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

New Tablechart

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.

Legacy Tablechart

* Mandatory parameters

Section	Option	Configuration tutorial
	Dataset*	Select the dataset used by the chart
	Columns*	Cf. next tables for more information on column types (Tag, Value, Variation, Comment, Bullet, Link, Image)
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.

Option	Description
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.

Tip

Always add precision to have a perfect display!

Option	Description
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.

Option	Description
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.

Note

By default, Toucan will place quotes around the comment. In this case, we’ll remove the comments by making sure the ADD QUOTES option is turned off.

Option	Description
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.

Option	Description
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.

Option	Description
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.

Option	Description
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.