# Configure dashboards > Chart editor (addon-reports)

## Description

<p class="callout success">On this **Chart editor** screen, you can create charts from the datasets created on the Datasets edtior screen.</p>

<p class="callout info">This chats will be used in the Dashboard editor screen.</p>

## Screen overview

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/ytyzaKN33evVPSKs-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/ytyzaKN33evVPSKs-image.png)

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/QlhWJKPpS7XqMWfU-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/QlhWJKPpS7XqMWfU-image.png)

## Related objects

- [Dashboard editor](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-4-reference-guide/page/configure-dashboards-dashboard-editor-addon-reports "Configure dashboards > Dashboard editor (addon-reports)") : to create and manage dashboards
- [Chart editor](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-4-reference-guide/page/configure-dashboards-chart-editor-addon-reports "Configure dashboards > Chart editor (addon-reports)") : to manage charts to be used in the dashboard editor
- [Dataset editor](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-4-reference-guide/page/configure-dashboards-dataset-editor-addon-reports "Configure dashboards > Dataset editor (addon-reports)") : to manage datasets to be used in the chart editor
- [Dashboards](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-4-reference-guide/page/dashboards-addon-reports "Dashboards (addon-reports)") : where the dashboards created in the dashboard editor are displayed

## Standard attributes

- **Name**: name of the chart
- **Description**: description of the chart
- **Type**: type of the chart 
    - Line [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/Nv2mTkDLRWmCot3G-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/Nv2mTkDLRWmCot3G-image.png)
    - Stacked area [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/zrvHk1FxV6zj7hBv-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/zrvHk1FxV6zj7hBv-image.png)
    - Bar [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/fa9L0d5IZhvtj0dF-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/fa9L0d5IZhvtj0dF-image.png)
    - Area [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/R3000L6059kgf8wz-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/R3000L6059kgf8wz-image.png)
    - Pie [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/ANQgMBf64ZjpzJrR-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/ANQgMBf64ZjpzJrR-image.png)
    - Doughnut [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/Qa0MmiQxhEmLcmOi-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/Qa0MmiQxhEmLcmOi-image.png)
    - World map [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/tPk5oWiMSxNKj70x-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/tPk5oWiMSxNKj70x-image.png)
    - Custom : to configure it
- **Definition** (only when type custom is selected): to configure a custom dashboard
- **SQL sentence**: SQL sentence to retrieve the dataset from the Soffid database
- **Refresh interval in seconds**<span class="colon">: refresh interval in seconds to refresh the database</span>
- <span class="colon">**Updated on**: date of the last update</span>
- <span class="colon">**Updated by**: user or the last update</span>

## Actions

#### Table actions

<table id="bkmrk-query-allows-to-sear-0" style="width: 81.6667%; height: 89.6355px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29.8785px;"><td style="width: 20.97%; height: 29.8785px;">**Add new**</td><td style="width: 78.8564%; height: 29.8785px;">Allows you to create a new chart.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8785px;"><td style="width: 20.97%; height: 29.8785px;">**Delete**</td><td style="width: 78.8564%; height: 29.8785px;">Allows you to delete all charts selected with the checkbox in the first column.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8785px;"><td style="width: 20.97%; height: 29.8785px;">**Download CSV file**</td><td style="width: 78.8564%; height: 29.8785px;">Allows you to download a CSV file with the chart data.</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Dataset actions

<table id="bkmrk-apply-changes-%28disk-"><tbody><tr><td>**Apply changes (disk icon)**</td><td>Allows you to save the updates of the chart.</td></tr><tr><td>**Delete**</td><td>Allows you to delete the chart</td></tr><tr><td>**Expand all**</td><td>Displays all the attributes of the different blocks.</td></tr><tr><td>**Collapse all**</td><td>Hide all attributes of the different blocks.</td></tr><tr><td>**"Types of views"**</td><td>Change the view type: Classic view, Modern view, Compact design.</td></tr><tr><td>**Delete**</td><td>Allows you to delete all datasets selected with the checkbox in the first column.</td></tr><tr><td>**Add new**</td><td>Allows you to add a new dataset to the chart.</td></tr><tr><td>**Undo**</td><td>Allows you to quit without applying any changes. </td></tr><tr><td>**Apply changes**</td><td>Allows you to save the updates of the group.</td></tr></tbody></table>