{"id":18782,"date":"2021-10-27T03:32:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T22:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/?p=18782"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:07:06","slug":"why-you-should-spend-more-time-thinking-about-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/why-you-should-spend-more-time-thinking-about-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Spend More Time Thinking About Charts 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It won\u2019t be too far-fetched to assert that data is running the world right now. Different enterprises, researchers, analysts, and governments are using it for their varied purposes. Data is a commodity that is becoming increasingly valuable because of the outcomes it can help you reach. However, as much data is in demand, there is an equal scarcity of people who correctly understand data and its statistics.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most people who get what the data is talking about have technical backgrounds or regularly work with it. If communicating data insights and statistics is an essential part of what you do, such people aren\u2019t much of a challenge. Your actual hurdle lies in sharing the data with the layman who isn\u2019t as well-versed with data.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since data is becoming an integral part of almost every job description, you must know the art behind communicating data and its insights. Among the various tools you could use, charts and similar visualizations will be the most prominent. To make it easy for you to work with charts, frameworks like FusionCharts try to provide you with an easy interface so you can embed powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/features\/data-plots\">data charts<\/a> within your websites seamlessly.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article argues the importance of charts, how they can potentially make or break your relationship with data, and how they help you share your insights with the world.<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/why-you-should-spend-more-time-thinking-about-charts\/#Why_Are_Charts_Ideal_For_Communicating_Business_Ideas\" title=\"Why Are Charts Ideal For Communicating Business Ideas?\">Why Are Charts Ideal For Communicating Business Ideas?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/why-you-should-spend-more-time-thinking-about-charts\/#How_Does_Paying_Attention_To_Charts_Help_Your_Data_Strategy\" title=\"How Does Paying Attention To Charts Help Your Data Strategy?\">How Does Paying Attention To Charts Help Your Data Strategy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/why-you-should-spend-more-time-thinking-about-charts\/#How_Can_Charts_Improve_Your_Websites_User_Experience\" title=\"How Can Charts Improve Your Website\u2019s User Experience?\">How Can Charts Improve Your Website\u2019s User Experience?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/why-you-should-spend-more-time-thinking-about-charts\/#Why_Should_You_Choose_FusionCharts_To_Make_Charts\" title=\"Why Should You Choose FusionCharts To Make Charts?\">Why Should You Choose FusionCharts To Make Charts?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/why-you-should-spend-more-time-thinking-about-charts\/#How_Does_An_Exemplary_FusionCharts_Implementation_Look\" title=\"How Does An Exemplary FusionCharts Implementation Look?\">How Does An Exemplary FusionCharts Implementation Look?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Are_Charts_Ideal_For_Communicating_Business_Ideas\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why Are Charts Ideal For Communicating Business Ideas?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18786 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/adeolu-eletu-unRkg2jH1j0-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4928\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/adeolu-eletu-unRkg2jH1j0-unsplash.jpg 4928w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/adeolu-eletu-unRkg2jH1j0-unsplash-300x199.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/adeolu-eletu-unRkg2jH1j0-unsplash-768x509.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/adeolu-eletu-unRkg2jH1j0-unsplash-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4928px) 100vw, 4928px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charts are perhaps the most basic form of data visualization and, therefore, the most commonly used ones. Teachers use them to teach concepts to young children to benefit from their visual learning capabilities. Similarly, they convey important ideas and insights about some specific set of data at enterprises and corporations. Charts can package complex data insights and trends into a more visually appealing and intelligible way.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charts are used in a variety of different scenarios. For example, the pandemic witnessed medical officials using endless charts to convey better the implications of not following safety protocols. On the other hand, analysts use charts to help executives understand their progress and inform their decision-making. For such distinct use cases, frameworks like FusionCharts provide pre-made examples which you can use as templates for your data visualization needs.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_Paying_Attention_To_Charts_Help_Your_Data_Strategy\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Does Paying Attention To Charts Help Your Data Strategy?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/myriam-jessier-eveI7MOcSmw-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4078\" height=\"2719\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/myriam-jessier-eveI7MOcSmw-unsplash.jpg 4078w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/myriam-jessier-eveI7MOcSmw-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/myriam-jessier-eveI7MOcSmw-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/myriam-jessier-eveI7MOcSmw-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4078px) 100vw, 4078px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An integral part of data analysis revolves around asking the right questions to help you gain the insights you are seeking. More often than not, analysts are simply looking through raw columns and rows of data to make sense of it and formulate their questions. However, you can utilize charts to get you fundamental insights that inspire more complex questions. Charts can help you affirm your data strategy and whether the analysis holds.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By drawing up simple charts at the start of your analysis, you will better understand the dataset and deal with it. However, charts can also inform your data visualization strategy and help you decide whether they are enough. You may require an assortment of different visualizations beyond charts to communicate insights properly. For such a case, your visualization tool should be able to provide you with a large set of visualizations to choose from, like FusionCharts.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Can_Charts_Improve_Your_Websites_User_Experience\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Can Charts Improve Your Website\u2019s User Experience?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/analytics-charts-graphics-marketing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/analytics-charts-graphics-marketing.jpg 910w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/analytics-charts-graphics-marketing-300x200.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/analytics-charts-graphics-marketing-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Individually sharing data insights through visualizations is a reasonably standard service that most database and spreadsheet software adequately deliver. However, many people want to display their visualizations on a public platform anyone can access, like a website. For such a use case, it becomes crucial to select a visualization that anyone can easily understand, like charts.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With charts, you can give your users a better understanding of the data that you talk about on the website. Integrating charts into your websites will attract more readers than usual, as it seems more inviting than just long blocks of text. By making your charts interactive, you will be amplifying the user experience and ensuring that the reader has gotten sufficiently comfortable with the data you are discussing.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If implemented manually, interactive charts can be challenging to bring to life. However, using a framework like FusionCharts massively reduces the problem. It provides you with a simple interface to control your visualization and configure how it will look. The charts you implement will be interactive and user-friendly too. Additionally, FusionCharts is easily integrable into the majority of popular front-end technologies. <\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Should_You_Choose_FusionCharts_To_Make_Charts\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why Should You Choose FusionCharts To Make Charts?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18789 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylv2zb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylv2zb.jpg 1280w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylv2zb-300x200.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylv2zb-768x512.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylv2zb-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With charts, your data becomes more than just numbers on a spreadsheet or rows and columns in a database. It becomes something you can easily share, explain, and even use to understand itself better. However, it would be best to have the right tool to generate your charts and make them interactive seamlessly. A tool that can help you control the color theme for better visualization and even handle large amounts of data.