Plotting

Create charts when they make the analysis easier to understand or when the user requests a report/presentation artifact.

First goal: create a useful local plot artifact from a bounded query result. Do not turn a plotting request into a dashboard, presentation builder, or broad report unless the user explicitly asks for that.

When to plot

Plot for:

• time-series trends
• before/after comparisons
• segment comparisons
• distributions and percentiles
• funnels
• presentation/report assets

Avoid plotting when the metric definition or query is still uncertain unless the chart is clearly labeled exploratory.