Table 19. Siebel Analytics Chart Types
Chart Type
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Description
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Area
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Shows trends in values, like line charts, but also shows the relation of parts to the whole and to each other.
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Bar
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Shows counts. Good for comparing differences among like items (such as competing product sales, same product sales over different time periods, or same product sales over different markets).
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Bubble
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Show three variables in two dimensions. Useful when you want to see all three variables on a single set of axes.
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Column
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Same as a bar chart, but the with x and y axes reversed.
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Line
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Connects x-y point values and displays them as lines. Often used to show patterns and trends in data that is ordered by time.
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Pie
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Pie wedges show counts. Good for comparing parts of a whole (such as sales by region or by district).
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Scatter
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Displays x-y values as discrete points, scattered within an x-y grid. Useful when you want to plot data points based on two independent variables.
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