| Area Chart Type |
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An area chart displays series as a set of points connected by a line, with a colored area below the line. Values are represented by the height of the point measured from the y-axis. Category labels are displayed on the x-axis. Area charts are typically used to compare values over time.
There are six types of area charts: area, area with markers, stacked area, stacked area with markers, 100% stacked area, and 100% stacked area with markers. |
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| Bar Chart Type |
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A bar chart displays values and series groups as sets of horizontal bars that are grouped by category. Values are represented by the length of the bars measured from the x-axis. Category labels are displayed on the y-axis. Bar charts are typically used to compare values between categories.
There are three types of bar charts: bar, stacked bar, and 100% stacked bar. |
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| Bubble Chart Type |
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| A bubble chart displays series as a set of symbols. Values are represented by the position of the point in the chart space and the size of the symbol. Categories are represented by different symbols in the chart. A bubble chart displays each value series as data points in the chart space according to the X and Y values for the value series. A third value, Size, determines the size of the symbol for the data point. |
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| Column Chart Type |
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A column chart displays values and series groups as sets of vertical columns that are grouped by category. Values are represented by the height of the columns measured from the y-axis. Category labels are displayed on the x-axis. Column charts are typically used to compare values between categories.
There are three types of column charts: column, stacked column, and 100% stacked column. |
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| Doughnut Chart Type |
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A doughnut chart displays data values as percentages of the whole. Categories are represented by individual slices. Doughnut charts are functionally identical to pie charts.
There are two types of doughnut charts: doughnut and exploded doughnut. |
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| Line Chart Type |
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A line chart displays series as a set of points connected by a line. Values are represented by the height of the point measured from the y-axis. Category labels are displayed on the x-axis. Line charts are typically used to compare values over time.
There are six types of line charts: line, line with markers, stacked line, stacked line with markers, 100% stacked line, and 100% stacked line with markers. |
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| Pie Chart Type |
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A pie chart displays data values as percentages of the whole. Categories are represented by individual slices. The size of the slice is determined by the value. Pie charts are typically used to show percentages.
There are two types of pie charts: pie and exploded pie. |
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| XY (Scatter) Chart Type |
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An XY or scatter chart displays series as a set of points. Values are represented by the position of the point in the chart space. Categories are represented by different points in the chart. Scatter charts are typically used to compare distinct values across categories.
There are five types of scatter charts: XY scatter, scatter with data points connected by lines with and without markers, scatter with data points connected by smoothed lines with and without markers. |
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| Radar (Spiderweb) Chart Type |
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| A radar or spiderweb chart displays differences between several factors all related to one item. Radar charts have multiple axes along which data can be plotted. In a radar chart, a point close to the center on any axis indicates a low value. A point near the edge is a high value. |
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| Stock Chart Type |
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A stock chart displays series as a set of lines with markers for high, low, close, and open values. Values are represented by the height of the marker measured from the y-axis. Category labels are displayed on the x-axis.
There are three types of stock charts: high-low-close, open-high-low-close, and candlestick. |
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