# Render a chart to a file

Publish / report

A variant of [Make a report](https://meridian.online/operations/make-a-report).

Draw the rows as a bar, line or other chart and save it as an image or report part.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/make-a-report/render-a-chart-to-a-file>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet; it would live in Brightfield's view. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#make-a-report)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Alteryx Designer: [`Interactive Chart`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/reporting/interactive-chart-tool.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tBarChart`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/chart/chart-component) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tLineChart`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/chart/chart-component) (read 2026-09-27)
- VisiData: [`svg (saver)`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/features/canvas_save_svg.py#L57) (read 2026-09-23)