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table-as-chart
Formatted table with visual cues — heatmap cells, sparklines, bars.
Tables with embedded visual encoding: cell colour by value, mini bars or sparklines per row. Bridges between "we need exact numbers" and "show me the pattern".
When to use
When readers need exact values AND a visual pattern (financial reports, league tables).
When NOT to use
Pure data dump (use a real table) or pure visual story (use a real chart).
Rhetorical roles
- compare
- rank
Variants & related
Required primitives
- has_data_labels
Optional primitives
- has_legend
Common anti-patterns
- chart-as-table
Disambiguation rules
- Table layout (rows of values) with at least one visual encoding (cell colour, mini-chart).
- If purely numeric without visual cues, should_be_kind=table.