The right visualization can communicate information about your data efficiently. You can create different types of report and chart to view, analyze and display data using a range of tools.

• Built-in Chart and Report Types
• Displaying Visualizations
• Manage Visualizations
• External Visualization Tools

Built-in Chart and Report Types

Basic visualization types available to non-administrative users from the (Charts) > Create Chart menu and directly from data grid column headers are described in this topic:

• Visualizations

Additional visualization and report types:

• Query Snapshots
• JavaScript Reports
• R Reports
• Attachment Reports
• Link Reports
• Participant Reports
• Query Reports

Display Visualizations

Reports and visualizations can be displayed and managed as part of a folder, project or study.

• Report Web Part: Display a Report or Chart - Add a report or chart to a project or folder page.
• Data Views Browser - Display the reports, charts, and data grids available.

Manage Visualizations

• Manage Data Views - Customize the way reports, charts and grids are listed.
• Manage Categories - Define and use grouping categories.
• Manage Thumbnail Images - Customize thumbnails and mini-icons associated with visualizations.
• Tutorial: Visualizations in JavaScript - Export a report or chart as JavaScript for further modification or insertion in a wiki.
• Matrix of Report, Chart, and Grid Permissions
• Measure and Dimension Columns

External Visualization Tools (Premium Integrations)

LabKey Server can serve as the data store for external reporting and visualization tools such as RStudio, Tableau, Access, Excel, etc. See the following topics for details.

• ODBC: External Tool Connections
• LabKey JDBC Driver
• Integration with Spotfire
• Premium RStudio Integration

Related Topics

• External ODBC and JDBC Connections
• Declare Dependencies: When rendering visualizations directly via JavaScript, explicitly declare the dependency on LABKEY.vis
• JavaScript API: LABKEY.vis.Plot