New Chart Types
Users can now create 4 new chart types in the Seer Data Platform’s Insight Builder.
Sankey Chart:
A Sankey chart helps you visualise flow and relationships between categories, with the width of the paths representing the volume moving from one node to another.
Use a sankey chart when you want to
- Show participant journeys through a program, from entry to outcomes.
- Philanthropic or grant investments and how they translate into activities, outputs and longer-term outcomes.
- System-level flows such as referrals, reach or resource distribution.
- How datasets or initiatives align to frameworks, commitments or a Theory of Change.
Bar and Line Chart:
The Bar and Line Chart is a hybrid visualisation that combines bar and line series on the same X-axis. It’s designed to help compare two different measured quantities over time—each with its own independent Y-axis.
Use a bar and line chart when you want to
- Visualise two related metrics with different units or scales (e.g. number of young people participating in work readiness programs vs percentage decrease in contact with the justice system).
- Compare absolute values (bars) against trends or percentages (lines).
- Provide a clear, side-by-side view of how distinct measures behave in relation to the same categories or time intervals.
Read our knowledge base article on bar and line charts here.
Vertical Biaxial Bar Chart:
A Vertical biaxial bar chart displays two different bar series on the same X-axis. It’s designed to help compare two different measured quantities over time—each with its own independent Y-axis.
Use a vertical biaxial bar chart when you want to
- Visualise two related metrics with different units or scales (e.g. number of participants vs average hours of engagement), using bars for both.
- Compare absolute values side by side while maintaining separate Y-axes for clarity.
- Provide a clear, direct comparison of how two distinct measures behave across the same categories or time intervals.
Read our knowledge base article on vertical biaxial bar charts here.
Single Stacked Bar Chart:
The Single stacked bar chart is a horizontal chart that shows how different values contribute to a total, all within a single stacked bar.
Use a Single stacked bar chart when you want to show the proportional breakdown of values in one group.
Read our knowledge base article on single stacked bar charts here.
Sankey Chart:
A Sankey chart helps you visualise flow and relationships between categories, with the width of the paths representing the volume moving from one node to another.
Use a sankey chart when you want to
- Show participant journeys through a program, from entry to outcomes.
- Philanthropic or grant investments and how they translate into activities, outputs and longer-term outcomes.
- System-level flows such as referrals, reach or resource distribution.
- How datasets or initiatives align to frameworks, commitments or a Theory of Change.
Bar and Line Chart:
The Bar and Line Chart is a hybrid visualisation that combines bar and line series on the same X-axis. It’s designed to help compare two different measured quantities over time—each with its own independent Y-axis.
Use a bar and line chart when you want to
- Visualise two related metrics with different units or scales (e.g. number of young people participating in work readiness programs vs percentage decrease in contact with the justice system).
- Compare absolute values (bars) against trends or percentages (lines).
- Provide a clear, side-by-side view of how distinct measures behave in relation to the same categories or time intervals.
Read our knowledge base article on bar and line charts here.
Vertical Biaxial Bar Chart:
A Vertical biaxial bar chart displays two different bar series on the same X-axis. It’s designed to help compare two different measured quantities over time—each with its own independent Y-axis.
Use a vertical biaxial bar chart when you want to
- Visualise two related metrics with different units or scales (e.g. number of participants vs average hours of engagement), using bars for both.
- Compare absolute values side by side while maintaining separate Y-axes for clarity.
- Provide a clear, direct comparison of how two distinct measures behave across the same categories or time intervals.
Read our knowledge base article on vertical biaxial bar charts here.
Single Stacked Bar Chart:
The Single stacked bar chart is a horizontal chart that shows how different values contribute to a total, all within a single stacked bar.
Use a Single stacked bar chart when you want to show the proportional breakdown of values in one group.
Read our knowledge base article on single stacked bar charts here.
