Activating the Chart Web Part Feature

Before you can add the SharePoint Chart web part to a SharePoint page you need to first ensure that the Chart site collection feature is activated. How to do so is described in the following steps:

!You must be a site collection administrator to complete these steps.

1. Navigate your browser to the top level site of the site collection in question.
2. Click the Settings icon and then choose Site settings.
   
3. Once you are on the Site Settings page, choose Site Collection Features.
4. Now scroll down to where SharePoint Chart Web Part is listed and select Activate. Afterwards the feature entry should look like this: You are now able to add the Chart web part to SharePoint pages.

*If you do not see the Site collection features link under Site Collection Administration, you are probably at a child site within the site collection. Under Site Collection Administration, click Go to top level site settings to navigate to the top of the site collections, and then repeat step 3.

If you navigate back to Site Settings and choose Web Parts from under Web Designer Galleries, you should now see the following three web parts listed: