Protobi Chart Types JSON Reference

Updated at 2026-04-03

Protobi Chart Types JSON Reference

This reference document lists all valid chartType values recognized ni Protobi JSON syntax, common synonums, and a brief description.

Standard Charts

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`ColumnChart`	vertical bar chart, bar chart, column chart	Vertical bar chart (Plotly). Default for most frequency/percentage data.
`StackedColumnChart`	stacked bar, stacked column	Stacked vertical bar chart (alias of ColumnChart with stacking enabled).
`BarChart`	horizontal bar chart	Horizontal bar chart (Plotly).
`StackedBarChart`	stacked horizontal bar	Stacked horizontal bar chart (alias of BarChart with stacking enabled).
`LineChart`	line chart, trend line	Line chart (Plotly).
`PieChart`	pie chart	Pie chart (Plotly).
`DoughnutChart`	donut chart, doughnut chart	Doughnut/ring chart (Plotly).
`ScatterChart`	scatter plot, scatter chart	Scatter plot (Plotly).
`TreeMap`	treemap, tree map	Treemap sized and colored by values (Plotly).

Comparison & Diagnostic Charts

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`BaselineBarChart`	baseline bar, comparison bar	Bar chart comparing current data against a baseline with visual indicators.
`TopBoxTornado`	tornado chart, top box tornado	Paired horizontal bars showing left/right top-box comparisons.
`TopBoxTornadoBaseline`	tornado with baseline	Tornado chart with an additional baseline reference.
`CumulativeLineChart`	cumulative line, cumulative distribution	Line chart showing cumulative values over ordered categories.
`IntervalChart`	interval chart, timeline, Gantt	Timeline visualization of response date ranges per respondent.
`IntervalSet`	interval set	Multiple interval timelines grouped together.
`KaplanMeier`	survival curve, Kaplan-Meier, time-to-event	Kaplan-Meier survival probability curve over time.
`Zipf`	Zipf chart, frequency rank, log-log plot	Log-log scatter plot of Zipf distribution with reference curve.
`Abacus`	abacus	Points connected across categories, showing trends with configurable markers.
`PMap`	perceptual map, positioning map, correspondence map	Correspondence analysis / perceptual positioning map.
`VennDiagram`	Venn diagram, overlap diagram	Overlapping circles showing set intersections.
`WordCloud`	word cloud, tag cloud	Words sized by frequency in a cloud layout.

Flow Diagrams

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`SankeyDiagram`	Sankey, flow diagram	Flow diagram with proportional link widths between nodes.
`PlotlySankey`	Plotly Sankey	Sankey diagram rendered via Plotly with hover templates.
`SimpleSankey`	simple Sankey	Simplified Sankey with configurable layout, gap, and color options.

Tables & Grids

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`SummaryTable`	summary table, crosstab, frequency table	Crosstab table showing marginal distributions and summary statistics.
`PairedTable`	paired table, banner table, comparison table	Table comparing multiple columns with statistical significance markers.
`VerticalPairedTable`	vertical paired table, transposed table	Transposed version of PairedTable — rows are comparisons, columns are categories.
`PairedGrid`	paired grid, grid	Multi-dimensional grid with nested rows/columns, bar visualizations, and heatmaps.
`PairedGridWorksheet`	worksheet grid	PairedGrid displayed in worksheet mode.
`Worksheet`	worksheet, spreadsheet	Spreadsheet-like widget with editable cells and formula support.
`DataGrid`	data grid, data table	Interactive grid with paging, sorting, filtering, and cell editing.
`SuperTable`	super table, big tab	Advanced multi-banner crosstab with significance testing and superscripts.
`BigTab`	big tab	Alias for `SuperTable`.
`SuperTables`	super tables	Container for multiple SuperTable instances.
`TrendTable`	trend table, trend analysis	Trend analysis table with colored cells showing change across time periods.

Maps

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`HexMap`	hex map, hexagonal map, US hex map	Hexagonal tile map of US states colored by metric values.
`Squaire`	squaire, square cartogram	Square tile cartogram sized and colored by metric values.
`Choropleth`	choropleth map, geographic map, filled map	Geographic choropleth map coloring regions by data values.
`Political`	political map, political bar chart	Horizontal stacked/grouped bar chart for political/primary data.

Layout & Navigation

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`Collection`	collection, group, container	Groups multiple elements together in a layout.
`Pageable`	pageable, scrollable collection	Collection with pagination/scrolling.
`Tabs`	tabs, tabbed view, tab container	Tabbed layout container for organizing elements.
`Slide`	slide, full-page slide	Full-page slide layout.
`FilterPanel`	filter panel, filters, filter controls	Interactive panel of filter controls for the dashboard.

Text & Content

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`Notes`	notes, text notes	Freeform notes panel with entry management and filtering.
`Checklist`	checklist, to-do list	Notes with completion/check-off tracking.
`Verbatim`	verbatim, open ends, open-ended responses	Displays raw response text with search, sorting, and highlighting.
`Highlighter`	text highlighter, highlighted text	Renders text sized by frequency with keyword highlighting.
`Document`	document, report document	Generates formatted documents (DOCX) with embedded tables and charts.

Data Utilities

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`Inventory`	inventory, ingredients	Key-value pairs table for displaying project/element metadata.
`Gists`	gists	Scatter data points with interactive legend for toggling traces.
`ElementTree`	element tree, field navigator	Hierarchical field list with filtering, collapse/expand, and dimension navigation.
`ElementTreeMap`	element tree map	Treemap layout of the element hierarchy.
`BasicElement`	basic element	Base rendering element; also used as a legacy SVGChart alias.

Conjoint Analysis

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`ConjointSelector`	conjoint selector	Setup/selector UI for conjoint analysis.
`ConjointSensitivity`	conjoint sensitivity	Sensitivity analysis chart for conjoint utilities.
`ConjointImportance`	conjoint importance, attribute importance	Attribute importance chart from conjoint model.
`ConjointBaseline`	conjoint baseline	Baseline scenario display for conjoint analysis.

Export & Integration

`chartType`	Common Terms	Description
`XLSXtoPPTX`	Excel to PowerPoint, xlsx to pptx	Converts Excel data to a PowerPoint presentation.
`PPTXConnector`	PowerPoint connector, pptx connector	Connects and exports elements to PowerPoint.

Deprecated / Legacy Aliases

`chartType`	Notes
`Scrollable`	Deprecated alias for `Pageable`.
`SVGChart`	Legacy alias for `BasicElement`.
`Chloropleth`	Misspelling — registered for backwards compatibility; use `Choropleth` instead.
`Primary`	Alias for `Political`.
`BigTab`	Alias for `SuperTable`.

Source: public/protobi/views/registerCoreWidgets.js