# Visualisations

Algology offers a variety of visualizations to support different use cases. This section of the documentation highlights the built-in panels, their options and typical usage.

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* Graphs & charts
  * Time series is the default and main Graph visualization.
  * State timeline for state changes over time.
  * Status history for periodic state over time.
  * Bar chart shows any categorical data.
  * Histogram calculates and shows value distribution in a bar chart.
  * Heatmap visualizes data in two dimensions, used typically for the magnitude of a phenomenon.
  * Pie chart is typically used where proportionality is important.
  * Candlestick is typically for financial data where the focus is price/data movement.
* Stats & numbers
  * Stat for big stats and optional sparkline.
  * Bar gauge is a horizontal or vertical bar gauge.
* Misc.
  * Table is the main and only table visualization.
  * Logs is the main visualization for logs.
  * Node Graph for directed graphs or networks.
  * Traces is the main visualization for traces.
  * Flame Graph is the main visualization for profiling.
* Widgets
  * Dashboard list can list dashboards.
  * Alert list can list alerts.
  * Text panel can show markdown and html.
  * News panel can show RSS feeds.

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