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Overview

Charts are made up of two parts: Queries and Visualizations.

• The query engine is the method of how data is retrieved
• The visualization are the views of that data Charts are the heart of VZBL. Boards, Reports, and Teams run off charts.

Getting started

The best way to get started building a custom query is to find a query similar to what you are looking for. To find a query use Library, Spaces, or Boards.

Query your data

The query selector is made up of many components.

Select Select the entity. This is the foundation of your analysis. Choose carefully as it determines which metrics and groupings are available to you.

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Date range The date range can be relative to today or a custom date range

Filter Filter on a property of that selected entity

• Property Use filters to remove noise and focus on relevant segments. Narrow down your data to focus on what matters.
• Operator Define how strictly to filter. "Equals" for exact matches, "Contains" for partial matches, "Between" for ranges.
• Values Set your threshold or criteria. Be specific to get precisely the data you need.

Group Group by a property. Choose how to segment your data. Good groupings reveal patterns - like Cycle Time by Repository

Search Search to quickly find what you need with keywords across your system Entities and Attributes.

• Search operators
• AND Match all terms (default)
• OR Match any term
• NOT Exclude terms

Measure Measure a field to show as a metric.

• Metric This could be numerical values like count of issues completed , or avg. time in meetings per day
• Aggregation How to analyze your data: SUM for totals, COUNT for occurrences, Percentiles for distribution
• Additional filters (optional)
  • Field Refine how your measure is calculated by filtering the underlying data. Useful for focused metrics.
  • Operator Define the comparison logic for your measure filter. Helps create precise measure calculations.
  • Values Set specific criteria for your measure calculation. Ensures your metrics reflect exactly what you want to analyze.

Formulas Formulas build custom calculations combining different measures. Use this to create complex metrics like profit margins or custom scores.

Having Filter on a calculated measure. Useful for finding top performers or identifying outliers. Uses min and max thresholds.

Compare Compare this data set with a different time range to identify trends.

Types of visualizations

VZBL has a variety of visualization tools, including charts, graphs, and tables.

Data Tables

Pivot Tables

Chart Options

Explain results

Heatmap Diagrams

Metric Values

Timeseries

Treemap View

Markdown Support

Discovering data

The charts have a variety of interactions to enable deeper exploration. Different options are available based on the type of data.

• Explore these results Opens to Charts filtered to the data you interacted with, allowing you to change the query or visualization
• Only show and Don't show Gives controls over what the chart is filtered to
• Show this _attribute_ Open the entity details for the entity selected

Primary actions

• Make a chart from scratch by adding a new workspace. Click the ( + ) in the navigation by the word "Workspace". Select "New Query".
• Favorite this chart by clicking the star ★ on the top of the page
• Add to Boards by selecting Add to boards from the 3-dot menu (...)
• Add to Spaces by selecting Add to spaces from the 3-dot menu (...)
• Reset back to its last saved version by selecting Clear changes from the 3-dot menu (...)
• Duplicate the board by selecting Duplicate from the 3-dot menu (...)

Related Topics

Entity definitions