Charts Overview
AddMaple supports a wide range of chart types so you can choose the right visualization for your data and your story. This section describes each chart type, when to use it, and how to create it.
Chart gallery — See images of every chart type in one place.
Chart types by category
Bar charts (horizontal)
- Single column horizontal bar chart — The default view for one categorical column; one bar per category.
- Two column horizontal stacked bar chart — Two columns: categories as bars, with segments stacked to show composition.
- Three column grouped stacked horizontal bar chart — Three columns: grouped bars with stacked segments for sub-comparisons.
Bar charts (vertical)
- Single column vertical bar chart — One column shown as vertical bars (e.g. for time or compact labels).
- Two column vertical stacked bar chart — Two columns as vertical stacked bars.
Opinion and comparison
- Likert chart — Opinion scale data: either a group of opinion columns or opinion column vs category column.
- Two column line/trend chart — Trends over time or order: date/category vs value as lines or columns.
Distribution and numeric
- Single box plot — Distribution of one numeric column (quartiles, median, outliers).
- Grouped box plot — Compare distributions across groups or multiple numeric columns.
- Scatter plot — Two numeric columns: relationship and correlation.
- Single column bubble — One numeric (or categorical) column as dots/bubbles on a scale.
Proportions and geography
- Single column pie chart — Proportions for one categorical column; each segment's angle = share of total.
- Single column donut chart — Same as pie with a hollow center.
- Single column rose chart — Radial chart where radius represents value for easier size comparison.
- Geographic chart — Data mapped to regions (countries, states, provinces).
How to choose a chart
- One category column → Single horizontal bar (default), or switch to pie, donut, rose, or bubble via More Charts.
- Two columns (category vs category, or category vs numeric) → Stacked horizontal bar, vertical stacked bar, or line/trend when the first column is time or ordered.
- Three columns / grouped categories → Grouped stacked horizontal bar.
- Opinion scale data → Likert chart.
- Numeric distribution → Single or grouped box plot; or scatter for two numeric columns.
- Geography → Geographic chart when AddMaple detects geographic data.
For more on building and changing charts, see Pivot Chart and Table and Additional Charts.
Key points
- Each chart type has a dedicated page in this section with steps and tips.
- Default chart type depends on column types and number of columns; use sentence builder and left-hand controls to switch types.
- Pie, donut, rose, geographic, and some bubble views are available via More Charts when viewing a single column.