Bar chart
- Helen Gosper
- Denise McGettigan
Availability:
Summary view - All modes except for Transaction mode.
Focused view (when you select and focus on items in a dimension) - All modes except for Search, Transaction and Market.
A Bar chart displays several variables together, in horizontal bars. Bar charts are good for displaying simple comparisons, for example, the top 10 product sales or monthly output. You can hover over data points to display the underlying values.
If you prefer to view vertical bars (columns), use a Column chart.
The following table describes what the Bar chart looks like in each view.
| Summary view | Focused view |
|---|---|---|
Contents | There are bars for each time unit (month/day/year) in the period (or stream). The current period has a blue bar and the previous period has a red bar. | There is a bar for each of the focused items. |
X-axis | The X-axis displays the total, which starts at zero. | The X-axis displays the total, which starts at zero. |
Y-axis | The Y-axis displays the time units of your current period. | The contents of the Y-axis depends on the mode. In Period and Moving mode, it displays the time units of your current period. Whereas, in Variance, Stream and Total mode, it displays each focused item. |
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Example - Compare the performance of Sales Reps
In the Sales database, create a Bar chart to compare the performance of the top five Sales Reps for the current financial year to date (YTD) with the previous year.
Prepare the data in the grid:
Select the Sales Rep dimension, then select and focus on the top five Sales Reps.
Select Mode > Variance.
Select Period > Financial YTD.
Click the Chart button in the top right toolbar above the grid. The Bar chart type displays by default. You can now compare the sales for each of the five Sales Reps this year to date (blue bars) with that of last year (red bars).
(Optional) Save the chart as a favorite or add it to a dashboard.