Understand charts

The column chart is one of ThoughtSpot’s simplest, yet most versatile chart types. The column chart is often the chosen default chart type, and displays data as vertical columns.

The stacked column combines the different secondary dimensions into a single column, stacking them. Note that the dimensions retain their relative size and color.

The bar chart is nearly identical to the column chart. The primary difference is that it displays data as horizontal bars.

Just like stacked columns, stacked bars combine the different secondary dimensions into a single stacked bar.

Like the column chart, the line chart is one of ThoughtSpot’s simplest, yet most versatile chart types. More often than not the line chart will be chosen as your default chart type.

The pie chart is a classic chart type that displays your search in a circle. The pie chart ThoughtSpot shows is in the shape of a doughnut.

The area chart is based on the line chart, but has filled in regions.

This option stacks the values of one dimension on top of the other, enabling you to clearly see the relative volume of data under the line. Contrast this with the presentation in the area chart, where data for different overlaps.

The scatter chart is useful for finding correlations or outliers in your data.

The bubble chart displays three dimensions of data with each containing a set of values.

The pareto chart is a type of chart that contains both columns and a special type of line chart.

The waterfall chart is used to show how an initial value is affected by a series of intermediate positive or negative values.

The treemap chart displays hierarchical data as a set of nested rectangles.

The heatmap chart displays individual data values in a matrix following a color scale.

The line column chart combines the column and line charts.

The funnel chart shows a process with progressively decreasing proportions amounting to 100 percent in total.

There are three geo charts that let you visualize geographical data in ThoughtSpot: Area, Bubble, and Heatmap.

Pivot tables in ThoughtSpot use the well known drag-and-drop interface. Creating a pivot table enables exploring alternate visualization of data in a wide table. The basic idea is that some data is easier to consume when laid out horizontally, while others, vertically.

Sankey charts show a flow from one set of values to another, usually with visual emphasis (brighter colors or larger bandwidths) for comparison of the values (e.g., top cities in terms of sales might be emphasized).

Radar charts display multivariate data on a two-dimensional chart of three or more quantitative variables that plot on axes (spokes) that originate at the same point.

Candlestick charts efficiently collapse financial information, such as price movements on a single day, into a unified representation. A single 'candlestick' shows the open, high, low, and close prices for the same day.