Data Presentation Basics
The Dashboard Viewer is used to present dashboards in Windows Forms applications. A wide range of dashboard items are used to display visual or textual information.
| Dashboard Item | Image | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Chart | ![]()  | 
Displays data graphically using bars, lines, points, etc. | 
| Scatter Chart | ![]()  | 
Visualizes relationships between numeric variables. | 
| Grid | ![]()  | 
Presents data in tabular form. | 
| Pies | ![]()  | 
Displays a series of pies or donuts that represent the contribution of each value to the total. | 
| Cards | ![]()  | 
Displays a series of cards, each illustrating the difference between two values. | 
| Gauges | ![]()  | 
Visualizes data within a series of gauges. | 
| Pivot | ![]()  | 
Displays cross-tabular reports and allows you to analyze multi-dimensional data. | 
| Choropleth Map | ![]()  | 
Colorizes areas in proportion to the provided values. | 
| Geo Point Map | ![]()  | 
Displays callouts on the map using geographical coordinates. | 
| Bubble Map | ![]()  | 
Displays bubbles on the map using geographical coordinates. | 
| Pie Map | ![]()  | 
Places pies on the map using geographical coordinates. | 
| Range Filter | ![]()  | 
Allows you to apply filtering by dragging selection thumbs along the argument axis. | 
| Images | ![]()  | 
Displays images. | 
| Text Box | ![]()  | 
Displays rich text within a dashboard. | 
| Treemap | ![]()  | 
Visualizes data in nested rectangles. | 
| Combo Box | ![]()  | 
Allows you to select a value(s) from the drop-down list. | 
| List Box | ![]()  | 
Allows you to select a value(s) from the list. | 
| Tree View | ![]()  | 
Displays values in a hierarchical way and allows you to filter other dashboard items by selecting parent/child values. | 
The Dashboard Viewer enables interaction between various dashboard items. These features include Master Filtering and Drill-Down.
To learn more about the dashboard layout, see the Dashboard Layout topic.

















