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A. KhanVisual Analytics for Dashboardshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0119-8_9

9. Understanding and Using Charts

Arshad Khan1  
(1)
Tracy, CA, USA
 

Visualizations for Dashboards

Variety of Visualizations

There are numerous visualization types available for display on a dashboard, which include bar charts, bullet charts, sparkline charts, scatterplots, heat maps, and treemaps. However, only a few work for the majority of needs.

The most common visualization types are:

  • Heat map

  • Scatterplot

  • Line

  • Slope graph

  • Vertical bar

  • Horizontal bar

  • Stacked vertical bar

  • Stacked horizontal bar

  • Area

  • Table

  • Simple text

The two key attributes of a well-designed chart are that it should enable ...

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