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# Protobi Chart Types JSON Reference

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

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## 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). |

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## 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`. |

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*Source: `public/protobi/views/registerCoreWidgets.js`*

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