Visualizations & Exports
Data Visualization & Export Mastery
Transform complex data into compelling visual stories and share insights in any format your team needs.
The Art of Data Visualization
🎨 Natural Language to Beautiful Charts
Simply describe what you want to see:
@Scoop create a revenue trend chart
@Scoop show customer segments as a pie chart
@Scoop plot price vs satisfaction correlation
@Scoop visualize sales funnel stages
@Scoop compare this year to last year
![Screenshot: Various chart types created by Scoop]
🤖 Intelligent Chart Selection
Scoop automatically chooses the perfect visualization:
Your Data | Scoop Creates | Why It Works |
---|---|---|
Time series | Line chart | Shows trends clearly |
Categories | Bar/Column | Easy comparison |
Parts of whole | Pie/Donut | Proportions at a glance |
Correlations | Scatter plot | Reveals relationships |
Distributions | Histogram | Shows data spread |
Multi-dimensional | Heatmap | Patterns in complexity |
Hierarchical | Treemap | Nested proportions |
Flow/Process | Sankey | Visualizes journeys |
📊 Supported Visualizations
Basic Charts
- 📊 Bar Charts (horizontal/vertical)
- 📈 Line Charts (single/multi-series)
- 🥧 Pie & Donut Charts
- 📉 Area Charts (standard/stacked)
- 🔵 Scatter & Bubble Plots
Advanced Visualizations
- 🗺️ Heatmaps & Treemaps
- 🌊 Waterfall Charts
- 📊 Combo Charts (bar + line)
- 🎯 Gauge & Bullet Charts
- 🕸️ Radar/Spider Charts
- 📈 Candlestick (financial)
- 🔀 Sankey Diagrams
- 🌐 Geographic Maps
Statistical Charts
- 📊 Box & Whisker Plots
- 🔔 Distribution Curves
- 📈 Regression Lines
- 🎯 Control Charts
- 📉 Confidence Intervals
Visualization Intelligence
🧠 Smart Enhancements
Every chart includes AI-powered enhancements:
📊 Monthly Revenue Trend
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Key Insights:
✓ 23% growth trend identified
✓ Seasonal peak in November
✓ Anomaly detected in July (investigation recommended)
✓ Forecast: $2.4M for next month (82% confidence)
Statistical Summary:
• Mean: $1.8M
• Trend: +$145K/month
• R²: 0.89 (strong correlation)
• Seasonality: Detected (Q4 peak)
[🔍 Investigate Anomaly] [📈 Show Forecast] [📊 Add Comparison]
🎯 Interactive Features
All visualizations are fully interactive:
Hover Actions
- View exact values
- See percentage of total
- Display calculations
- Show confidence intervals
Click Actions
- Drill down to details
- Filter other visuals
- Isolate series
- Zoom time ranges
Legend Controls
- Toggle series on/off
- Highlight specific data
- Reorder displays
- Change groupings
Visualization Themes & Styling
🎨 Professional Themes
Scoop offers three visualization themes, easily selectable with a single click:
![Screenshot: Theme selector showing Dark, Light, and Auto options]
Theme Selection Button
On any visualization result, you'll see a theme button showing the current theme:
- Click "🌙 Dark" to see theme options
- Click "☀️ Light" to see theme options
- Click "🎨 Auto" to see theme options
The button dynamically updates to show your current selection.
🌙 Dark Theme
- High contrast for presentations
- Reduced eye strain
- Modern aesthetic
- OLED-friendly
- Perfect for: Dashboards, monitors, dark rooms
☀️ Light Theme
- Print-friendly
- Classic professional
- High readability
- Report-ready
- Perfect for: Documents, emails, printed reports
🎨 Auto Theme (Magic!)
- Extracts your brand colors automatically
- Applies color theory for best contrast
- Maintains accessibility standards
- Consistent with your brand identity
- Perfect for: Company presentations, client reports
How to Change Themes
Method 1: Click the Theme Button
1. Generate any visualization
2. Look for the theme button (e.g., "🌙 Dark")
3. Click to open theme selector
4. Choose your preferred theme
5. Chart instantly updates
Method 2: Natural Language
You: Show revenue chart in dark theme
You: Use light theme for this visualization
You: Apply our brand colors
Method 3: Set Default
You: Always use dark theme for visualizations
Scoop: ✅ Set dark as your default theme
Theme Persistence
- Session Memory: Theme choice persists during your session
- Personal Preference: Scoop remembers your preference
- Override Anytime: Change themes per visualization
- Export Consistency: Exports use selected theme
🎨 Brand Customization
You: Use our brand colors for all charts
Scoop: 🎨 Brand theme activated!
