Overview
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Type |
Icon |
When to Use |
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Horizontal Bar |
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. |
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3D Horizontal Bar |
Similar to the horizontal bar chart, but in three a dimensional form. |
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Stacked Horizontal Bar |
Categorical data, grouped or stacked to assist comparison. Use when part-to-whole comparison is important. |
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Horizontal Cylinder |
Similar to the horizontal bar, but having chart components shown in cylindrical form. |
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Proportional Bar |
Displays how close values in different categories came to the highest category value. |
Chart Data Options
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Bar Chart Tutorial
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1. Click on the Create link and select Report to begin building your report.
2. You should now be on the Initialise Report page. Select the Drag and Drop Builder as the build tool.
5. You should now be on the Step 1. Report Data page. To start with, set the Output Options to Chart Only by selecting it in the Report Options section on the right. This will ensure that the information appears as a chart.
6. Now you need to add metrics to your report. Click on the next to the Time category to expand it.
7. Drag and drop the Year field into the Columns area.
8. Now expand the Athlete Payment category and drag and drop the Invoice Estimate dimension into the Columns area below Year. You will notice that the icon has changed to
, this is because the default aggregation for this field has been set to SUM in the view.
9. Click on at the top of the page to move to the next step.
13. In the Chart Data section you will need to select the data for each setting in the chart.
14. Set the Label to Year.
15. Set the Series to Sum Invoice Estimate.
16. Click Refresh to generate your chart.
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