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# Charts in views

Charts can be embedded within conventional views using the Chart component or the `vdl-chart` tag . Chart data can originate as static, scripted data, or it can be retrieved from model entities.
The range of supported chart types is:

- Bar
- Stacked Bar
- Line
- Scatter
- Pie

This section provides an overview of Charts along with the `vdl-chart` and its related markup. For more, see the VDL 5.8 Reference.

Covered Topics

- Creating Charts
  The simplest chart to create is a bar chart (the default chart type) using provided static data.
- Creating Line Charts, Scatter Plots and Pie Charts with Provided Data
  All the other chart types can be created from variations of the above examples, noting that the respective vdl-chart-series elements will need a type attribute in anything other than a default bar chart, and that only one vdl-chart-series element is permitted for pie charts.
- Using Entity Data in Charts
  To switch to using entity data in charts, replace the data attribute of your vdl-chart-series element with a named array entity attribute:
- Configuring Chart Axes
  The vdl-chart-axis element has several possible attributes:
- Index Filters
  You may wish to create charts using entities that have too many dimensions to render in a 2D chart.
- Charting with Multiple Scenarios
  To create a chart that displays data from more than one scenario, use a scenario attribute on a vdl-chart-series element.

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