Detected colors:
• Primary: #1E40AF (Blue)
• Secondary: #10B981 (Green)
• Accent: #F59E0B (Amber)
Applied with accessibility adjustments.
All future charts will use these colors.
[Keep Theme] [Adjust Colors] [Reset Default]
📐 Layout Intelligence
Scoop automatically optimizes layout:
- Responsive sizing
- Label positioning
- Legend placement
- Axis scaling
- Grid lines
- Annotations
Advanced Visualization Techniques
📊 Multi-Metric Visualizations
Combine multiple data series intelligently:
@Scoop show revenue and customer count by month with different scales
Scoop: 📊 Creating dual-axis chart...
Left Y-Axis: Revenue ($M)
Right Y-Axis: Customer Count
X-Axis: Month
✓ Scales optimized for clarity
✓ Visual distinction maintained
✓ Correlation highlighted
🎯 Conditional Formatting
Automatic visual encoding of meaning:
Performance Dashboard:
🟢 Above target (>110%)
🟡 Near target (90-110%)
🔴 Below target (<90%)
Trends:
📈 Improving (green)
➡️ Stable (gray)
📉 Declining (red)
Confidence:
███ High (>90%)
██░ Medium (70-90%)
█░░ Low (<70%)
🔄 Dynamic Updates
Real-time visualization updates:
@Scoop create live dashboard of today's metrics
Scoop: 📊 Live dashboard created!
Updates every: 5 minutes
Last refresh: 2 seconds ago
Next update: In 4:58
Showing:
• Current revenue: $124,521 📈
• Active users: 1,247 👥
• Conversion rate: 3.2% 🎯
• Support queue: 12 tickets 🎫
[⏸ Pause Updates] [🔄 Refresh Now] [⚙️ Settings]
🎭 Visualization Compositions
Create comprehensive visual stories:
@Scoop create executive dashboard for Q4 review
Scoop: 🎨 Building comprehensive dashboard...
Page 1: Executive Summary
├─ KPI Gauges (4 metrics)
├─ Revenue Waterfall
└─ Regional Performance Map
Page 2: Detailed Analysis
├─ Trend Lines (3 metrics)
├─ Customer Segmentation
└─ Product Mix Evolution
Page 3: Predictive Insights
├─ Forecast Scenarios
├─ Risk Heatmap
└─ Opportunity Matrix
[View Dashboard] [Customize] [Export All]
Smart Drill-Down Capabilities
🔍 Progressive Detail Revelation
Start high-level, dive deep on demand:
Level 1: Total Revenue by Region
↓ Click on "North America"
Level 2: North America by State
↓ Click on "California"
Level 3: California by City
↓ Click on "San Francisco"
Level 4: San Francisco by Customer Segment
↓ Click on "Enterprise"
Level 5: Enterprise Customer Details
🎯 Context-Aware Drill Paths
Scoop suggests logical drill-downs:
Viewing: Product Category Performance
Suggested Drill Paths:
→ By Sub-category
→ By Time Period
→ By Customer Segment
→ By Geography
→ By Price Range
[Apply Smart Drill] [Custom Path]
Export Capabilities
📊 Excel Exports
Professional Excel workbooks with:
Data Worksheet
- Complete query results
- Formatted headers
- Data validation
- Frozen panes
- Auto-filters
Analysis Worksheet
- Summary statistics
- Pivot tables
- Conditional formatting
- Sparklines
- Key insights
Charts Worksheet
- All visualizations
- Interactive charts
- Linked to data
- Print-ready layout
Metadata Worksheet
- Query documentation
- Field definitions
- Calculation logic
- Update timestamp
![Screenshot: Export button and Excel file in Slack]
🖼️ Image Exports
High-quality images for presentations:
Format Options
- PNG (transparent background)
- JPG (optimized size)
- SVG (vector, scalable)
- PDF (print quality)
Resolution Settings
- Screen (1x) - Quick sharing
- Retina (2x) - Presentations
- Print (4x) - Publications
- Custom DPI
Export Presets
[📧 Email] [📊 Slides] [🖨️ Print] [🌐 Web]
📄 PDF Reports
Automated report generation:
@Scoop create PDF report of monthly analysis
Scoop: 📄 Generating professional report...
