> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://wiki.latch.bio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Plotting Overview

> Create interactive and customizable plots.

Plots can be created within a plotting layout. To create a plot:

<video autoPlay muted loop playsInline className="w-full aspect-video" class="rounded-md">
  <source src="https://mintcdn.com/latchbio/rZf7ybfryGn4thLo/images/plots/plotting/plotting-general-opti.mp4?fit=max&auto=format&n=rZf7ybfryGn4thLo&q=85&s=c43bcc77a04363423778009e5b62d840" data-path="images/plots/plotting/plotting-general-opti.mp4" />
</video>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Click + Plot in the layout" />

  <Step title="Select a data source">
    You can plot from another dataframe in your layout, a CSV, TSV or Excel file in your Latch Data, or a Latch Registry Table
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select the plot type">
    We support:

    * Line
    * Scatter
    * Volcano
    * Heatmap
    * Bar
    * Scatter Bar
    * Box
    * Violin
  </Step>

  <Step title="Finally select the axis columns" />
</Steps>