| A | B |
|---|
| Area | magnitude of change over time |
| bar | dramatic differences between positive and negative values |
| columns | two or more values side by side |
| line | trends over time |
| pie | your data as a percentage of the total |
| doughnut | like a pie, but shows more than one series |
| radar | frequency and change relative to a central piont |
| scatter | shows relationship of two values usually independent of time |
| combination | one chart type over another |
| 3-d | can be hard to read and may distort the persective of your data |
| surface | shows trends in values across 2 dimensions in a continuous curve |
| stock | requires 3 series of values in the order of high-low-close |
| bubble | comparies three sets of values - like a scatter plot chart with a 3rd value displyaed as a size of a bubble |
| cylinder | column chart with a cylindrical shape |
