What it is
Sunburst Chart renders nested dimensions as concentric arcs sized by a metric. Up to 5 levels, three color modes (By Depth / By Category / Single), configurable inner radius, smart auto-rotated labels with truncation + min-size culling, breadcrumb tooltip with %-of-total, and cross-filter on click.
What it does
Up to 5 nested dimensions as concentric arcs. Color modes (By Depth / By Category / Single), inner radius config, label truncation + min-size cull, breadcrumb tooltip, click cross-filter through ancestors.
Why use it
Treemaps are great; sunbursts are great when the hierarchy itself is the protagonist.
Three ways teams use it
Finance
Sector → industry → company.
Ops
Region → country → city → store.
Engineering
Service → endpoint → status.
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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