Chart Types
IBM® Cognos® Workspace Advanced includes
a number of chart types, such as column, bar, area, and line charts.
- Column Charts
Column charts use vertical data markers to compare individual values. - Line Charts
Line charts are useful for showing trends over time and comparing many data series. - Pie Charts
Pie charts are useful for highlighting proportions. - Bar Charts
Bar charts are useful for showing trends over time and for plotting many data series. - Area Charts
Area charts are useful for emphasizing the magnitude of change over time. Stacked area charts are also used to show the relationship of parts to the whole. - Point Charts
Point charts are useful for showing quantitative data in an uncluttered fashion. - Combination Charts
Combination charts plot multiple data series by using combinations of columns, areas, and lines within one chart. They are useful for highlighting relationships between the various data series. - Scatter Charts
Scatter charts use data points to plot two measures anywhere along a scale, not only at regular tick marks. - Bubble Charts
Bubble charts, like scatter charts, use data points and bubbles to plot measures anywhere along a scale. The size of the bubble represents a third measure. - Bullet Charts
Bullet charts are a variation of bar charts. They compare a featured measure (the bullet) to a targeted measure (the target). They also relate the compared measures against colored regions in the background that provide additional qualitative measurements, such as good, satisfactory, and poor. - Gauge Charts
Gauge charts, also known as dial charts or speedometer charts, use needles to show information as a reading on a dial. - Pareto Charts
Pareto charts help you to improve processes by identifying the primary causes of an event. They rank categories from the most frequent to the least frequent. These charts are frequently used for quality control data, so that you can identify and reduce the primary cause of problems. - Progressive Column Charts
Progressive column charts, also knows as waterfall charts, are like stacked charts with each segment of a single stack displaced vertically from the next segment. - Quadrant Charts
Quadrant charts are bubble charts with a background that is divided into four equal sections. Quadrant charts are useful for plotting data that contains three measures using an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a bubble size that represents the value of the third measure. - Marimekko Charts
Marimekko charts are 100 percent stacked charts in which the width of a column is proportional to the total of the column's values. Individual segment height is a percentage of the respective column total value. - Radar Charts
Radar charts integrate multiple axes into a single radial figure. For each figure, data is plotted along a separate axis that starts at the center of the chart. - Polar Charts
Polar charts are circular charts that use values and angles to show information as polar coordinates.
Parent topic: Charts