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Charts — All Chart Types

The Cartography module offers 23 chart types under 6 groups. Each type is selected in step 2 of the wizard and determines the flow of subsequent steps.

Cartography chart type selection screen — overview


Cartesian (15 types)

X-Y axis-based, time series and categorical comparison charts.

Chart Type Brief Description
Line Continuous trend line
Area Filled area trend
Spline Smoothed curve line
Column Vertical bar — category comparison
Bar Horizontal bar — friendly to long labels
Step Line Stepped line — digital signal / set point
Stacked Area Stacked area — total + components
Stacked Line Stacked line
Stacked Column Stacked vertical bars
Stacked Bar Stacked horizontal bars
Stacked Column 100 100% normalized vertical bars
Stacked Bar 100 100% normalized horizontal bars
Stacked Line 100 100% normalized line
Range Column Min-max range bar
Waterfall Waterfall — cumulative increase/decrease

Cartesian Group


Circular (3 types)

Slice-based ratio and progress charts.

Chart Type Brief Description
Pie Pie chart — share distribution
Doughnut Doughnut — center KPI value
Radial Bar Multi-target radial progress bar

Circular Group


Gauge (2 types)

Instant single-value indicators; for OEE, temperature, pressure.

Chart Type Brief Description
Radial Gauge Circular needle gauge
Linear Gauge Horizontal / vertical progress bar

Gauge Group


Text (2 types)

Cards with static or dynamic text content.

Chart Type Brief Description
Static Text Info card with fixed Markdown content
Dynamic Text KPI text card showing a live record value

Text Group


DataGrid (1 type)

Chart Type Brief Description
Table Multi-column, sortable, filterable data table

DataGrid Group


Other (1 type)

Chart Type Brief Description
Two-Column List Label-value pair list

Other Group


Which Chart Type Should I Choose?

Goal Recommended Type
Time series trend Line, Area, Spline
Category comparison Column, Bar
Digital signal / set point Step Line
Component + total distribution Stacked Column/Bar/Area
Share percentage Stacked Column 100 / Pie / Doughnut
Min-max range Range Column
Cumulative increase/decrease Waterfall
Instant KPI value (gauge) Radial Gauge, Linear Gauge
Multi-KPI target progress Radial Bar, Doughnut
Table / list Table (DataGrid)
Parameter summary card Two-Column List
Heading / info card Static Text
Live single value Dynamic Text