DFO Studio turns a question into charts on a canvas, a workspace where you can arrange, save, and share results.

This example asks for an overview of health spending in Kenya and produces a pinned line chart of health spending per person from 2000 to 2023.

The walkthrough takes about ten minutes and uses two of the five queries available without an account. Sign in first if you want to save your canvas or ask more than five queries.

Step 1: Ask a question

Go to /studio, type "Give me a comprehensive overview of health spending in Kenya" in the question box, and click Start. The examples under the box change with each visit, so if this one is among them you can click it instead.

A chat opens next to a blank canvas.

Step 2: Review and approve the plan

For broad questions, Studio suggests a research plan before it fetches any data. The plan appears in the chat as a list of steps, for example "Fetch health spending data for Kenya". Click a step to see the choices behind it, such as which years it will cover and why.

• To change the plan, type your edit in the chat box (for example, "Only the last ten years"). Studio sends back a revised version.
• To go ahead, click Approve Plan.

Step 3: Read the chart

DFO Studio adds a line chart to the canvas. The chat answer names the source and gives the start and end values.

Results vary a little each time. The plan, chart title and wording may differ, but the data is the same.

• Hover over the line to see the value for each year.
• Drag or resize the card to rearrange the canvas.
• Open the ⋮ menu in the card's corner to download the data, share the chart, ask a follow-up, add a note, or remove the card.

Step 4: Pin the card

When you ask a new question, DFO Studio replaces any cards that aren't pinned. To keep the Kenya chart, click the pin icon next to the ⋮ menu.

Try it with a follow-up: How does Kenya compare with Uganda? New cards appear, and your pinned chart stays where you left it.

Next

• Embed a chart: Put a pinned card or the whole canvas into your own web page.
• Share live data or a snapshot explains how to share a canvas or card as a live link, which shows current data, or as a snapshot, which keeps the numbers it had when you made it.