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Describe the information you want to see, and Dash can turn it into a chart. You can also request a particular visualization or change one already on your dashboard.

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Examples of charts Dash can create

Line charts

A sales trend across months, showing how the measure changes over time.

Bar charts

Sales by product, with categories side by side for comparison.

Pie and donut charts

Each product group’s share of total sales.

Combined charts

Sales amounts and a margin percentage together, with separate axes for their units.
Screenshot placeholder: CHART-01Show labeled examples of a line, bar, pie, and donut chart using one sales dataset. Keep titles and units readable. The combined chart has its own capture below.
On a dashboard you own, hover over a line or bar chart’s header and click Edit chart, the sliders button, to change its presentation. Ask Dash to change the measures or grouping, or to change a pie or donut chart. Shared-dashboard viewers can explore the chart; use an owned copy to save edits.

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Combine measures in one chart

For example, ask Dash to show monthly sales beside gross margin, when those measures are available in your data:

Show monthly sales as bars on the left axis and gross margin percentage as a line on the right axis. Label both axes with their units.

Review the proposed chart and approve it. Read the sales bars against the currency axis and the margin line against the percentage axis.
Screenshot placeholder: CHART-02Show monthly sales as bars and gross margin percentage as a line. Mark the left currency axis, right percentage axis, and matching legend entries.
To change how an existing measure is drawn, open Edit chart > Series, select the measure, and choose Show as > Bar or Line. A series is one measure drawn across the chart.

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Show components and proportions

Ask Dash for a breakdown when you want to see the parts of a total. For example: “Show monthly sales broken down by product group.” On a chart containing bars, open Edit chart > Bars:
GIF placeholder: CHART-03Switch one monthly product-group chart from Stacked to Stacked to 100%. Show how the axis and interpretation change from amounts to shares.
Stack measures that make up the same total and use the same units. Dash can prepare the breakdown for you.
To compare monthly sales with an agreed target:
  1. Open Edit chart > Goal lines > Add goal line.
  2. Enter the target Value and a Label, such as “Monthly target.”
  3. On a chart with two axes, select the sales axis.
  4. Choose its color and click Add goal line.
GIF placeholder: CHART-06Add one Monthly target goal line to the sales axis. End with its label and the monthly results visible.

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Adjust labels, colors, and axes

In Edit chart > Series, select a measure to change its Name, Color, or Data labels. Use Legend to change where the legend appears.
GIF placeholder: CHART-05Give one series a clearer name and color. End with its matching legend entry and plotted values visible.
Set the Title under X axis and Y axis, or Left axis and Right axis. Numeric-axis menus also offer Format. Label both axes when a chart combines different units.
Screenshot placeholder: CHART-04Show the right-axis menu on the combined sales/margin chart, with a clear percentage title and Percent format. Keep the resulting axis in view.
These menu changes save directly when you can edit the chart. They are also available on editable line and bar cards in Chat.
Series also contains line styles, points, curves, and area shading. Axis menus offer text sizes and Limits > Auto or Manual. Use a manual range carefully, because values outside it may be hidden.Line and bar charts support up to 10 series across both axes and up to five goal lines. You can edit an existing goal line with Save goal line or remove it with Delete.
To investigate a point or slice, see Explore a result with Dash.