---
title: "Get Started with Reporting Charts"
slug: "get-started-report-charts"
description: "Visualize data trends with various chart types like bar, line, and pie charts. Customize settings for effective pigment reporting and analysis."
tags: ["Applications ", "boards", "Chart Display", "Reporting Data Visualization "]
updated: 2026-06-03T09:18:28Z
published: 2026-06-03T09:18:28Z
canonical: "kb.pigment.com/get-started-report-charts"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.pigment.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Started with Reporting Charts

Pigment reporting charts help visualize data to identify trends, comparisons, and key drivers. You can switch a View to Chart display mode, choose a chart type, and configure how data is displayed using chart settings.

## Available chart types

| Chart type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [Bar chart](/v1/docs/bar-chart-options) | Visualizes comparisons between categories of data and changes across multiple groups over time. |
| [Line chart](/v1/docs/line-chart-options) | Visualizes trends and progression in data over time. |
| [Combined chart](/v1/docs/combined-chart) | Visualizes bar and line series together to compare trends and values in a single chart. |
| [Pie chart](/v1/docs/pie-chart) | Visualizes proportional relationships between categories. |
| [Waterfall chart](/v1/docs/waterfall-charts) | Visualizes positive and negative contributions between starting and ending values. |
| [Map chart](/v1/docs/set-up-map-chart) | Visualizes geographically distributed data using markers and areas. |
| [Org Chart](/v1/docs/org-charts) | Visualizes hierarchical relationships between Items and organizational structures. |

## Open Chart display mode

Use Chart display mode to preview the current View using different chart types.

To switch a View to Chart display mode:

1. Open a **Metric** or **Table** View.
2. Go to the **display mode** menu in the top-left corner of the View.
3. Select **Chart**.

![Revenue data visualization showing significant growth in 2026 projections with highlighted values.](https://cdn.document360.io/e47cfe35-dc28-40c7-a083-6cf003073d8e/Images/Documentation/Bar_charts_formatting.jpg)

## Access chart settings

Use chart settings to configure how data is displayed in a chart, including layouts, labels, axes, colors, and legends.

To configure chart settings:

1. Select **Chart,** then **Format**.
2. The **Format Chart** panel appears.

Use the **Pivot** feature to change where Dimensions are displayed across chart axes and pages, then select **Format** to configure chart-specific settings.You can switch between chart types in this panel to view the formatting options for each chart.

> [!WARNING]
> **⚠️ Important**
> 
> Use the **Pivot** panel to switch between series, X-axis, and Pages, as you would in grids. When you switch to **Chart display** mode, Filters, Sort, and Totals configurations persist. **Filters** and **Sort** affect the displayed chart, but **Totals** are not displayed.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e47cfe35-dc28-40c7-a083-6cf003073d8e/Images/Documentation/image(274).png)

## Apply chart colors

Use themes, Dimension Item colors, and custom series colors to control how colors are displayed across charts.

For more information, see [Customize Chart Colors](/v1/docs/customize-chart-colors).