You want to emphasize the magnitude of change over time. Use an area chart to show how much the value of a measure changes over time.
Stacked Area
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You want to emphasise the magnitude of change over time, while comparing multiple categories.
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Bar Charts
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Horizontal Bar
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You want to highlight values for easy comparison and plot your numbers horizontally. Use a bar chart to place less emphasis on time and focus on comparing values.
3D Horizontal Bar
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Similar to the horizontal bar chart, but in three a dimensional form.
Stacked Horizontal Bar
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Categorical data, grouped or stacked to assist comparison. Use when part-to-whole comparison is important.
Horizontal Cylinder
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Similar to the horizontal bar, but having chart components shown in cylindrical form.
Proportional Bar
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Displays how close values in different categories came to the highest category value.
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Column Charts
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Vertical Column
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You want to highlight values for easy comparison and plot your numbers vertically. Use a column chart to place less emphasis on time and focus on comparing values.
3D Vertical Bar
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Similar to the vertical bar chart, but in three dimensional form.
Stacked Vertical Bar
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Also referred to as stacked column charts and used when part-to-whole comparison is important.
Cylinder
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Similar to the vertical bar, but having chart components shown in cylindrical form.
3D Stacked Vertical Bar
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Similar to the 3d stacked vertical bar chart, but in three dimensional form.
Layered
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Compares the contribution of each value to a total across categories.
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Combination Charts
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Combination Charts
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Combination charts, in effect, superimpose one chart type above or below another. Use to improve clarity and highlight relationships between data sets.
Overlay Chart
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Use the line chart to emphasize a trend and bars to emphasize specific values. Line/Bar combinations may work better by de-emphasizing bars through the use of subtle colours.
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Financial Charts
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Financial Line
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Use this chart to display a trading value with a subchart displaying volume.
High Low
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Shows daily high, low, opening and closing values with tick positions corresponding to opening and closing values.
Candlestick
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Shows daily high, low, opening and closing values with different colour bars depending on the daily direction.
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Line Charts
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Line
You want to view trends over time by plotting data at points connected by lines. Use a line chart to plot many metrics.
3D Line
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Similar to the line chart, but in three-dimensional form.
Z Chart
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Trends over a short period of time; displaying the data, accumulative total, and moving total.
Stepped Line
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A line chart where movement is shown in steps rather than straight lines.
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Maps
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Image Maps
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If you do not have GIS defined columns you can use the Image Maps to create heat maps - these are a good way to display metrics with a spatial element such as Revenue by State or Country You will only be able to render maps for which an image map has been defined.
Google Maps
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Google Maps allow you to render location data points onto a Google map which will be displayed as a Yellowfin Chart - along with associated Google map widgets. You will have to have a Google Map Key to use this type of chart
GIS Maps
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GIS Maps allow the rendering of complex GIS polygons. These can be used to render spatial reports on the fly based on the GIS data available in a report.
GIS Bubble Map
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A bubble map in which bubble positions are specified by GIS points.
GIS Heat Map
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A heat map where colours representing GIS points are blended based on intensity.
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Meter Charts
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Meter
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You want to measure the rate of change of a measure against pre-defined targets. Useful for dashboard reporting.
Thermometer
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Vertical representation of the meter chart, indicating a range of qualitative indicators.
Dial
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Used to communicate key performance indicators.
Numeric Display
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Shows the value of a metric on a digital display.
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Pie Charts
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Pie
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You want to show the relationship of parts to the whole. Use a pie chart to highlight proportions rather than actual values. If it is important to show actual values in the chart, avoid using the pie chart type.
3D Pie
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Similar to the pie chart, but in three a dimensional form.
Multi Pie
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Used to highlight individual component sizes in a system of multiple components.
Ring
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Similar to the pie chart, but in a circular ring form.
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Special Purpose Charts
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Funnel
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Used to show the status of stages in a process.
Radar
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You want to compare data by integrating multiple axes into a single radial figure.
Waterfall
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Waterfall charts are a special type of Floating Column Chart. A typical waterfall chart shows how an initial value is increased and decreased by a series of intermediate values, leading to a final value.
Event
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Maps the occurrence of events against the values of a numeric data set over time.
Week Density
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Shows the density of occurrences based on hour relative to other densities on the same day of the week.
Trellis
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A segmented chart for which the behaviour is determined by the data selected.
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Statistical Charts
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Bubble
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Can be used with categorical, sequential or time-series data. Bubble size and location combine to effectively display 3-D data on a 2-D chart. Bubble charts can also be displayed in quadrants, allowing for negative X and Y values.
Scatter
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A scatter plot (points not joined) chart that allows the charting of 2 related attribute series. Can only be used if the data series are related. Useful for seeing trends in data that is not linear.
Histogram
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Shows the number of times a given value occurs in the dataset.
Box & Whisker
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A chart which gives a quick overview of series of values and their statistical properties.
