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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.
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.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-25 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Visualization types\n\n| **Note:** This page describes visualization options for Looker. For information about Looker Studio visualizations, see [Types of charts in Looker Studio](/looker/docs/2512/studio/types-of-charts-in-looker-studio).\n\nLooker 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.\n\u003e For information about choosing a visualization type that best fits your data, see the [Selecting an effective data visualization](/looker/docs/2512/visualization-guide) documentation page.\n\nCartesian charts\n----------------\n\n- [Column](/looker/docs/2512/column-options)\n- [Bar](/looker/docs/2512/bar-options)\n- [Scatterplot](/looker/docs/2512/scatter-options)\n- [Line](/looker/docs/2512/line-options)\n- [Area](/looker/docs/2512/area-options)\n- [Boxplot](/looker/docs/2512/boxplot-options)\n- [Waterfall](/looker/docs/2512/waterfall-options)\n\nPie and donut charts\n--------------------\n\n- [Pie](/looker/docs/2512/pie-options)\n- [Donut Multiples](/looker/docs/2512/donut-multiples-options)\n\nProgression charts\n------------------\n\n- [Funnel](/looker/docs/2512/funnel-options)\n- [Timeline](/looker/docs/2512/timeline-options)\n\nText and tables\n---------------\n\n- [Single Value](/looker/docs/2512/single-value-options)\n- [Single Record](/looker/docs/2512/single-record-options)\n- [Table](/looker/docs/2512/table-options)\n- [Table (Legacy)](/looker/docs/2512/legacy-table-options)\n- [Word Cloud](/looker/docs/2512/word-cloud-options)\n\nMaps\n----\n\n- [Google Maps](/looker/docs/2512/google-map-options)\n- [Map](/looker/docs/2512/map-options)\n- [Static Map (Regions)](/looker/docs/2512/map-regions-options)\n- [Static Map (Points)](/looker/docs/2512/map-points-options)\n\nChart Config Editor\n-------------------\n\nIf you have the [`can_override_vis_config` permission](/looker/docs/2512/admin-panel-users-roles#can_override_vis_config),\nyou can use the [Chart Config Editor](/looker/docs/2512/chart-config-editor) to create the following visualization types:\n\n- [Bullet](/looker/docs/2512/bullet-chart)\n- [Solid gauge](/looker/docs/2512/solid-gauge)\n- [Streamgraph](/looker/docs/2512/streamgraph)\n- [Treemap](/looker/docs/2512/treemap)\n- [Sankey](/looker/docs/2512/sankey)\n- [Dependency wheel](/looker/docs/2512/dependency-wheel)\n- [Venn diagram](/looker/docs/2512/venn)\n- [Sunburst](/looker/docs/2512/sunburst)\n- [Item](/looker/docs/2512/item)\n\nCustom visualizations\n---------------------\n\n\u003e This page lists Looker's built-in visualization types. If your Looker developer has added any [custom visualization](/looker/docs/2512/admin-panel-platform-visualizations) types to Looker, you may see additional options in the ellipsis (...) menu in the Visualization bar of the Explore page."]]