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 icon
    Bar
    Column Chart icon
    Column
    Area Chart icon
    Area
    Spline Chart icon
    Spline
    Combo Chart icon
    Combo
    Circular Gauge icon
    Circular Gauge
    Spline with Area Chart icon
    Spline Area
    OHLC Chart icon
    OHLC
    Candlestick Chart icon
    Candlestick
    Time Series Chart icon
    Time Series
    Part to Whole Stacked Column Chart icon
    Stacked Column
    Stacked Bar Chart icon
    Stacked Bar
    Stacked Area Chart icon
    Stacked Area
    Pie Chart icon
    Pie
    Dougnut Chart icon
    Dougnut
    Funnel Chart icon
    Funnel
    Treemap Chart icon
    Treemap
    Data Distribution Step Area Chart icon
    Step Area
    Stacked Column Chart icon
    Stacked Column
    Scatter Chart icon
    Scatter
    Bubble Chart icon
    Bubble
    Data Trend Analysis Line Chart icon
    Line
    Spline Chart icon
    Spline
    Combo Chart icon
    Combo
    OHLC Chart icon
    OHLC
    Candlestick Chart icon
    Candlestick
    Radial Chart icon
    Radial
    Time Series Chart icon
    Time Series
    Data Relationships Scatter Chart icon
    Scatter
    Bubble Chart icon
    Bubble
    Line Chart icon
    Line
    KPIs and Gauges Bullet Graph Gauge icon
    Bullet Graph
    Linear Gauge icon
    Linear
    Text Chart icon
    Text
    KPI Gauge icon
    KPI
    Circular Gauge icon
    Circular
    Geospatial Data Choropleth Map icon
    Choropleth Map
    Scatter Map icon
    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 drop-down (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 Visualization Editor you will be introduced to the Visualization 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 icon

    Area

    Bar Chart icon

    Bar

    Bullet Graph Gauge icon

    Bullet Graph

    Candlestick Chart icon

    Candlestick

    Circular Gauge icon

    Circular

    Column Chart icon

    Column

    Doughnut Chart icon

    Doughnut

    Funnel Chart icon

    Funnel

    Image Chart icon

    Image

    kpi icon

    KPI

    Line Chart icon

    Line

    Linear Gauge icon

    Linear

    OHLC Chart icon

    OHLC

    Pie Chart icon

    Pie

    Radial Chart icon

    Radial

    Sparkline Chart icon

    Sparkline

    Spline Chart icon

    Spline

    Spline Area icon

    Spline with Area

    Stacked Area Chart icon

    Stacked Area

    Stacked Bar Chart icon

    Stacked Bar

    Stacked Column Chart icon

    Stacked Column

    Step Area Chart icon

    Step Area

    Step Line Chart icon

    Step Line

    Text Gauge icon

    Text

    Text View icon

    Text View