# Chart Wizard Explanation

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-chart-widget-explana-1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><colgroup><col style="width: 33.3598%;"></col><col style="width: 33.3598%;"></col><col style="width: 33.3598%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Chart Widget Explanation Table</span>**  
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The widget header in bold identifies the chart title and the chart type.</span>

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> The vertical three dot icon to the right opens a context menu with the options to View Chart and Unpin.</span>

</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Charts</span>**</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Type and Recommended Usage</span>**</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Image</span>**</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Representative</span></td><td style="width: 155.85pt; border-top: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 2.7pt;" valign="top" width="208"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bar Chart:</span>

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Recommended when comparing quantities across different categories</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/gl1image.png)](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/gl1image.png)

</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 155.85pt; border-top: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 2.7pt;" valign="top" width="208"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Horizontal Bar Chart:</span>

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Recommended when comparing quantities across different quantities</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/uNDimage.png)](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/uNDimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 155.85pt; border-top: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 2.7pt;" valign="top" width="208"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Pie Chart:</span>

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Recommended when showing composition and parts of a whole</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/lIVimage.png)](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/lIVimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 155.85pt; border-top: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 2.7pt;" valign="top" width="208"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Line Chart:</span>

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Recommended when showing continuous data trends over time</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/GQLimage.png)](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/GQLimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 155.85pt; border-top: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 2.7pt;" valign="top" width="208"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Doughnut Chart:</span>

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Recommended when showing parts of a whole and highlighting a total or key metric in the center</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/7byimage.png)](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/7byimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Trending</span></td><td style="width: 155.85pt; border-top: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt;" valign="top" width="208"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Line Chart:</span>

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Recommended when emphasizing patterns and direction of change</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/P0Mimage.png)](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/P0Mimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Empty Chart</span></td><td style="width: 155.85pt; border-top: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 6.75pt;" valign="top" width="208"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you see a chart but no data appears, confirm that the value column contains numeric values.</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/nqsimage.png)](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/nqsimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 155.85pt; border-top: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 6.75pt;" valign="top" width="208"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If a chart widget does not show a chart, it is because you do not have authorization to view that data.</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/KQ3image.png)](https://kaswiki.kastrack.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/KQ3image.png)

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