A topic is the subject of a chart that a prompt directs ChatGPT to address. A precise topic connects the chart’s scenario, data, and insights so generated titles, annotations, or commentaries reflect the intended context. section 7.3 section 7.3.1
Describe a topic through three complementary aspects:
- Scenario — explain the background and objective of the analysis. section 7.3.1
- Data — summarize the data type, source, manipulations, and relevant patterns in your own words. section 7.3.1
- Insights — state the central patterns, trends, correlations, or relationships discovered through analysis. section 7.3.1
Funding athletic disciplines
A useful topic can describe a team training young athletes, an objective to fund the best two disciplines, and five percentage improvements: Rowing 62.32%, Cycling 57.64%, Sprinting 42.69%, long-distance running 18.31%, and Swimming 12.38%. It can then highlight that Rowing and Cycling exceed the 50% baseline. ChatGPT can use this topic to generate titles or other chart context. section 7.3.1
Figure 7.5 The elements used to describe the topic
Use the topic-description framework to check that a prompt includes scenario, data, and insights before generating chart text. section 7.3.1
Topic design is iterative: generate context, inspect the result, and adjust one or more prompt elements until the output converges on the desired result. section 7.3
