Advanced Reports in Recruiterflow allow you to visualize data through graphs, making it easier to analyze trends, compare performance, and present insights in a more intuitive way.
There are four different graph types available:
Tabular
Line Graph
Vertical Bar Graph
Horizontal Bar Graph
Line Area Graph
Pie Chart
Here is a brief walkthrough of all these five types👇
The Six Graph Types & When to Use Them
1. Tabular View
The Tabular View presents data in a structured table format with rows and columns, providing a detailed breakdown of metrics.
Best Use Cases:
When you need detailed, numerical data that requires precise analysis.
Comparing multiple data points across different categories.
Analyzing individual recruiter performance (e.g., how many candidates each recruiter submitted).
Example:
A recruiting manager wants to compare the number of candidates sourced, submitted, and hired by each recruiter in the last quarter.
2. Line Graph
The Line Graph represents data as a continuous flow of points connected by lines, making it ideal for tracking changes over time.
Best Use Cases:
Identifying trends and patterns over time.
Measuring growth or decline in key metrics.
Analyzing recruiter performance trends, hiring speed, or revenue growth.
Example:
An operations leader wants to see the monthly trend of candidate submissions vs. hires to understand seasonal hiring fluctuations.
3. Vertical Bar Graph
The Vertical Bar Graph (or column chart) displays data with vertical bars, making it effective for side-by-side comparisons between categories.
✅ Best Use Cases:
Comparing performance across different recruiters, clients, or job types.
Identifying top-performing recruiters, companies, or industries.
Measuring hiring efficiency across job stages.
🛠 Example:
A business owner wants to compare revenue generated from different job types (contingent, retained, contract, etc.) in the last year.
4. Horizontal Bar Graph
Similar to a Vertical Bar Graph but with horizontal bars, this format is ideal for presenting ranked or categorical data.
✅ Best Use Cases:
Displaying ranked data in an easy-to-read format.
Showing candidate pipeline movement across job stages.
Analyzing disqualification reasons for candidates in different jobs.
🛠 Example:
A recruiting manager wants to see the calls made by their recruiter every week to track their KPIs.
5. Line Area Graph
Line area graphs are very similar to line graphs, but with the area below the line filled in to show volume and momentum.
✅ Best Use Cases:
Track overall candidate movement over time — from sourcing to hire
Visualize total revenue generated month by month
Measure deal progression through sales stages
🛠 Example:
A recruiting manager wants to track the recruiter activity - emails, notes, etc - on a week-on-week basis.
6. Pie Charts
Pie charts break down a dataset into proportional segments. Each slice of the pie represents a category's contribution to the whole, making it ideal for showing relative distributions.
When to use it:
Use pie charts when you want to:
Highlight percentage-based comparisons
Visualize how candidates are distributed across sources, stages, or outcomes
Give clients or stakeholders a quick, visual summary of parts-to-whole
Example use cases:
% of candidates from each sourcing channel
% of candidates in each disposition (e.g. shortlisted, rejected, hired)
% of hires per recruiter
Pro Tip: Add your Reports to the Dashboard to get a quick overview of all your important metrics.
Choosing the Right Graph for Your Report
Graph Type | Best For | Example Use Case |
Tabular View | Detailed, numerical breakdown | Comparing recruiter submissions vs. hires |
Line Graph | Trends over time | Tracking hiring growth over months |
Vertical Bar Graph | Comparing categories | Comparing revenue by job type |
Horizontal Bar Graph | Ranked data & distributions | Analyzing top candidate disqualification reasons |
Line Area Graph | Growth visualization, volume tracking | Measuring pipeline growth across all recruiters |
Pie Chart | Visualizing proportional breakdowns in a single snapshot | % of hires per recruiter, source distribution, stage spread |
By using the right graph for your Advanced Reports, you can gain deeper insights, present data more effectively, and make informed decisions faster. 🚀
Job Reports: Bar and Pie Chart Rules
Job Reports support Bar and Pie visualizations, but with a few rules specific to job-level data:
Bar (vertical or horizontal)
The x-axis is your Job Selection, optionally grouped by Job, Company, Department, Job Status, Job Role, or a custom field.
The y-axis supports up to 8 KPIs at once, and only metrics that are numbers or money — no text or date metrics.
Applying a Group By turns the chart into a stacked bar.
You can expand a group to drill into individual jobs, but only in Table view — the bar chart itself only shows the grouped level.
Pie
Pie charts group your Job Selection by a single attribute you choose (Segment by) — Company, Department, Status, Job Role, or a custom field. You can only pick one segmentation attribute at a time.
Metrics available for Pie are limited to Funnel, Revenue, and Job State metrics — no Group By within the metric itself, since the segmentation already does that job.
For everything else — which jobs are included, filters, and the metrics framework — see Building an Advanced Job Report: Filters, Group By, and Metrics.