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# Heat Map chart
Heat Map Chart, or Heatmap is a two-dimensional visual representation of data, where values are encoded in colors, delivering a convenient, insightful view of information.
Essentially, this chart type is a data table with rows and columns denoting different sets of categories. Each cell in the table can contain a numerical or logical value that determines the cell color based on a given color palette.
**Best Situations to Use a Heat Map chart: **
Funnel charts are suitable for displaying sales conversation data.
**Examples:**
* To evaluate the success of a promotional campaign
* To analyze the recruitment process
## **Properties**
### **General Settings**
* **Exclude Global Filter**: The view gets excluded from the Global Filter condition by putting a checkmark in the box.
* **Animation**: Chart animation is a technique used to enhance the visual appeal of a chart by adding movement and transition effects.
* **Base Type**: This option will give the visual appeal of a chart by adding some color gradients to the cells.
* Plain
* Gradient 1
* Gradient 2
* Gradient 3
* **Opacity:** Opacity is a property of an object's style that determines its level of transparency. It is typically represented as a value between 0 and 1, with 0 being completely transparent and 1 being completely opaque.
* **Show Text on Cell**: Data label gets displayed by using a checkmark in the given box,\
its always show in the cell.
* Text Color: Select the text color.
* Text Font Size: Set the Font Size of the text displayed in the cell.
* **Show Legend**: By enabling this option Legend gets displayed.
* **Frequency Bar:** By enabling this option the Frequency Bar gets displayed on the right side of the chart.
### Category Axis
* **Title**: Provide a title for the axis
* **Axis Labe**l: Enable the Category Axis label by putting a checkmark in the box.
* **Label Angle**: Select a display angle for the axis label.
### **Value Axis**
* **Title:** Provide a title for the Primary Value Axis.
* **Axis Label**: Enable the Primary Value Axis label by putting a checkmark in the box.
* **Format Type**: Select a desired format type from the drop-down menu (the provided options for this field are: None, Auto, Percent, Thousand, Lacs, Crore, Million).
* **Currency Type**: Select a currency symbol to be displayed in the view (the provided options for this field are: None, Euro, Rupees, Pound, USD, Yen, Cent).
* **Precision**: Set the after-decimal value (It displays up to 5 precision)
### **Insights**
* **Text:** *Provide any information regarding the chart. If any digit or character is required to be highlighted, put it inside two asterisks. (E.g., \*70%\* or \*skills\*).*
* **Text align:** There are three alignments to align the text.
* Left
* Right
* Centre
* **Position:** There are two options to position the text.
* Bottom
* Right
