Grouped comparison bars
Pipeline coverage is ahead of last year but below target in two regions
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The enterprise pipeline is currently at 3.4x in North America, 2.6x in DACH, 2.2x in CEE, 3.1x in UKI, 2.8x in France, and 3.6x in Nordics, with targets at 3.0x for all regions, and last year's values were 2.8x, 2.4x, 1.9x, 2.7x, 2.5x, and 3.2x respectively, indicating that CEE and DACH are below the target and need late-stage acceleration before September close.
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curl -X POST https://api.slideforge.dev/v1/render/auto \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sf_live_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "brief": "The enterprise pipeline is currently at 3.4x in North America, 2.6x in DACH, 2.2x in CEE, 3.1x in UKI, 2.8x in France, a" }'Structured intent (this template)
{
"pattern": "bar_rank_chart",
"title": "Enterprise pipeline is ahead of last year but still below Q3 coverage target in two regions",
"subtitle": "Pipeline coverage by region (x target)",
"variant": "grouped_comparison_bar",
"unit": "x",
"legend": [
"Actual Q3",
"Target",
"Last year"
],
"categories": [
{
"label": "North America",
"series": [
{
"label": "Actual Q3",
"value": 3.4,
"display": "3.4x"
},
{
"label": "Target",
"value": 3,
"display": "3.0x"
},
{
"label": "Last year",
"value": 2.8,
"display": "2.8x"
}
]
},
{
"label": "DACH",
"tone": "warn",
"status_label": "At risk",
"series": [
{
"label": "Actual Q3",
"value": 2.6,
"display": "2.6x"
},
{
"label": "Target",
"value": 3,
"display": "3.0x"
},
{
"label": "Last year",
"value": 2.4,
"display": "2.4x"
}
]
},
{
"label": "CEE",
"tone": "bad",
"status_label": "At risk",
"series": [
{
"label": "Actual Q3",
"value": 2.2,
"display": "2.2x"
},
{
"label": "Target",
"value": 3,
"display": "3.0x"
},
{
"label": "Last year",
"value": 1.9,
"display": "1.9x"
}
]
},
{
"label": "UKI",
"series": [
{
"label": "Actual Q3",
"value": 3.1,
"display": "3.1x"
},
{
"label": "Target",
"value": 3,
"display": "3.0x"
},
{
"label": "Last year",
"value": 2.7,
"display": "2.7x"
}
]
},
{
"label": "France",
"series": [
{
"label": "Actual Q3",
"value": 2.8,
"display": "2.8x"
},
{
"label": "Target",
"value": 3,
"display": "3.0x"
},
{
"label": "Last year",
"value": 2.5,
"display": "2.5x"
}
]
},
{
"label": "Nordics",
"series": [
{
"label": "Actual Q3",
"value": 3.6,
"display": "3.6x"
},
{
"label": "Target",
"value": 3,
"display": "3.0x"
},
{
"label": "Last year",
"value": 3.2,
"display": "3.2x"
}
]
}
],
"caution": "CEE and DACH need late-stage acceleration before September close.",
"source_note": "CRM pipeline snapshot, 3 June 2026",
"takeaway": "Coverage is improving YoY, but CEE and DACH remain below the 3.0x target."
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