What it is
Story Flow / Narrative draws character or thread lines across a time axis, bending them together at shared events. Inspired by the storyline charts of Tufte and Munzner — perfect for project histories, character relationships, and incident reconstruction.
What it does
One smooth line per character/thread across a time axis, lines converge at shared events, with tooltips on each event.
Why use it
Project history and character interaction are inherently flowing — story flow respects that geometry.
Three ways teams use it
Incident response
Engineers and services through an incident timeline.
Media
Characters across episodes.
PMO
Workstreams meeting at shared milestones.
Add it in 30 seconds
- Open your Data Studio report and click Add a chart → Community visualizations → Explore more.
- Paste the Viz Studio manifest URL or pick this chart from the Viz Studio gallery card.
- Bind the dimensions and metrics in the data panel — done.
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