Page Comparison

Bar Chart

Compares values displayed as bars

Summarized

Bar charts can be displayed as flat Bars or 3D Bars, Horizontal Bars or Vertical Bars, Stacked or Simple Series
Note: A series chart displays multiple measures for each group value.

Pie Chart

Compares values displayed as slices of a circular graph

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When creating a pie chart, you can indicate whether to use a Flat Pie (which is two dimensional), or the default, which is three dimensional (3D Pie).

Line Chart

Compares values displayed as points connected by lines

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When creating a line chart, you can indicate whether to display markers at each data point and lines that join them. Select Hide Lines or Hide Points to remove the indicators from the chart.

Area Chart

Compares values displayed as shaded areas

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When creating an area chart, you can indicate whether the groups should be displayed as transparent overlays or as solid areas. Select Stacked Series to display the groups as solid areas arranged vertically, one on top of another; select Simple Series to display groups as transparent overlays. As compared to line charts, area charts emphasize quantities rather than trends.

Scatter Chart

Plots pairs of values against one another

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When creating a scatter chart, you can indicate whether to display markers at each data point and lines that join them. Click Hide Points to remove the marker at each data point. Click Show Lines to add lines that join the data points.

Time Series

Compares values based on times or dates associated with the data

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When creating a time series chart, you can indicate whether to display markers at each data point and lines that join them. Click Show Points to add a marker at each data point. Click Hide Lines to remove the lines that join the data points.