Tablechart
🧭 Overview
The Table Chart is a versatile tool for presenting structured data in rows and columns. It’s ideal for comparing items, displaying detailed records, or creating interactive reports.
📊 Example Use Case
Displaying product or user lists with detailed attributes
Creating comparison tables (e.g. pricing, performance, versions)
Tracking project tasks or tickets with statuses and tags
Surfacing KPIs alongside trends and variations
Building exportable, filterable datasets for reporting
⭐️ Key Features
Tags: Use colored or simple tags to highlight and categorize content effectively.
Images: Embed images directly within rows for a more visual and contextual display.
Clickable URL Links: Include fully interactive links to external resources or internal references.
Readable Text: Ensure clarity and accessibility with clean, legible typography.
Responsive: Optimized layout adapts seamlessly across devices and screen sizes.
Alternated Rows: Improve readability with alternating background colors for table rows.
Interactive Column Widths: Manually resize columns to adjust the view based on content or preference.
Column label: Rename columns directly in the chart editor
Configuration
Learn how to create a tablechart using the new design with this step-by-step guide. Explore the interactive walkthrough below to get started quickly, then dive into the full configuration reference table for in-depth details.
Chart parameters
Text
Displays plain text from a selected dataset column.
Dataset column
Selects the column in the dataset that provides the content for this table field.
Column label
Renames column label directly.
Change date format
You can change the display format by selecting an option from the dropdown. Common D3 formats are suggested. Note: Your column must be in a date format for this option to work.
Show data with quotes
Wraps text content in quotation marks for visual emphasis or formatting clarity.
Value
Displays numeric values from a dataset column.
Add data variation
Enables color or style variations based on value ranges or thresholds.
Image
Embeds images from the dataset directly into table cells.
Image type
Defines how the image is stored (e.g., asset, external).
Image size
Sets the display size for images in the table.
URL Link
Displays clickable links using a URL from the dataset.
Display column
Specifies which dataset column contains the URL.
Tag label
Shows tags (e.g., status, category) with optional colors for better visual categorization.
Tag format*
Shows tags simple- or multi-colored.
Data variation
Automatically applies variations (e.g., color) based on value type or logic.
More column options
Groups column options
Groups different columns together for better readability.
Table
Rows per page
Sets how many rows are visible per page; enables pagination.
More table options
Show totals in last row
Displays total or summary values at the bottom of the table.
Hide table headers
Hides the table’s top row with column titles for a cleaner look.
Hide filter for headers
Removes filter UI elements from the header row.
Make first column sticky
Keeps the first column fixed while horizontally scrolling the table.
Column width
Allows you to adjust the width of the column from the interface.
Style
Alternate row color
Alternates row colors.
* Mandatory parameters
Dataset*
Select the dataset used by the chart
Columns*
Display
Rows Per Page
Allows to increase numbers of rows for each page
Display
Row Color Coding
Apply a color on the full row based on data column
Display
Row Height
In px. Determine the height of rows
Display
Hide Headers
Hide the headers of the table
Display
Hide Search
Remove the possibility to search on unique values
Display
Make First Column Sticky
Make the first column sticky when we scroll horizontally
Display
Size
Define the chart size when having multiple ones
Display
Mobile Size
Define the chart size when having multiple ones on mobile
Display
Compact Rows
Display the rows with a decrease height in order to optimize display. It also compact tags & images
Display
Total Rows
Display a new row that sum columns based on the data type. On numbers, Toucan makes a "sum", on other types, Toucan makes a "count".
Display
Custom CSS Class
Set a custom CSS class to target this specific chart with CSS
Tutorial
Tutorial
Set a tutorial to help your users to understand the chart by giving him an id and a message
Tag
This column type is like a label since each value has a given color. This makes it a great way to visually see patterns and commonalities.
Tag Text
Select the column containing the text to display
Tag Color
Select a column containing values that groups label together. They will be segregated by groups with different series colors.
Column Width
In px. Determine the width of the column.
Date Format
Customize date format when your "Tag text" is a Date.
Use Uniform Color
Deactivate color affectation on tags. Will result with neutral (grey) color.
Group
Display the column as a sub-column in a groups of columns.
Value
This column type is perfect to display numbers.
Value
Select the column containing the value to display
Variation
Select the column containing a meaningful variation (ex: evolution vs. N-1)
Value alignement
Determine whether to align the value on the left, on the center or the right. By default, it's centered.
Column Width
In px. Determine the width of the column.
Display Sentiment
Display the sentiment on the figure if one is configured on the "value" field.
Sentiment Display Type
Choose whether if the sentiment is displayed on the text or on the cell. On the text by default.
Group
Display the column as a sub-column in a groups of columns.
Variation
This column type is perfect to display an evolution.
Variation
Select the column containing a meaningful variation (ex: evolution vs. N-1)
Variation alignement
Determine whether to align the value on the left, on the center or the right. By default, it's centered.
Column Width
In px. Determine the width of the column.
Group
Display the column as a sub-column in a groups of columns.
Comment
This column type is perfect to display long text.
Text
Select the column containing the text to display.
Text alignement
Determine whether to align the value on the left, on the center or the right. By default, it's centered.
Column Width
In px. Determine the width of the column.
Add quotes
If turned off, quotes will disppear.
Group
Display the column as a sub-column in a groups of columns.
Bullet
This column type is useful to display objectives with target within a tablechart.
Value
Select the column containing the value to display
Target
Select the column containing the target to reach
Column Header
Fill the table column header with text.
Overwrite Automatic Sentiment
Select the column to override the default sentiment rules (value over target)
Use Same Scale for All Bars
Enable to use the same scale across all bars within the tablechart. False by default.
Group
Display the column as a sub-column in a groups of columns.
Link
This column type is useful to display and format URLs for interactive tablechart.
URL
Select the column containing URLs
Link Name
Select the column containing a meaningful text for the given URLs
Text alignement
Determine whether to align the text on the left, on the center or the right. By default, it's centered.
Column Width
In px. Determine the width of the column.
Group
Display the column as a sub-column in a groups of columns.
Image
This column type is useful to display images within the tablechart.
Image
Select the column containing image path (either a URL or name of the asset in Toucan)
Image type
Select the type according to the image you want to display. "Asset" is an image hosted in Toucan and "External" is an image hosted on the web, accessible with an URL.
Image Size
Select the display size between "small", "medium" and "large. "Small" by default.
Column Width
In px. Determine the width of the column.
Group
Display the column as a sub-column in a groups of columns.
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