A Radar Plot, also known as a Spider Chart, is commonly used to display multivariate data in a way that allows for easy comparison across multiple categories, and is particularly useful for performance analysis, decision-making, and visualizing strengths and weaknesses in various domains. This example visualizes budgeted vs. actual spending across multiple business departments, including Sales, Marketing, Development, Customer Support, IT, and Administration.
Industry Focus: Business, Education, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare, IT, Manufacturing
Graph Features: Radar, Radial
Instructions
To use this template in Grapher:
- For the best experience, structure your data in the same format shown on this page or use the example files if provided above.
- Click Download Template at the top of this page to download a GRT template file.
- In Grapher, click File | Open and open the file.
- Click Template | Populate Template to load your own data into the template.
Data Layout

Primary Categories: Comparison, Multidimensional, Proportional
Industry Focuses: Business, Education, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare, IT, Manufacturing
Type: Radar, Radial