the Visualizations Editor you will be introduced to the Visualizations Editor's main parts and will also learn how to start creating your first visualization.

    In the Fields topics you will find more information on how to aggregate, filter and highlight the most valuable aspects of the data fields you are using to build your visualization.

    In Reusing Visualization you will find useful ideas on how to speed up the dashboards creation process.

    In Statistical Functions you will find how advanced predictive analysis works in Analytics. See how to use the Time series forecast, Linear regression, and Outliers Detection function to receive more insight from your data.

    Visualization Tutorials

    Within this section, you will find basic, step-by-step tutorials for the Analytics visualizations. All sections use the Data Visualizations data source, which you can download using this link. For specific information on what each visualization supports, visit the Data Visualizations section of the documentation.

    Area Chart

    Area

    Bar Chart

    Bar

    Bullet Graph Gauge

    Bullet Graph

    Candlestick Chart

    Candlestick

    Circular Gauge

    Circular

    Column Chart

    Column

    Doughnut Chart

    Doughnut

    Funnel Chart

    Funnel

    Image Chart

    Image

    kpi

    KPI

    Line Chart

    Line

    Linear Gauge

    Linear

    OHLC Chart

    OHLC

    Pie Chart

    Pie

    Radial Chart

    Radial

    Sparkline Chart

    Sparkline

    Spline Chart

    Spline

    Spline Area

    Spline with Area

    Stacked Area Chart

    Stacked Area

    Stacked Bar Chart

    Stacked Bar

    Stacked Column Chart

    Stacked Column

    Step Area Chart

    Step Area

    Step Line Chart

    Step Line

    Text Gauge

    Text

    Text View

    Text View