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Chart Suggestions—A Th ought-StarterCircular Area Chart Line Chart Column Chart Line Chart
Scatter Chart
3D Area Chart
Pie Chart Waterfall Chart Stacked 100% Column Chart with Subcomponents
Stacked Area ChartStacked 100%Area Chart
StackedColumn Chart
Stacked 100%Column Chart
Bubble Chart
Scatter Chart
Variable WidthColumn Chart
Table or Table withEmbedded Charts
Bar Chart Column Chart
Column Histogram
Line Histogram
Th reeVariables
TwoVariables
SingleVariable
Many PeriodsFew Periods
Two Variablesper Item
ManyCategories
One Variable per Item
Among Items
What would youlike to show?
Many Items
Few Categories
Few Items
Many Periods
Cyclical Data Non-Cyclical Data
Few Periods
Single or Few Categories Many Categories
Over Time
Comparison
Distribution
FewData
Points
ManyData
Points
TwoVariables
Th reeVariables
Relationship
Composition
Simple Shareof Total
Accumulation orSubtraction to Total
Componentsof Components
Static
Only RelativeDiff erences Matter
Relative and Absolute Diff erences Matter
Only RelativeDiff erences Matter
Relative and Absolute Diff erences Matter
ChangingOver Time
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