Visualization types

Looker has many visualizations that you can use to make sense of your data. Each type of visualization has different settings that you can use to customize its appearance. The following links provide information about each visualization and its settings.

For information about choosing a visualization type that best fits your data, see the Selecting an effective data visualization documentation page.

Cartesian charts

• Column
• Bar
• Scatterplot
• Line
• Area
• Boxplot
• Waterfall

Pie and donut charts

• Pie
• Donut Multiples

Progression charts

• Funnel
• Timeline

Text and tables

• Single Value
• Single Record
• Table
• Table (Legacy)
• Word Cloud

Maps

• Google Maps
• Map
• Static Map (Regions)
• Static Map (Points)

Chart Config Editor

If you have the can_override_vis_config permission, you can use the Chart Config Editor to create the following visualization types:

• Bullet
• Solid gauge
• Streamgraph
• Treemap
• Sankey
• Dependency wheel
• Venn diagram
• Sunburst
• Item

Custom visualizations

This page lists Looker's built-in visualization types. If your Looker developer has added any custom visualization types to Looker, you may see additional options in the ellipsis (...) menu in the Visualization bar of the Explore page.