This article will help you to:
- Discover all the Widget types
- Create a Widget
- Configure a Widget
Definition
In Reeport, Widgets are objects you can use to visualize data. Widgets are created on a Page and are fully editable.
There are three types of Widgets:
- Data Widgets
- Dynamic Filters
- Design Widgets
In this article, we will walk you through the creation of a Data Widget: the bar chart.
Widget types
Data Widgets
- Table Widget
- KPI Widget
- Bar chart Widget
- Horizontal Bar chart Widget
- Area chart Widget
- Donut Widget
- Radar Widget
- Line chart Widget
- Bar-Line chart Widget
- Tree map Widget
- Sunburst Widget
- Bubble Widget
- Scatter Plot Widget
- Geomap Widget
- Custom chart Widget
Custom Widgets
- Widget from a Template
- Dynamic Filter
Design Widget
- Text Widget
- Image Widget
Note
Throughout the following example, we are going to use Google Analytics data. To use a bar chart for another data source, just change the data source in the bottom-right corner.
Create a bar chart
- Click on the bar chart Widget icon on the left-hand menu
- Click on the Widget
- On the right-hand side, you’ll see the settings for your Widget. Once on the Data tab, select a Dimension by clicking on the “List” button
- Select the appropriate dimension in the list. Let’s pick “Week (cross-API)”
- Now, let’s select a Metric by clicking on the “List” button
- Select the appropriate metric in the list. Let’s pick “Sessions”
- Go to the “Display” tab to change the widget formatting
Each section in details
Data Visualization Type
- Changed your mind? This is where you can choose other visualization formats (i.e. a donut chart instead of a bar chart)
Generic options
- Define the position of the Widget at a pixel-precision level
- Set the data points limit
- Edit the sorting order
Background options
- Background color
Display options
- Title
- Dates
- Axis
- Values and legend options
Style options
- Color palette
- Text size and format
- Advanced options
Advanced options
- Min and Max options
- Dimension breakdown (when applicable)
- Stacked bars options (when applicable)