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Visualize Data with Charts

Start visualizing your data with SmartSuite charts

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Written by Peter Novosel
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Turn your data into powerful visual stories with Chart View in SmartSuite. This feature lets you create visualizations in various popular formats, making it easy to analyze, compare, and communicate data insights.

Plan Availability

All plan types

Permissions

Users need access to the data being visualized.

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Why Use Chart View?

Charts help you understand your data at a glance by offering visual representations of relationships, trends, and patterns. SmartSuite’s intuitive chart configuration panel simplifies the process of selecting the best settings for your data.


Chart Use Cases

1. Compare Grouped Data

Use Bar and Column Charts to analyze shared groupings.

  • Example: Compare sales figures across different regions or departments.

2. Track Data Over Time

Use Line and Area Charts to visualize trends.

  • Example: Track month-over-month sales or task completion rates for various teams.

3. Assess Relationships

  • Pie and Donut Charts: Quickly see how common items relate to each other.

    • Example: Analyze the percentage breakdown of completed vs. pending tasks.

  • Stacked Charts: Use stacked line, column, or area charts to compare grouped data over time.

    • Example: View sales growth by product category month over month.

4. Visualize Complex Data

  • Scatter Charts: Explore relationships between two variables.

    • Example: Correlate advertising spend with customer acquisition rates.

  • Bubble Charts: Add a third variable, with color as a fourth dimension.

    • Example: Examine project budgets by size, priority, and completion status.

5. Identify Patterns

  • Heat Maps: Display data in a two-dimensional matrix, using color to highlight patterns.

    • Example: Spot areas of high activity or concentration in customer support tickets.


Available Chart Types

SmartSuite supports a wide variety of chart types to meet your data visualization needs:

Chart Type

Use Case

Compare data across categories.

Analyze data in vertical groupings.

Track changes over time.

Highlight cumulative trends over time.

Show proportions of a whole.

Similar to Pie Charts but with a center cutout for additional insights.

Combine two types of charts (e.g., line and bar) for comparative analysis.

Display relationships between two variables.

Add a third variable (size) and optional fourth variable (color).

Visualize patterns and concentrations using color intensity.


Practical Scenarios and Use Cases

1. Sales Performance

Scenario: A sales team needs to track monthly revenue by region.

Solution: Use a Column Chart to compare region-wise performance over time.

2. Project Insights

Scenario: A project manager wants to analyze task completion rates across teams.

Solution: Use a Stacked Area Chart to track progress for multiple teams simultaneously.

3. Customer Behavior Analysis

Scenario: A marketing team wants to identify patterns in user behavior.

Solution: Use a Heat Map Chart to highlight areas of high activity in customer interactions.

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