# Dashboard Widget Types Reference

| **Widget Type** | **Description** | **Example** |
|  --- | --- | --- |
| Indicator | Displaying one or two numeric values as a number, gauge, or ticker. | ![](/assets/image-20200819-200740.3b6fee89ec60e7be274256c09f066a1c08518cc4716170ba0c8388ddffcb50ba.b979d678.png) |
| Column Chart | Compare items and data over time. | ![](/assets/image-20200819-201329.2347e1e65beaa70ac0c6034e593da35055cfe1702d0742a338f4ccade458b34c.b979d678.png) |
| Line Chart |  |  |


* Compare data over time
* Compare changes over the same period of time for more than one group or category.


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Area Chart| Display absolute or relative (stacked) values over a time period.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-202120.753790f40f37ce0abe52ac7d00c92b5ba8f674a38041a872ce0041361227b269.b979d678.png)
Area Map| Visualize geographical data as polygons on a map.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-202352.3ea46c1514e7c5a5921703748d9464277542179f3405634dbb91e9348fdea3a4.b979d678.png)
Bar Chart| Present categories or items (descriptive data) displayed along the Y-Axis, with their values displayed on the X-Axis.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-202629.93841832e101fee537ddae8fb46925bb56d211e0d90383021d4b984bd72b91d1.b979d678.png)
Pie Chart| Display proportional data, and/or percentages.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-202841.441314e21b7d9caf4c53710f713987b4f130754d5a1cb7ba3dca1a40f66a6c49.b979d678.png)
Polar Chart| Compare multiple categories/variables with a spacial perspective in a radial chart.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-203053.9a133de1e9e1ddaaa49ea0a608c0f12e09476357d4c814a8dc6853c921b39ad4.b979d678.png)
Scatter Chart| Display the distribution of two variables on an X-Axis, Y-Axis, and two additional dimensions of data that are shown as colored circles scattered across the chart.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-203338.93db32cd53a6db108a5728446602947a8ec1c4943b02e7b0f609641b6712ae8b.b979d678.png)
Scatter Map| Visualize geographical data as data points on a map.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-203550.bce58c841d03e064d185432baf547134b0041f32ee85e30f97317813fa0974ea.b979d678.png)

Pivot| Summarize and analyze large amounts of data.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-203930.7210497134e1f73578ea5337fa97875b904c6a950277ad5827a3328d5fe4b5e0.b979d678.png)
Sunburst Widget| A multi-dimensional pie chart. Combine one field and one numeric value and display multiple rings, one for each field. Each ring in the Sunburst shows a breakdown of its parent ring slice.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-204156.c12f905ee0351b024b9bfdc27b6b3cef307cb34a7c5243315582deb6aa0bc006.b979d678.png)
Treemap| A multi-dimensional widget that displays hierarchical data in the form of nested rectangles.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-204432.9372cdf834d3432ab53316a8a705a4cd2d8606cc9702bf3474150f6c59976d43.b979d678.png)

Calendar Heatmap| Visualize values over days in a calendar-like view to identify daily patterns or anomalies.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-205227.2fcda094af127c42ef322e69e2ed77364f02ee2c3c00e6b6a8a1e73ddbf16f8e.b979d678.png)

Table| Display a broader view of your data, presenting raw and non-aggregated data in columns.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-205900.3bdd06f059ad79ac7b41bb5aa75cf9a52dc26c5d139ac37cf3acea43b502d127.b979d678.png)

Box & Whisker Plot| Visually describe the distribution, variability, and center of a data set along an axis.| ![](/assets/image-20200819-210745.7904780aeeeed3237edddd49fc448a11026544b565abb216607dc98b110b63e6.b979d678.png)