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Visualization Types

In Analytical Designer, you can visualize your data in many types of visualizations. For information about creating visualizations, see Create Visualizations.

Each visualization type has slightly different options and may enable you to display different types of data.

The table below shows what you can configure in each visualization type:

Visualization type	Metrics `1)`	View by `2)`	Stack by `3)`	Attributes	Trend by `2)`	Segment by `3)`	Rows	Columns	Configuration `4)`	Location
Bar chart	✅	✅ `5)`	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Bubble chart	✅ `8)`	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Bullet chart	✅ `8)`	✅ `6)`	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Column chart	✅	✅ `6)`	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Combo chart	✅ `8)`	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Donut chart	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Headline	✅ `8)`	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Heatmap	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Line chart	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌
Pie chart	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Pivot table	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Scatter plot	✅ `8)`	❌	❌	✅ `7)`	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Stacked area chart	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Treemap	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌

1) Allows metrics based on facts, metrics created using MAQL, and aggregated attributes.

2) Allows only one attribute or date.

3) Requires only one item in the Metrics section.

4) The configuration options differ for each visualization type.

5) Allows more than one attribute or date if the Stack by section is not used.

6) Allows more than one attribute or date.

7) Allows only one attribute.

8) Has multiple Metrics sections.

When you switch from one visualization type to another, the configuration of the visualization may change. For example, when you switch from a column chart with three items in the Metrics section and two items in the View by section to a pie chart, the pie chart displays only the first item in each section. When you switch back without changing anything, all the original items are displayed again.

Common Visualization Characteristics

In every visualization, you can:

Display metrics and attributes.
Filter each metric and attribute by date.
For more details, see Filter Metrics in a Visualization by Date.
Filter each metric and attribute by attributes.
You can also click an attribute value in the visualization legend to hide the value from the visualization. This does not apply to heatmaps.
Rename any metric or attribute.
For more details, see Rename Metrics, Attributes, and Dates in Visualizations.
Change visualization properties.
For more details, see Configure Visualization Properties.

For detailed information about each visualization type, read the following sections:

Analytical Designer

Bar Charts