Zoho Creator offers different chart types as page elements to represent data-driven insights on dashboards. Charts are specifically used to analyze trends, compare, and emphasize distributions based on the data stored in Creator forms. The chart gallery offers a variety of options, from the most sought-after bar charts to donut or funnel charts that are very effective for visualizing proportions and stages in a process.

Once a chart type is selected, you can also style the chart to match your application's branding. From customizing the chart’s color palette to setting a background color that aligns with your theme, you have full control over its appearance. You can also choose to display legends, the chart's key, in various positions within the chart. While being styled and configured, the chart can also be previewed simultaneously to understand how the chart properties will unfold in the live mode of the application.

The chart gallery comprises 16 different options that cater to the unique needs of different industries, all of which are discussed below.

1. Stacked column chart to evaluate performance across school subjects - A school administration wants to evaluate student performance in their annual exams across subjects like Maths, English, Science, and Social Studies. To do this, a stacked column chart is configured based on a Mark Analysis form to visualize the pass-fail distribution for each subject. The major chart configuration is:

Each bar represents a subject, segmented to show how many students passed or failed. This provides a clear visual breakdown of performance across all subjects.

For deeper insights, a new live mode filter is enabled. This ensures that the chart can be filtered by class sections (e.g., Alpha, Bravo) in the live mode, helping the school identify which classes are underperforming in specific subjects.

2. Pie chart to analyze vehicle fleet usage - A Fleet Management application needs to understand the proportion of vehicle usage across different vehicle types (e.g., trucks, vans, cars) to optimize fleet operations and maintenance schedules. The company collects data on the total number of hours each vehicle type is used during a month. The data is organized by vehicle type and the total hours of usage for each type. To configure the pie chart, the vehicle types are listed as pie chart segments (x-axis values), and the proportion of total usage hours for each vehicle type is calculated as y-axis values. The pie chart visually displays how usage is distributed across different vehicle types, helping the fleet management team make data-driven decisions regarding fleet optimization and maintenance priorities.

In the edit mode of the application, you can either create a page to land in its builder directly or navigate to an existing page and click Open Page Builder. Once inside the page builder, when Chart is clicked, a slider displays the different types of charts that can be created.

The different chart configuration properties available while creating one are discussed below. They help make the chart extensive through features like drilldown, stacking, and more.