Visualizing Your Data

Transform your data into compelling charts and visualizations that tell a story and reveal insights.

Creating Charts

Once you have data from your queries, you can create powerful visualizations to better understand patterns and trends:

Graph Your Data - Create Beautiful Charts from Query Results

Getting Started with Visualizations:

1

Enable Visualization

Toggle the visualization switch in your results area

2

Choose Chart Type

Select the best chart type for your data and analysis goals

3

Configure Your Chart

Set up axes, choose data series, and customize appearance

Chart Types & When to Use Them

Line Chart

Perfect for showing trends over time and continuous data changes.

Best for:

  • • Time series data
  • • Sales trends over months
  • • Performance metrics over time
  • • Comparing multiple trends

Example use cases:

  • • Monthly revenue growth
  • • Website traffic over time
  • • Stock price movements
  • • Temperature variations

Bar Chart

Ideal for comparing different categories or groups of data.

Best for:

  • • Comparing categories
  • • Rankings and top performers
  • • Discrete data comparison
  • • Survey results

Example use cases:

  • • Sales by product category
  • • Top 10 customers by revenue
  • • Regional performance comparison
  • • Employee satisfaction ratings

Scatter Plot

Excellent for finding relationships and correlations between two numerical variables.

Best for:

  • • Correlation analysis
  • • Outlier detection
  • • Two-variable relationships
  • • Data distribution patterns

Example use cases:

  • • Price vs. demand analysis
  • • Height vs. weight correlation
  • • Marketing spend vs. sales
  • • Age vs. income distribution

Configuring Your Charts

Chart Configuration Options:

X-Axis

Choose what goes on the horizontal axis

  • • Time periods (dates, months)
  • • Categories (products, regions)
  • • Numerical values

Y-Axis

Select the values to measure

  • • Sales amounts
  • • Quantities or counts
  • • Percentages or ratios

Multiple Y-Axes

Add several measurements to one chart

  • • Compare different metrics
  • • Different scales (e.g., $ and %)
  • • Related but distinct data

Chart Export Options

Export Charts

Save your charts in multiple formats including SVG, PNG, or Excel-compatible formats for presentations and reports

Customizing Your View

Display Options

  • • Show/Hide data table
  • • Toggle between chart and table views
  • • Full-screen chart mode
  • • Side-by-side layout

Refresh Settings

  • • Set up automatic data updates
  • • Manual refresh controls
  • • Live data streaming
  • • Update frequency settings

Pro Tips for Effective Visualizations

Chart Selection

  • Choose the right chart type: Line for trends, bar for comparisons, scatter for relationships
  • Limit Y-axes: Too many lines on one chart can be confusing
  • Use meaningful labels: Clear titles and axis labels help understanding

Data Presentation

  • Start with clean data: Filter outliers and missing values before charting
  • Use appropriate scales: Choose scales that highlight important patterns
  • Add context: Include baseline data or target lines for comparison

Chart-Only View for Visual Minds

Sometimes you just want to see the chart view without any distractions. Perfect for visual people who think better with charts than tables.

Chart-Only View - Perfect for Visual People

Why use chart-only view?

Visual Clarity

  • • Focus entirely on patterns and trends
  • • No data table distractions
  • • Larger chart size for better visibility
  • • Perfect for presentations

Quick Insights

  • • Immediate pattern recognition
  • • Better for trend analysis
  • • Easier to spot outliers
  • • Ideal for executive dashboards
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