# Radar

Radar charts (also known as spider charts, polar charts, web charts, or star plots) are a way to visualize multivariate data. They are used **to plot one or more groups of values over multiple common variables**.

## The Method To Use <a href="#the-method-to-use" id="the-method-to-use"></a>

The method is `s.plt.radar()`

It must contain the following input variables:

```python
order: int 
names: str
data: Union[str, DataFrame, List[Dict]]
```

And accepts the following input variable as optional:

```python
values: Optional[List[str]]
max_field: Optional[str] 
fill_area: bool
title: Optional[str] 
rows_size: Optional[int]
cols_size: Optional[int] 
padding: Optional[List[int]]
option_modifications: Optional[Dict]
```

## Examples <a href="#examples" id="examples"></a>

### 1. Default Configuration <a href="#id-1.-default-configuration" id="id-1.-default-configuration"></a>

```python
data = [
    {'name': 'Matcha Latte', 'value1': 78, 'value2': 6, 'value3': 85},
    {'name': 'Milk Tea', 'value1': 17, 'value2': 20, 'value3': 63},
    {'name': 'Cheese Cocoa', 'value1': 57, 'value2': 10, 'value3': 95},
    {'name': 'Walnut Brownie', 'value1': 35, 'value2': 71, 'value3': 16},
]

s.plt.radar(
    data=data, names='name',
    order=0, rows_size=2, cols_size=12,
)
```

![The radar in the default configuration.](/files/ZnbIno6ILf001gKKTUgU)

### 2.  Customization And Context

```python
data = [
    {'name': 'Matcha Latte', 'value1': 78, 'value2': 6, 'value3': 85, 'value 4': 25},
    {'name': 'Milk Tea', 'value1': 17, 'value2': 10, 'value3': 63, 'value 4': 35},
    {'name': 'Cheese Cocoa', 'value1': 38, 'value2': 15, 'value3': 65, 'value 4': 45},
    {'name': 'Walnut Brownie', 'value1': 9, 'value2': 71, 'value3': 16, 'value 4': 40},
]

s.plt.radar(
    data=data, names='name',
    order=0, rows_size=3, cols_size=8, fill_area=True,
    padding="0,0,0,1", title='Index for preferred dessert',
)
```

![The radar chart is fully customized. It received a title, note the space before the component using padding='0,0,0,1', and size with rows\_size=3, cols\_size=8.](/files/9felSnESj8v91pzxLYyH)

{% hint style="info" %}

### Featured Content

[Changing the Menu Path](/dev/building-web-app/menu/changing-the-menu-path.md)\
The `menu_path` can be modified.<br>

[Using the Grid](/dev/building-web-app/grid/using-the-grid.md)

It is possible to use any number of rows.
{% endhint %}


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