Charts
Create charts based on the data from your monday.com board and output them on your PDF reports.
Create Charts for your reports
You can generate charts based on data from your monday.com board by using PDF Report Generator. These charts can be output on your report by using specific placeholders.
This article is all about how to generate charts by using PDF Report Generator. If you want to learn how to insert them into your documents, take a look here.
Example Use Case: Project Status Report
In this example, charts have been added to an Project Status Report. You can use your generated charts to prepare your reports graphically and display data in an understandable way.
As you can see in this bar chart example, you can also choose two values on the Y axis so that you can compare two values with each other.
Project Reports? Sure, but make it look sexy!Note: You can also use our Report Builder to generate charts that will be automatically inserted into your report/template.
Generate Charts
- Open the PDF Report Generator View and select the tab "Charts"
- Click on "Create new chart".
- Select the type of chart you want to create, e.g. Bar, Pie, Bubble,...
If you're not sure yet, you can simply select a type and you'll get a preview of your possible chart. - Determine which data you want to display on the X and Y axes. See section "Supported field types" for an overview.
- Select the calculation function that serves your use case: Sum, Average, Median, Minimum, Maximum.
- Type in a name for your chart by clicking on the field "New chart". If no name is entered, PDF Report Generator will create a name for you.
- Save your chart.
- In order to add your charts to your documents, please follow the steps in this article.
Note: All charts generated by PDF Report Generator fulfill the purpose of being output on your PDF reports. They do not replace the chart function that monday.com offers.
Supported field types for charts
Chart X axis:
- People columns
- Status columns (including colors in tables and groups)
- Date columns
Chart Y axis:
- Number columns
- Mirror columns
- Formula columns
- + "Count items", which adds up the number of items present