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With a framework like FusionChart, you get to choose from an expansive collection of more than a hundred different kinds of interactive charts. These include basic ones like the column chart to time-series charts for visualizing big data. Additionally, you can export your personalized charts and dashboards in PDF or through email.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As your data visualization needs and choice of charts may be ever-changing, FusionCharts has a regular update schedule that brings you exciting new visualizations and features. If you need any help with using any charts, you can reach out to FusionCharts and get personalized service. If you are confused with anything, you could use the examples and pre-made charts provided by FusionCharts.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_An_Exemplary_FusionCharts_Implementation_Look\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Does An Exemplary FusionCharts Implementation Look?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylvuzv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylvuzv.jpg 1280w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylvuzv-300x200.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylvuzv-768x512.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smartmockups_kuylvuzv-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the significant advantages of using FusionCharts is integrating your visualizations into your website without technical hassles. It offers robust integrations with all popular front-end development stacks like Angular, Vue, and React. Additionally, you can connect to back-end technologies .NET, Django, and PHP. FusionCharts\u2019 default configurations are based on typical settings, but you can also configure them as per your need.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To show you how simply FusionCharts can integrate into your codebase, you can take a look at the following example. Here, we have used FusionCharts to visualize simple JSON data into a straightforward column graph. The example assumes the front-end technology to be React. <\/span>\r\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">import<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> React, { Component } <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">'react'<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">import<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ReactDOM <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">'react-dom'<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">import<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> FusionCharts <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">'fusioncharts'<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">import<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Charts <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">'fusioncharts\/fusioncharts.charts'<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">import<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ReactFC <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">'react-fusioncharts'<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">import<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> FusionTheme <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">'fusioncharts\/themes\/fusioncharts.theme.fusion'<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ReactFC.fcRoot(FusionCharts, Charts, FusionTheme);<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">const<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> chartConfigs = {<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 type: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">'column2d'<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 width: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">600<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 height: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">400<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 dataFormat: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">'json'<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 dataSource: {<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/* see data tab *\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> },<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">};<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">class<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chart<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">extends<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Component<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> {<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 render () {<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">return<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&lt;ReactFC {...chartConfigs} \/&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 }<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">}<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ReactDOM.render(<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&lt;Chart \/&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 document.getElementById('root'),<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">);<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \"chart\": {<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"caption\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Countries With Most Oil Reserves [2017-18]\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"subCaption\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"In MMbbl = One Million barrels\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"xAxisName\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Country\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"yAxisName\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Reserves (MMbbl)\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"numberSuffix\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"K\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"theme\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"fusion\"<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 },<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \"data\": [<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"label\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Venezuela\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"value\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"290\"<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">},<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"label\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Saudi\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"value\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"260\"<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">},<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"label\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Canada\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"value\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"180\"<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">},<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"label\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Iran\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"value\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"140\"<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">},<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"label\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Russia\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"value\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"115\"<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">},<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"label\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"UAE\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"value\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"100\"<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">},<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"label\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"US\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"value\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"30\"<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">},<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"label\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"China\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"value\": <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"30\"<\/span>\r\n <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">}<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 ]<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">}<\/span><\/pre>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The JSON data that houses the FusionCharts configuration and the data shown is given above. You can specify all the different aspects of naming your chart and its theme through the key-value pairs within the chart key.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ready to share the insights and trends of your data with the world? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Head over to FusionCharts and start making beautiful interactive charts today.<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It won\u2019t be too far-fetched to assert that data is running the world right now. Different enterprises, researchers, analysts, and governments are using it for their varied purposes. Data is a commodity that is becoming increasingly valuable because of the outcomes it can help you reach. 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