# @subtitle

## Quick Reference

```sql
-- @subtitle: Sales over time grouped by month
```

## Valid Types

`String`

A short sentence string that describes the chart.

## Full Example

```sql
-- @title: Auto Heatmap
-- @subtitle: An example auto generated heatmap comparing two categories
SELECT
Owner,
Channel,
count(*) as Sales
FROM Sales
WHERE Sales.Status = 'Won'
GROUP BY Owner, Channel
```

## Use Cases

Use a subtitle when the title is insufficient to convery the purpose of the chart, and you want to add a short description. Subtitles are used in various places in the ChartSQL UI

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/vFvwS6wdDyDgm0ho0guR" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example of a subtitle in the file list</p></figcaption></figure></div>


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```

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