Included sections:
✓ Executive Summary
✓ Key Metrics & KPIs
✓ Trend Analysis (6 charts)
✓ Detailed Tables
✓ Insights & Recommendations
✓ Appendix with methodology
Format: Letter, 12 pages
Style: Corporate template
[📥 Download PDF] [✏️ Edit Sections] [📧 Email Report]
🔗 Interactive Exports
Share live, interactive dashboards:
@Scoop create shareable dashboard link
Scoop: 🔗 Interactive dashboard created!
Share URL: https://go.scoopanalytics.com/view/x7k9m2p
Access: Anyone with link
Expires: 30 days
Features: Full interactivity, no edit
Embed code for websites:
<iframe src="https://go.scoopanalytics.com/embed/x7k9m2p"
width="800" height="600"></iframe>
[Copy Link] [Manage Access] [Get QR Code]
Visualization Best Practices
📊 Chart Selection Guide
DO Choose:
- Line charts for trends over time
- Bar charts for comparing items
- Pie charts for parts of whole (≤7 segments)
- Scatter plots for correlations
- Heatmaps for multi-dimensional patterns
DON'T Choose:
- Pie charts for time series
- 3D charts (reduce clarity)
- Too many colors (>7)
- Dual axes without clear reason
- Complex charts for simple data
🎨 Design Principles
Clarity First
✅ Clear titles and labels
✅ Appropriate scale
✅ Consistent colors
✅ Readable fonts
✅ Sufficient contrast
Tell a Story
1. Start with the main message
2. Support with visual evidence
3. Highlight key insights
4. Guide to action
Accessibility
• Colorblind-friendly palettes
• High contrast ratios
• Alternative text descriptions
• Pattern alternatives to color
• Keyboard navigation
📈 Common Pitfalls to Avoid
Scale Manipulation
- ❌ Starting Y-axis at non-zero without reason
- ✅ Use full scale or clearly indicate break
Overplotting
- ❌ Too many series on one chart
- ✅ Use small multiples or facets
Inappropriate Aggregation
- ❌ Averages hiding important variation
- ✅ Show distributions when relevant
Power User Features
🎯 Custom Calculations in Visuals
@Scoop plot revenue with 3-month moving average
@Scoop show actual vs forecast with confidence bands
@Scoop create cohort retention heatmap
🔧 Visualization Templates
Save and reuse visualization configurations:
@Scoop save this as "Monthly Executive Dashboard"
@Scoop apply "Monthly Executive Dashboard" to Q1 data
@Scoop share template with team
🤖 ML-Enhanced Visualizations
@Scoop show revenue with anomaly detection
@Scoop add trend line with seasonality
@Scoop highlight statistically significant changes
@Scoop show clustering visualization
Real-World Examples
📊 Sales Performance Dashboard
You: Create a sales performance dashboard
Scoop: 📊 Building comprehensive sales dashboard...
Created 6 visualizations:
1. Revenue Trend (Line + Forecast)
2. Top 10 Performers (Bar)
3. Pipeline Stages (Funnel)
4. Regional Performance (Map)
5. Product Mix (Treemap)
6. Win Rate Trends (Line)
Key Insights Highlighted:
• 23% YoY growth
• APAC outperforming by 45%
• Product X driving 60% of growth
• Win rate improving to 34%
[View Dashboard] [Export PDF] [Share Link]
📈 Customer Analytics Suite
You: Visualize customer behavior patterns
Scoop: 🎨 Creating behavior analysis suite...
Generated visualizations:
1. Engagement Heatmap (Time × Activity)
2. Segment Distribution (Donut)
3. LTV by Cohort (Multi-line)
4. Churn Predictor (Scatter)
5. Journey Sankey (Flow)
Interactive features enabled:
• Click segments to filter
• Hover for user counts
• Zoom for time detail
[Explore Suite] [Download All]
Next Steps
Ready to create stunning visualizations?
- 🎯 Advanced Features - Deep reasoning & automation
- 🤖 Machine Learning Analytics - ML-powered visuals
- 📊 Working with Datasets - Dataset management
- 💡 FAQ & Troubleshooting - Common questions
Pro tip: Start with Scoop's automatic visualization, then refine based on your audience. A picture is worth a thousand rows of data! 📊✨
Updated 19 days ago