Visualizations fall into two categories, static and interactive. Static visualizations are simply pictures that do not include controls or manipulation capabilities for the viewer. Conversely, an interactive visualization allows the viewer to manipulate data views, cause events, and otherwise have a dynamic interaction with the visualization.
A static chart is a snapshot view of data. The viewer cannot manipulate the chart, other than viewing details through simple mouse-over windows. Chart types that generally fall into the Static category are as follows:
Line charts
Pie charts
Bar graphs
Candlestick charts
Geography maps and charts
Scatter plots
Basic tables
Tree maps
Organizational charts
However, note that Static charts may be transformed into Interactive charts by adding dashboard controls, which is a topic covered in detail in Chapter 7, Dashboards, Controls, and Events.