Build Charts & Tables in Explore

Quick Answer: In Explore, you build by chatting with Mo — ask for the metrics you want and Mo places charts and tables on your canvas. Refine by asking for changes ("switch to a line chart", "add a total row"), then fine-tune tables directly with sorting, grouping, and column formatting.

How Building Works

When you start a build, Mo opens next to your canvas. Everything on the canvas comes from the conversation:

Ask for what you want — "Revenue and units by channel, monthly, for the last 12 months"
Mo places assets on the canvas — typically a headline number or two, a few charts, and a detailed table
Refine conversationally — "Make the revenue chart stacked by channel", "Rename that card to Q3 Review", "Drop the Amazon channel"

Each chart or table is its own card on the canvas, with its own actions.

What Mo Can Build

Charts

Ask for any of these by name, or just describe the comparison you want and let Mo choose:

Line charts — trends over time, including stepped and dotted variants
Area charts — volume over time, including stacked and 100%-stacked (share-of-total) views
Bar charts — grouped, stacked, or horizontal comparisons, plus variance charts that color positive and negative values automatically
Pie and donut charts — composition breakdowns
KPI tiles — a single headline number with an optional comparison, like "vs last month"

Charts support currency, percent, and number formatting, and you can ask Mo to add up to three labeled reference lines — useful for targets and thresholds.

Tables

Tables in Explore are fully interactive data grids, not static outputs:

Sort and filter any column
Resize columns by dragging
Group rows — drag a column into the grouping bar to roll up values with sums, averages, counts, and more
Format columns — see below
Download CSV — export the table's rows with the download icon

Large tables load progressively as you scroll, so even very long result sets stay responsive.

Formatting Table Columns

Every table column has a gear menu for fine-grained formatting:

Hover the column header and click the gear icon
Choose a format under Format as — Auto, None (raw), Number, Currency, Percent, Date, Date + time, or Boolean
Adjust the options for your chosen format — currency code, decimal places, or a Compact toggle for values like "1.2k" and "3.4M"
Optionally set:
- Pin column — keep the column fixed to the left or right while scrolling
- Conditional formatting — color values red, yellow, or green based on rules (greater than, less than, between, and more)
Click Apply

Use Reset to auto to return to Moselle's automatic formatting, or Clear to remove formatting entirely. You can also just ask Mo — "format the revenue column as USD with no decimals" works too.

Card Actions

Each card on the canvas has action icons in its header:

Action

What it does

Move up / Move down

Reorder the card on the canvas

Delete

Remove the card from the scratchpad

Save to report

Pin the card to a report so it's kept and shareable

Download CSV (tables only)

Export the table's data as a CSV file

Tips for Better Builds

Name the time range — "last 8 weeks", "this year vs last year" — so Mo doesn't have to guess
Say how you want it broken down — by channel, by SKU, by product type, by month
Ask for the chart type you're picturing — "as a stacked bar chart", "as a KPI tile with last month comparison"
Tag a dataset on the landing page if you want Mo to use a specific source
Build in passes — get the main view first, then refine formatting and details

Frequently Asked Questions

What if Mo builds a table when I wanted a chart?

Answer: Just ask — "show that as a line chart instead." Mo replaces or adds the asset on the canvas.

Can I change a chart's colors or format directly?

Answer: Chart changes go through Mo — ask for the palette, format, or chart type you want. Tables are the exception: their column formatting menu is directly editable.

Do canvas assets update automatically?

Answer: Assets re-run against live data each time you open the scratchpad, so the numbers stay current without rebuilding.

Troubleshooting Common Issues

Problem

Solution

Time to Fix

"Couldn't load table data" appears on a card

Click Try again on the card; if it persists, ask Mo to rebuild the asset

1 minute

A dataset you expect isn't listed

Data may still be syncing from your integration — check back later or contact support

Varies

The canvas is empty after a build

Mo may still be working — look for "Mo is building your report" and give it a moment