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    An Overview of Display Types
    • 11 Feb 2025
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    An Overview of Display Types


    Article summary

    Learn how to toggle the data visualization in your analyses.

    This article describes the various options that the Tulip Analytics Editor provides to customize the display options used for an analysis.

    You may also wish to change the structure of the analysis, or change the data being displayed using the left-hand Context Pane.

    How To Use the "Display" Dropdown in the Analytics Editor

    In general, you can open the Display dropdown from the Toolbar:

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    Not all display options will be available for every configuration of templates and data. The Analytics Editor will automatically display only the display options appropriate for the current analysis.

    Visualization Types

    Analyses can be configered many different visualization types, such as bar charts or line types.  Each template has a different set of possible visualization types associated with it.

    The display options dropdown will show you the chart types available for the analysis you have built.  Below is a summary of the different chart types, and when they will be available.  You can find more information about the different templates available here.

    Bar Chart

    Templates available for: One Operation (no comparison), Multiple Axes (one comparison), Universal Template

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    Grouped Bar Chart

    Templates available for: One Operation (one comparison), Compare Variables, Multiple Axes (two comparisons), Universal Template

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    Stacked Bar Chart

    Templates available for: One Operation (one comparison), Compare Variables, Multiple Axes (two comparisons), Universal Template

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    Line Chart

    Templates available for: One Operation (no comparison), Multiple Axes (one comparison), Universal Template

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    Multiseries Line Chart

    Templates available for: One Operation (one comparison), Compare Variables, Multiple Axes (two comparisons), Universal Template

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    Dot Plot

    Templates available for: One Operation (no comparison), Multiple Axes (one comparison), Universal Template

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    Grouped Dot Plot

    Templates available for: One Operation (one comparison), Compare Variables, Multiple Axes (two comparisons), Universal Template

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    Pareto Chart

    Templates available for: One Operation (no comparison), Multiple Axes (one comparison), Universal Template

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    Donut Chart

    Templates available for: One Operation (no comparison), Multiple Axes (one comparison), Universal Template

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    Scatter Plot

    Templates available for: Universal Template

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    Gauge Chart

    Templates available for: Universal Template

    Gauge Analysis Type

    Histogram Chart

    Templates available for: One operation, Universal Template

    Histogram Analysis Type

    Box Plot

    Template available for: Universal Template

    Box Plot ex

    Multiseries Box Plot

    Template available for: Universal Template

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    Formatting Charts

    There are several options for formatting your charts. You can access these options by clicking the paint roller icon in the top right corner of the dashboard editing screen.

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    Title and Subtitle

    Toggle the title of an analysis. Click on the analysis title at the top of the screen to change it.
    You can also toggle a custom subtitle to add more context for other users.

    X Axis

    Toggle the default X axis name, or create a custom name. You can also toggle the X axis tick labels and choose their orientation.

    Analytics X Axis

    Y-Axis

    Toggle the Y axis label and whether or not you want tick labels on the side of your analysis.

    You can also set minimum and maximum bounds, the thresholds for data to appear on your analysis.

    Analytics Y Axis

    Series & Legends

    Show legend
    Toggle to view or hide the legend of the analysis.

    Customize series
    Set your own colors for each series in the chart.

    Stacking

    No stacking presents each series individually (ex. one bar represents each series)
    Stacking presents a series as a contribution to a whole (ex. one bar combines mutliple series, each designated with different colors)

    Data Labels

    Toggle to view or hide data labels, which are numerical values of each series.


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