WPS Progress Chart helps you show target completion in a dashboard with bar, semi-ring, or ring styles; this guide covers 4 core tasks, with 4 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 4 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 4 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 0 | Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index |
About This Feature
Overview
Progress Chart is a chart component in WPS Spreadsheet dashboards that displays target completion with percentage-based bar, semi-ring, or ring visuals.
Core capabilities include:
- Add a Progress Chart component to a dashboard.
- Edit, copy, export, or delete an existing chart.
- Configure data source, data range, chart type, target value, current value, and sorting.
- Adjust chart style, including theme color, number format, and decimal places.
This feature is useful for task tracking, target progress reporting, project dashboards, and business metric monitoring. It helps you compare the current value with the target value in a more visual way.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | A Windows device that can run WPS Office normally |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office |
| Network | No mandatory network connection is required for local dashboard editing; internet access is needed for cloud files or online data sync |
| Other | You need an editable WPS dashboard file and permission to configure chart components |
Download & Installation
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Check after installation | Open WPS Office, enter a dashboard, and confirm that Progress Chart is available from the Add Component panel |
Source: WPS download page
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | Progress Chart is a dashboard component for showing completion against a target with bar, semi-ring, or ring styles, plus target/current value, sorting, and style settings. | Microsoft Word supports inserting and editing charts, including chart types, layout, style, titles, labels, legends, and axes, but its official guidance focuses on general document charts. | Google Sheets supports creating and editing charts, changing chart type, data range, titles, legends, gridlines, and chart style for spreadsheet-based visualization. | Notion Chart view can visualize database data with bar, line, donut, and number charts, with grouping, sorting, filtering, labels, and style options. | Adobe Acrobat Sign reports provide charts and exports for agreement completion, trends, and reporting dashboards focused on e-signature activity. |
| WPS Advantages | Advantage: Progress Chart is presented as a dedicated dashboard component for completion tracking. Advantage: It combines target value, current value, chart type, and style settings in one workflow for lightweight progress dashboards. | Compared with WPS: Microsoft documents chart editing well, but the official page does not describe a dedicated dashboard progress-chart component for office dashboards. | Compared with WPS: Google focuses on spreadsheet chart editing and analysis, while WPS presents a more direct dashboard component workflow for progress display. | Compared with WPS: Notion offers flexible database chart views, but its official help notes that free-plan users can try one chart for free, while WPS Progress Chart itself has no membership limit in this feature guide. | Compared with WPS: Adobe charting here is tied to agreement reporting and business analytics rather than a general office dashboard progress component. |
| Official Source | — | Present data in a chart | Add & edit a chart or graph | Chart view | Reports and Data Exports |
Overall Conclusion
If you want to show completion progress directly inside a WPS dashboard, Progress Chart provides a focused setup path for that task. Other products also support charts, but their official documentation emphasizes document charts, spreadsheet analysis, database views, or reporting workflows.
Use Cases
| No. | Scenario | Suitable For | Main Need | How Progress Chart Helps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Task completion tracking | Project managers | Need a quick view of completion percentage | Show current value against target in one chart |
| 2 | Sales target monitoring | Business teams | Need a clear dashboard view of target progress | Set target and current values to visualize progress |
| 3 | Weekly team dashboard | Team leads | Need a more visual summary of multiple KPIs | Use bar or ring styles for key progress indicators |
| 4 | Operations metric monitoring | Operations staff | Need ongoing visibility into changing metrics | Reuse configured charts with data and sorting settings |
| 5 | Report image export | Analysts | Need chart visuals for reports or slides | Copy the chart as an image or export it as an image |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
Progress Chart itself is available without a membership limit in this feature guide. The WPS Office pricing page also shows broader differences between free access and paid plans for general office capabilities.
| Capability | Free Users | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Progress Chart component | Available | Available |
| Basic PDF features | Available | Available with broader feature coverage |
| Cloud storage | 1 GB | Higher cloud storage on paid plans |
| Template downloads | Limited | Broader access |
| Some advanced office features | Depends on the feature | More advanced features are included in paid plans |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Scenario | Recommended Plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| You only need to add and configure Progress Chart in dashboards | Free | This feature itself is available without membership |
| You also need more cloud storage, templates, or broader advanced office features | WPS Premium | A paid plan is more suitable for broader office needs |
How to Subscribe
- WPS membership center: Subscribe now
Source: WPS Office pricing page