Overview
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Type |
Icon |
When to Use |
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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. |
Chart Data Options
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
Horizontal Axis |
This is the category label for the X axis |
Vertical Axis |
Typically a numeric value such as $. An item that you want to measure on your Chart |
Colour |
This option is only available if you have a cross tab data set available and is used to determine the colour applied for cross tab series data. |
Column Chart Tutorial
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Summary
In order to set up a Column Chart you will need:
- Create a report with chart display
- Select a field to use as the Horizontal Axis
- Select a field to use as the Vertical Axis
- Select a field to use as the Colour (if you have decided to create a cross tab report)
- Create your chart, selecting Column as the type
- Provide the Horizontal Axis, Vertical Axis, and Colour options
- Customise the Chart as required
- Proceed to the Output step
- Save your report
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