Build your first chart

Now that you have a dataset, it is time to make the data visible. This lesson adds one bar chart widget to one dashboard. It takes about five minutes in Simple mode.

Create one dashboard

In the detail screen of the collection from Lesson 2, click Add item → Dashboard.

The builder opens immediately with an Untitled dashboard; there is no creation form. Open Dashboard settings in the header, give it a recognizable name and alias, and add a description or tags if they will help your team.

The empty canvas has a Quick add area for common widgets. The Widgets panel on the left lists the complete set by type.

Build one bar chart

Choose Bar chart under Quick add. The widget appears on the canvas, and its settings open on the right.

1. Data source — pick the dataset from Lesson 3

In the right settings panel, set Analytics Source to the dataset you made in Lesson 3. The data mode offers Simple and SQL; stay in Simple for this lesson.

2. One X axis, one Y axis

In Simple mode, select a column for each chart field.

• X axis field — The column to group by. Categories · dates · regions — strings or dates — work naturally.
• Y axis field — The numeric column to aggregate. Sales · counts · scores — integer / float columns.

Optionally choose a Group by field, then select an Aggregation—such as sum, average, or count—that matches your question.

The chart on the canvas updates as you change the settings.

3. Give the widget a title

In Widget title on the right, use a short phrase that says what the chart answers—for example, Revenue by branch.

4. Save

Click Save in the header, then switch to View to see the finished chart.

Self-check

• The dashboard holds one chart card.
• Click Edit Dashboard in the upper-right to return to the builder.
• Select the chart card and confirm that you can edit its analytics source, axes, and aggregation in the right panel.

Three out of three — lesson done.

What you should be able to do after this lesson

• Create a dashboard directly from a collection
• Build a bar chart with one widget (simple mode)
• Treat the title as the one-line question the chart answers

Next lesson

To see what a fully assembled collection looks like, import a hands-on scenario in a single pass.