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Compare categories, trace a trend, explore a relationship or explain a flow. Start with the purpose, then refine the details.

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Line chart example with illustrative data

Line chart

Use it for monthly revenue, daily prices or repeated measurements. Several lines work well when they share a unit and a common time axis.

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Bar chart example with illustrative data

Bar chart

Use it to rank markets, compare departments or show counts across distinct categories. Sort by value when the question is about rank; retain a natural order when that order matters.

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Scatter plot example with illustrative data

Scatter plot

Use it for paired measurements such as dose and yield, price and demand, or two performance indicators. A fitted line can summarize an approximately linear relationship.

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Waterfall chart example with illustrative data

Waterfall chart

Use it to explain a revenue bridge, a budget variance or a reconciliation. It answers which contributions account for the difference between two totals.

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Sankey diagram example with illustrative data

Sankey diagram

Use it for energy balances, material pathways or transfers between stages. It works best when the reader needs to follow the structure of a flow.

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The editor also includes area, column, grouped and stacked bars, pie, donut, histogram, box plot, heatmap, treemap, combo and other views. Start with a simple recommendation and explore more when your data calls for it.

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