Most types of data visualizations today fall into six distinct categories:
Comparison – enables comparison of metrics over time or for one or more dimensions
Composition – describes the makeup of your numbers like pie or bar charts
Distribution – shows how values are distributed by time, value of dimensionality
KPI - Highlights the current status of your metric
Relationships – shows the relationship between metrics such as a scatter plot.
Location – show your data on a map, floor plan, and so on