# Visualization API

The Visualization API 3.0 provides a unified way to visualize data across the Pentaho suite, including [Analyzer](https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/big-data-integration-analytics/pentaho-business-analytics.html), [PDI](https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/big-data-integration-analytics/pentaho-data-integration.html), and [CDF](https://community.hitachivantara.com/docs/DOC-1009859-cdf-dashboard-framework). This API allows for safe and isolated operation between third party applications, visualizations, and business logic.

The Visualization API 3.0 is built on top of the following Pentaho Platform JavaScript APIs:

* **Data API**

  provides seamless integration with data sources in the Pentaho platform, as well as with other client-side component frameworks.
* **Type API**

  Provides out-of-the-box features such as class inheritance, metadata support, validation, and serialization.
* **Core APIs**

  Provide underlying core features such as localization, theming and services registration, and consumption.

A set of stock visualizations is included to cover the most common chart types. Based on the [CCC](https://community.hitachivantara.com/docs/DOC-1009860-ccc-chart-components) charting library, these stock visualizations are customizable and extensible to fit your organization’s desired look and feel.

If you want to know more about the specifics of how Analyzer integrates with the Visualization API, see [Analyzer and the Visualization API](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-admin/pentaho-developer-center-overview-cp/platform-javascript-apis/broken-reference).

For instructions that guide you through a sample visualization for the Pentaho platform, see the following topics:

* [Create a visualization](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-admin/pentaho-developer-center-overview-cp/platform-javascript-apis/visualization-api-cp/creating-a-visualization-visapi)
* [Deploying a visualization](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-admin/pentaho-developer-center-overview-cp/platform-javascript-apis/visualization-api-cp/deploying-a-visualization-cp-visapi)
* [Configuring a visualization](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-admin/pentaho-developer-center-overview-cp/platform-javascript-apis/visualization-api-cp/configuring-a-visualization-cp-visapi)