14.3 Select a chart type

The Event Visualizer app has eight different chart types, each with different characteristics. To select a chart type:

1. In Chart type , click the chart type you need.

   Chart types

   Chart type	Description
   Column chart	Displays information as vertical rectangular columns with lengths proportional to the values they represent. Useful when you want to, for example, compare performance of different districts.
   Stacked column chart	Displays information as vertical rectangular columns, where bars representing multiple categories are stacked on top of each other. Useful when you want to, for example, display trends or sums of related data elements.
   Bar chart	Same as column chart, only with horizontal bars.
   Stacked bar chart	Same as stacked column chart, only with horizontal bars.
   Line chart	Displays information as a series of points connected by straight lines. Also referred to as time series. Useful when you want to, for example, visualize trends in indicator data over multiple time periods.
   Area chart	Is based on line chart, with the space between the axis and the line filled with colors and the lines stacked on top of each other. Useful when you want to compare the trends of related indicators.
   Pie chart	Circular chart divided into sectors (or slices). Useful when you want to, for example, visualize the proportion of data for individual data elements compared to the total sum of all data elements in the chart.
   Radar chart	Displays data on axes starting from the same point. Also known as spider chart.

2. Click Update .