# Chart the data Shape / inspect plot the data for exploration Page: ## Status A feature, not a step. It lives in Brightfield's view. [crates/brightfield-shell/src/chart\_kinds.rs in brightfield at 0a8362e](https://github.com/meridian-online/brightfield/blob/0a8362efd79a/crates/brightfield-shell/src/chart_kinds.rs) ## Variants - Write a custom chart: Draw a chart from code the user writes, such as a JavaScript view or a chart-library option object. - Draw a chart of a chosen kind: Draw a bar, line, pie, box, density, heatmap, area, sunburst or other chart of a table to explore it. - [Draw a small chart in each row](https://meridian.online/operations/chart-the-data/draw-a-small-chart-in-each-row): Add a column that holds a sparkline, bar or radar plot drawn from each row's values. - Plot geometries or images: Draw the geometries, map tiles or image pixels held in rows on a canvas. - [Plot one column against another](https://meridian.online/operations/chart-the-data/plot-one-column-against-another): Draw a scatter plot of two numeric columns, or a matrix of scatter plots over several. - Draw a word cloud: Show how often words occur in text, sized by frequency. ## What other tools call it Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 86.2% of 312 rows (exact class, version 2). - 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