Area Graphs

An area graph is a graph in which data is represented as a filled-in area.

Standard use of an area graph

Use area graphs to show the following aspects of data:

Available varieties of area graphs

The following types of area graphs are available:

These types can also have the following axis arrangements:

The following table shows which of the axis arrangements are available for the different area graph types.

Single Y Axis

Split Dual Y-Axis

Absolute:AREA_VERT_ABS

Absolute:AREA_VERT_ABS_SPLIT2Y

Stacked:AREA_VERT_STACK

Stacked:AREA_VERT_STACK_SPLIT2Y

Percentage:AREA_VERT_PERCENT

NA

Graph properties for area graphs

The DepthRadius and DepthAngle properties of the Graph object together specify whether an area graph appears to have depth.

Data structure of an area graph

The following figure shows the data structure of a stacked area graph.

Example of an area graph

The structure of an area graph is as follows:

Data guidelines for area graphs

Area graph data has the following guidelines:

Handling Problems in Graph Data
Specifying Data for a Graph
Example: Setting JDBC Data on a Simple Graph
Example: Setting Data from a File on a Simple Graph