Sales dashboard

Seven charts from one dataset of sales: columns side by side and stacked, bars, lines, stacked areas, a pie and a doughnut. Charts are vector graphics, so they print sharply at any size, and each is a figure with alternative text for screen readers.

Standards: PDF/A-2b · PDF/UA-1, checked with veraPDF on every change. Download the PDF.

What it shows

• Column, bar, line, area, pie and doughnut charts
• Stacked series, and a series per region with seriesBy
• Value labels, legends and currency formats on the axes
• Charts described for screen readers (PDF/UA-1)

The template

charts.report.yaml

# yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema/template.schema.json
# Charts: columns (side by side and stacked), bars, lines, stacked areas, a pie and a doughnut, drawn as vector
# graphics from one dataset. Each chart is a Figure for screen readers, with alt text. PDF/A-2b and PDF/UA-1.
version: 1
title: Sales dashboard
culture: en-GB

document:
  author: Acme Ltd
  compliance: [pdf-a-2b, pdf-ua-1]

page:
  size: A4
  margins: 16mm

fonts:
  Inter: { regular: fonts/Inter-Regular.ttf, bold: fonts/Inter-Bold.ttf }

styles:
  default: { font: Inter, fontSize: 8.5pt, color: "#1F1F1F" }
  card:    { border: "0.5pt solid #D5D5D5", padding: 8pt }

data:
  sales:
    fields: { Month: date, Region: string, Product: string, Revenue: decimal, Units: int32 }

body:
  dataset: sales
  reportHeader:
    - padding: 0 0 10pt 0
      content:
        - { type: text, value: "Sales dashboard", fontSize: 18pt, fontWeight: bold, tag: h1 }
        - { type: text, value: "January to June 2026, by region and product.", color: "#6B6B6B" }

    - layout: row
      gap: 10pt
      padding: 0 0 10pt 0
      content:
        - type: chart
          style: card
          width: 1fr
          height: 190pt
          dataset: sales
          category: "{Month:MMM}"
          seriesBy: =Region
          series: [ { value: =Revenue } ]
          format: C0
          title: Revenue by month and region
          alt: Column chart of revenue by month for the North, South and West regions.
        - type: chart
          kind: line
          style: card
          width: 1fr
          height: 190pt
          dataset: sales
          category: "{Month:MMM}"
          series:
            - { name: Revenue, value: =Revenue }
            - { name: Target, value: =Revenue * 0.95 }
          format: C0
          title: Revenue against target
          alt: Line chart of monthly revenue against target.

    - layout: row
      gap: 10pt
      padding: 0 0 10pt 0
      content:
        - type: chart
          style: card
          width: 1fr
          height: 190pt
          dataset: sales
          category: "{Month:MMM}"
          seriesBy: =Product
          series: [ { value: =Units } ]
          stacked: true
          labels: true
          title: Units by month and product (stacked)
          alt: Stacked column chart of units sold per month, split by product.
        - type: chart
          kind: bar
          style: card
          width: 1fr
          height: 190pt
          dataset: sales
          sort: [Product]
          category: "{Product}"
          series: [ { name: Revenue, value: =Revenue } ]
          format: C0
          labels: true
          title: Revenue by product
          alt: Bar chart of total revenue per product.

    - layout: row
      gap: 10pt
      content:
        - type: chart
          kind: area
          style: card
          width: 1fr
          height: 180pt
          dataset: sales
          category: "{Month:MMM}"
          seriesBy: =Region
          series: [ { value: =Units } ]
          stacked: true
          title: Units by region (stacked)
          alt: Stacked area chart of units sold per month by region.
        - type: chart
          kind: pie
          style: card
          width: 1fr
          height: 180pt
          dataset: sales
          category: "{Region}"
          series: [ { value: =Revenue } ]
          legend: right
          title: Share of revenue by region
          alt: Pie chart of the share of revenue by region.
        - type: chart
          kind: doughnut
          style: card
          width: 1fr
          height: 180pt
          dataset: sales
          category: "{Product}"
          series: [ { value: =Units, aggregate: sum } ]
          title: Units by product
          alt: Doughnut chart of units sold per product.
  detail: []

Render it yourself

Save the template, put the fonts it names next to it (Inter and the Noto fonts are free, under the SIL Open Font License), and run:

tagua render charts.report.yaml --open

Without a data file, tagua render makes up sample rows from the field types; see Preview as you edit.