Visualizations in Sigma

Overview

Learn to build and customize Sigma charts to tell clear, compelling data stories—no coding required.

Get ready to advance your data storytelling skills with Visualizations in Sigma course. In this course, you’ll learn how to create and customize a wide variety of visualizations in Sigma. We will explore line, area, pie, donut, KPI, gauge, and combo charts, and discover when each works best to align your different analytical goals.

You’ll practice customizing axes, labels, tooltips, colors, and legends, and learn how to use trellising, multiple y-axes, and the aggregate data feature for deeper analysis.

By the end of this course, you’ll know how to select the right visualization for your data, format it effectively, and combine visuals into dashboards that communicate insights beautifully. No code, no complexity—just hands-on, practical skills to help you tell your data story with confidence in Sigma.

Syllabus

Beyond the Bar Chart

In this chapter, you’ll go beyond basic bar charts to explore advanced ways of visualizing trends and comparisons in Sigma. You’ll learn to build and format line and area charts, customize visuals with colors and labels, and use combo charts with multiple axes to simplify complex data.

Pie Charts and Small Multiples

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to visualize part-to-whole relationships and compare categories across multiple dimensions using Sigma. You’ll build and customize pie and donut charts, and create multi-faceted views by trellising on one or two values. This will help you turn complex datasets into organized grids of small multiples, making it easier to highlight proportions, patterns, and relationships in your data.

KPI and Gauge Charts

In this chapter, you’ll create and customize KPI and Gauge charts in Sigma to track business performance. You’ll build KPI charts with key metrics, timelines, and comparisons, and explore how Gauge charts show progress toward targets. You’ll configure their components, adjust ranges, and apply custom formatting to make performance indicators clear and visually impactful.