Chart Wizard — Chart Type

FieldDescription

Chart Type

Select a chart type.

  • Pie—Represents item values as slices of a pie.

  • Bar—Represents an item’s value as the height of a rectangular bar.

  • Area—Highlights an individual item’s significance relative to other items.

  • Line—Highlights trends by drawing connecting lines between data points.

  • Stacked Bar—Graphically highlights an individual item’s comparative significance using rectangular bars.

  • Overlapped Bar—Graphically highlights the contribution of individual items, within categories, to the total value.

  • Floating Bar—Represents an item's values as the height of a rectangular floating bar.

  • Histogram—Displays frequencies of each category from categorical variables.

  • 100% Bar—Graphically highlights a category’s contribution to the total, using rectangular bars.

  • 100% Area—Highlights a category’s contribution to the total.

  • Stacked Area—Highlights an individual item’s significance to a total using enclosed polygons.

  • High Low Close—Represents high, low, and final values of an individual item over time.

  • Combo—Combines two types of charts. (Pie, Radar, and Area Radar charts do not support multiple data views.

  • XY-Scatter-PlotCompares pairs of values.

  • Bubble—Compares sets of three values. Like a scatter chart with the third value displayed as the size of the bubble marker.

  • Radar—Plots data as a function of distance from a central point.

  • Polar—Specify points as an angle and a distance from the origin. Often used for scientific purposes.

  • Candle Stick—A type of Hi-Lo-Open-Close chart that draws four series together as a candle bar.

  • Area Radar—Similar to Radar charts except that the are between the origin and the points is filled.

Chart SubType

Optional: Select a chart sub-type.

When you select a chart type, the available chart sub-types are displayed. Click a sub-type to select it. For example, a valid sub-type for a bar chart is a bar chart with a 3D visual effect.

Multi-Charts Option

If you are creating more than one chart, select the type of chart to use for the first and the second chart. For example, you could create a Line chart over a Bar chart, or a Hi-Low chart over a Bar chart. If combo is not selected as the chart type, the Multi-Charts Option is disabled.