ChartKit renders graphics; compliance text stays in your prose.

Pick one symbol per chart; split charts if mixed currencies.

Depends on your PDF toolchain - PNG is the safe default.

Yes - see [charts for Markdown](/charts-for-markdown).

Public URLs work for drafts; institutional use should confirm terms.

Charts for financial reports

Axes should match how finance readers talk: dollars with symbols, large totals as 1.2M, variances as percents. ChartKit formats values at the URL layer.

Formatting knobs that matter

`valueFormat=currency` plus `currencySymbol` handles non-USD tick labels when encoded properly.

`valueFormat=compact` keeps tick text short while you pass full-precision numbers in `s0`.

PNG often partners better with PDF snapshots than SVG - test your exporter.

Parameter cheat sheet: URL parameters.

Use cases

Board decks pasted into Google Slides with a PNG chart per slide.
Monthly PDF shareholder letters compiled from Markdown.
Audit-friendly snapshots where the chart URL is archived next to the source spreadsheet.

Examples

Currency MRR

https://getchartkit.com/api/chart?type=bar&labels=Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr&s0=420000,445000,468000,502000&s0name=MRR&title=Trailing+MRR&valueFormat=currency&currencySymbol=%24&format=png&w=720&h=400

Compact ARR (full numbers in data)

https://getchartkit.com/api/chart?type=line&labels=FY21,FY22,FY23,FY24&s0=12.4,18.9,26.2,33.5&s0name=ARR+M%24&title=ARR&valueFormat=compact&format=svg&w=760&h=420

Percent changes

https://getchartkit.com/api/chart?type=bar&labels=Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4&s0=0.12,-0.03,0.08,0.05&s0name=QoQ&title=Growth+rates&valueFormat=percent&format=svg

Tune currency or compact formatting

Adjust fields and copy URL, HTML, Markdown, or an AI prompt. See the [URL parameters](/docs/url-parameters) reference if you are editing links by hand.

Chart title

Chart type

Labels (comma-separated)

Series 1 name

Series 1 values

Series 2 name (optional)

Series 2 values (optional)

Width

Height

Value format

Currency symbol

Show legend

Format

Preview

Copy

Show snippets

URL

https://getchartkit.com/api/chart?type=bar&labels=Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May&s0=12000,18000,15000,22000,27000&s0name=Revenue&title=Monthly%20Revenue&w=720&h=400&valueFormat=currency&format=png

HTML

Markdown

![Monthly Revenue](https://getchartkit.com/api/chart?type=bar&labels=Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May&s0=12000,18000,15000,22000,27000&s0name=Revenue&title=Monthly%20Revenue&w=720&h=400&valueFormat=currency&format=png)

How it works

Align fiscal labels (`FY24 Q1` etc.) as plain `labels` tokens - no commas inside a single label.
Decide currency vs compact before copying the URL so stakeholders do not misread units.
Archive the exact URL string in revision control footnotes when compliance requires traceability.

Use with ChatGPT or Claude

LLMs summarizing filings should output ChartKit URLs with explicit `valueFormat` to avoid silent defaults.

Tabular pastes: Google Sheets chart generator.

FAQ

GAAP disclaimers?: ChartKit renders graphics; compliance text stays in your prose.
Multi-currency?: Pick one symbol per chart; split charts if mixed currencies.
SVG in PDF?: Depends on your PDF toolchain - PNG is the safe default.
Markdown reports?: Yes - see charts for Markdown.
Free for reports?: Public URLs work for drafts; institutional use should confirm terms.