An Overview of Display Types

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:

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)

Grouped Bar Chart

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

Stacked Bar Chart

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

Line Chart

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

Multiseries Line Chart

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

Dot Plot

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

Grouped Dot Plot

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

Pareto Chart

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

Donut Chart

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

Scatter Plot

Gauge Chart

Histogram Chart

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.

Title and Subtitle

Toggle the title of an analysis. Change the title by clicking on the name at the top of the screen.
You can also toggle a 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 as well as choose their orientation.

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.

Series & Legends

Toggle whether or not you want to view the legend of the analysis.

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