Chart Properties Overview

Charts in Wyn share a core set of configurable properties that control how data is displayed, labeled, structured, and explored. These properties allow you to refine visual clarity, emphasize key insights, and enable deeper analysis through grouping, comparison, and interaction.

While these properties are documented as common chart features, not every property applies to every chart type. Some properties depend on how a chart is structured, which data binding slots it supports, or whether it includes primary or secondary groupings.

Use the sections below to understand what each property controls and when it is available.

Data Visualization

The Data Visualization properties control how categorical values and dimensions are grouped and displayed within a chart. These settings help you manage category density, highlight leading values, and ensure consistent dimension coverage—even when some categories contain no data.

Data Labels

Data Labels allow you to display contextual information—such as values, categories, or series—directly on the chart. These properties help reduce reliance on axes or legends and improve readability, particularly in dense or compact visualizations.

Axis (Category)

The Category Axis defines the chart’s primary grouping and controls how categories are displayed, ordered, and styled along the axis.

Note
The Axis (Category) property is available only for chart types that use a categorical axis. Charts that rely on the Legend (Series) as their primary grouping—such as pie charts and their variants—do not support a Category Axis.

Value Axis

The Value Axis controls how numeric values are scaled, formatted, and displayed within a chart. It defines the quantitative context used to interpret data points.

Note
The Value Axis is available only for chart types that plot values along a numeric axis. Charts that do not use a numeric axis, or that encode values differently, do not expose Value Axis properties.

Legend

The Legend identifies how data points are grouped and distinguished, most commonly through color. Legends typically appear when a chart includes a secondary grouping and help users interpret grouped or segmented data.

Series

The Series properties allow you to display cumulative totals for grouped charts, providing a background reference that represents the overall magnitude of each group while preserving individual data points.

Note
Series properties are available only for specific grouped chart types and only when a secondary grouping is present. If a chart does not include data bound to the Legend (Series) slot, Series properties are not applicable.

Trellis Columns and Rows

Trellis properties allow you to split a single chart into multiple small charts based on a secondary grouping. This layout enables side-by-side or stacked comparisons while maintaining consistent scales and structure across all panels.

Drill Down

Drill Down allows users to navigate from a high-level view to more detailed data by progressively breaking down values through additional dimensions. This feature enables deeper exploration without requiring multiple separate visualizations.

Understanding Property Availability

If a property does not appear in the Inspector Panel for a given chart, it means that the chart does not support that feature based on its structure or data bindings. Refer to each property’s article for details on supported chart types and configuration requirements.