Dynamic Component is an advanced feature that helps you build fully customized charts and data visualizations in your dashboards and reports.
What Is the Dynamic Component?
The Dynamic Component is a customizable chart builder available inside Mentionlytics custom dashboards and reports.
Unlike standard dashboard widgets, Dynamic Component gives you complete control over how your data is visualized. You can choose your chart type, metrics, filters, colors, layout, and aggregation methods to create reports tailored to your exact needs.
Dynamic Component is available on Pro and higher-tier plans.
Where to Find the Dynamic Component
To add a Dynamic Component to your Reports or Dashboards, follow these steps.
Using Dynamic Components For the Reports
Click the Reports from the left-side menu.
Within the Report Builder, click Add New Item.
Scroll down through the list of components.
Select Custom Chart.
It will take you to the Dynamic Component builder, where you can start configuring your data visualization.
Using Dynamic Components for the Dashboards
Click the three dots next to the search box.
Select the Create New option.
Click on the plus (+) sign within the section (you need to hover over the blank boxes for the + sign to appear).
Scroll down through the available components.
Select Create New Component.
It will take you to the Dynamic Component builder where you can start configuring your data visualization.
You can also save a Dynamic Component as a template and reuse it across multiple dashboards and reports.
Note: You can also add Dynamic Components to your existing custom dashboards and reports by editing them.
What You Can Customize with Dynamic Components
Since it’s not a template, Dynamic Component offers a high level of customization for chart types, layout, metrics, aggregation methods, visual appearance, and filters, allowing you to include or exclude data.
Layout Options
The Dynamic Component supports both single-chart and multi-chart layouts and tabs.
Available layouts include:
Single chart
2 columns
2 rows
3 columns
2 top + 1 bottom
1 top + 2 bottom
2×2 grid
1 left + 2 right
Additional split-screen configurations
Each section of a multi-chart layout can display completely different data, metrics, and filters.
Chart Configuration
Within the Chart Configuration, you can choose:
Display Type (chart, table, metric card)
Chart Type (histogram, bar chart, pie chart, doughnut chart, table view, polar chart, tree map)
Configuring Your Data
Every Dynamic Component is built using two key elements:
Axis 1 (Group By)
Axis 2 (Metric Fields)
Axis 1 (Group By)
Choose how your data should be organized. Available grouping options include:
Time
Country
Keyword / Profile
Channel
Category
Language
Tracker
Profile Username
Labels
Tags
Assigned User
Sentiment
Content Type
Subreddit
Emotion
Entity Label & Entity Text
Axis 2 (Metric Fields)
Choose which metric you want to measure.
Available metrics include:
Mentions
Reach
Engagement
Engagement (including views)
Impressions
Likes
Comments
Replies
Shares
Facebook Shares
Pin Shares
Quotes
Taps Forward
Taps Back
Views
Unique Views
Visits
Rank
Relevance
Earned Media Value (EMV)
You can also add multiple metrics to the same chart for deeper comparisons.
Note: We recommend NOT adding a lot of different data into one chart since it might complicate the meaning of the insights.
Aggregation Methods
For each metric, you can choose how Mentionlytics calculates the values:
Sum
Average
Maximum
Minimum
For example:
Total mentions by day → Sum
Average reach per post → Average
Highest engagement value → Maximum
Applying Filters
Component-level filters allow you to display only the data relevant to your analysis.
Available filters include:
Tracker
Channel
Category
Content Type
Sentiment
Emotion
Tags
Tracker Type
Presets
Filters affect only the selected Dynamic Component and do not modify the rest of the dashboard.
Customizing Appearance
You can personalize the visual appearance of your charts by adjusting:
Colors
Border Thickness
Fill Mode (Solid or Gradient)
Data Point Size
Hover Effects
Bezier Curves (Smooth or Sharp)
Note: Available options may vary depending on the selected chart type.
Titles and Legends
To make reports easier to understand, you can configure:
Chart Title
X-Axis Label
Y-Axis Label
Legend Position
Top
Bottom
Left
Right
Compact Legend Mode
Legend Color Display
Example Use Cases
Compare Your Brand Against Competitors
Create a two-column layout and display your brand mentions in one chart and competitor mentions in another.
This allows you to compare visibility trends over the same time period.
Analyze Sentiment by Channel
Create separate pie charts for different channels, such as X, Instagram, or YouTube.
Filter each chart by channel and compare sentiment distribution across platforms.
Build Campaign Dashboards
Track campaign performance by combining:
Mention volume over time
Reach by country
Mentions by content type
Apply the same tracker or tag filter across all charts to keep the dashboard campaign-specific.
Best Practices
Keep charts focused on one question or objective.
Avoid adding too many metrics to a single visualization.
Use filters to isolate specific campaigns, competitors, or audiences.
Choose chart types that best represent the data you are analyzing.
Save successful configurations as templates for future reporting.