Chart types
Seventeen types, and no others. Each page shows when to use the type, what x, y, and series mean, one block with its chart, and what a wrong block shows.
| Type | Use for |
|---|---|
| bar | Comparing categories, in the order written |
| line | A value over ordered steps or time |
| area | A line with the volume under it |
| scatter | Two numbers per row |
| pie | Parts of a whole, as given |
| hist | How raw numbers spread |
| heatmap | A value per pair of categories |
| funnel | Drop-off across ordered stages |
| waterfall | Signed steps from a start to an end |
| radar | Several measures on one scale |
| gauge | One value against a range |
| sankey | Flows between nodes |
| treemap | Sizes in a flat or two-level hierarchy |
| dumbbell | Two values per category and the change |
| bullet | Actuals against targets |
| boxplot | Distributions from raw rows |
| calendar | A value per day |