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Heatmaps display data as a grid of colored cells where color intensity represents values, making patterns and correlations easy to spot.

When to use

  • Patterns across two dimensions - Show relationships between two categorical variables
  • Correlation matrices - Display strength of relationships
  • Time-based patterns - Reveal trends across days, weeks or months
  • Large datasets - Summarise many data points visually

Basic example

Data structure

Heatmaps require:
  • First column: Row labels (categorical)
  • Remaining columns: Numeric values for each cell
Each data column becomes a column in the heatmap grid.

Data labels

Show values in each cell: