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ChatGPT: choose a chart that answers a specific question
State the business question, units and time range. Provide a small data table and identify whether values are counts, amounts or percentages.
Environment and inputs: ChatGPT user guide · Feature and source access depend on the active account, app and organization settings. Optional file or app steps have a text-excerpt fallback. No fixed model version, price or usage quota is assumed.
What you will make
A practical ChatGPT guide to choose a chart that answers a specific question. Use the sample input and prompt, then check the result. Use a fictional small-office IT team as the practice setting. Keep the approved facts in a clearly labeled source block.
Prepare the source and scope
State the business question, units and time range. Provide a small data table and identify whether values are counts, amounts or percentages. Open the ChatGPT app or website and start a focused conversation for this exercise.
Try this prompt
In ChatGPT, provide the prepared input, then send the following request. For real work, replace fictional details with approved facts.
Recommend a chart to compare monthly completed tickets with backlog. Explain the axes, units and aggregation. Give the data table a reviewer should use to reproduce it.Review the result
Check that flows and remaining stock are not added together and that the axis labels match the original units. Record each correction and its supporting source.
If the answer is wrong or incomplete
An attractive chart can imply a trend from incomplete months. Label partial periods and avoid unsupported causal explanations. For recurring work, keep the active source list with the project brief; for a one-off task, supply just the relevant excerpt.
Practice and completion check
Repeat with one incomplete input. Check the answer against the review criteria, remove unsupported claims and save the prompt with its source version. This workflow has not been verified in a customer deployment.