Chart type selection - restructured

Image

A relevant image that you want to use to display your data.

• Raster Maps
• Comparative Infographics
• Proportional Infographics.

Region

A field that has reference codes associated with areas on the map.

Raster Maps

Label

A label for the roll over bubble.

Google Maps

Description

A description that is contained in the roll over bubble.

Google Maps

Link

A hyperlink embedded into the roll over bubble. The hyperlink takes the report user to an external site or another report.

Google Maps

Latitude

The Latitude coordinates field.

Google Maps

Longitude

The Longitude coordinates field.

Google Maps

Geo Field

A field that contains GIS data types. <such as?>

• Google GIS Maps
• GIS Maps
• GIS Bubble Maps
• GIS Heat Maps

Tool Tip

A field for tool tip text.

• Google GIS Maps
• GIS Maps
• GIS Bubble Maps

Measure

A series for the single value a meter chart displays.

Meter

Radar

A category field for the radar spokes.

Radar

Events

Binary values that signify if the event occurred on each of the time values. <Verify?>

Event

Value

A metric to display a trend line on the chart.

• Financial Line
• Event

Volume

A field for number of shares traded in a specific time period.

• Financial Lines
• High Low
• Candlestick

Trend

A metric to display a trend line on the chart.

• Financial Lines
• High Low
• Candlestick

Start

Share value at the beginning of a time period, usually a day.

• High Low
• Candlestick

End

Share value at the end of a time period, usually a day.

• High Low
• Candlestick

High

The highest value the share reached in the time period.

• High Low
• Candlestick

Low

The lowest value the share reached in the time period.

• High Low
• Candlestick

Auto charts

Based on the fields you select for each component area, automatically generates a most common type of chart such as Bar, Column, Scatter, and Line chart.

Note: The drill capability is available only for selected scenarios <such as?>

• Horizontal Axis—A dimension or metric field that defines the horizontal axis of a chart. 
• Vertical Axis—A dimension or metric field that defines the vertical axis of a chart.
• Colour—A dimension or a metric field that distinguishes the values by colors.
• Size—A metric or an aggregated dimension field that defines the size of bubbles in a chart.

Note: These options are available for the most commonly generated chart types, but may vary based on the auto-generated chart type.

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Auto chart

Based on the fields you select for each component area, automatically generates a most common type of chart such as Bar, Column, Scatter, and Line chart.

Note: The drill capability is available only for selected scenarios <such as?>

• Horizontal Axis—A dimension or metric field that defines the horizontal axis of a chart. 
• Vertical Axis—A dimension or metric field that defines the vertical axis of a chart.
• Colour—A dimension or a metric field that distinguishes the values by colors.
• Size—A metric or an aggregated dimension field that defines the size of bubbles in a chart.

Note: These options are available for the most commonly generated chart types, but may vary based on the auto-generated chart type.

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Scatter

Displays a non-linear trend of two related data series

Use this charts with categorical, sequential or time-series data. Bubble size and location combine to effectively display 3-D data on a 2-D chart. Scatter charts can also be displayed in quadrants, allowing for negative X and Y values.

• Horizontal Axis—a metric or date field used as the x axis measurement.
• Vertical Axis—a metric or date field used as the y axis measurement.
• (Optional) Colour—a dimension or a metric field that distinguishes the values by colors.
• (Optional) Size—a metric field that defines the size of bubbles.

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Histogram

Shows the number of times a given value occurs in the dataset.

• Horizontal Axis—a metric field for analyzing distribution <of values?>
• (Optional) Colour—a field that distinguishes the values by colors.

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Box & Whisker

Gives a quick overview of series of values and their statistical properties.

• Horizontal Axis—a metric field to analyze using the chart.
• Vertical Axis—a field for labels to to distinguish different categories or ranges <Verify?>

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Trellis

Displays a segmented chart for which behaviour is determined by the selected data.

Note: The drill capability is available only for selected scenarios <such as?>

• Horizontal Axis—fields to use as columns in the chart. You can select a maximum of two different fields.
• Vertical Axis—fields to use as rows in the chart. You can select a maximum of two different fields.
• (Optional) Colour—a field that distinguishes the values by colors. You can select only one field.
• (Optional) Size—a metric field that defines the size of bubbles. This field is available for trellis chart with a scatter plot.

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Heat Grid

Plots the intensity of a metric across multiple categories.

• Horizontal Axis
• Vertical Axis
• (Optional) Colour
• (Optional) Size

<Need descriptions, the one provided are same as trellis chart>

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Area

Emphasizes the magnitude of change over time.

Note: The drill capability is not available for area charts that display time series data. <verify this note>

• Horizontal Axis—a category label for the X axis
• Vertical Axis—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents. <Verify>
• Colour—a field that defines the color applied for the cross tab series data.
  The option is only available if you have a cross tab data set available and is used to determine the color applied for cross tab series data.

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Stacked Area

Emphasizes the magnitude of change over time, while comparing multiple categories.

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Horizontal Bar

Highlights values for easy comparison and plots numerical values horizontally. A bar chart places less emphasis on time and focuses on comparing values.

Note: The drill capability is not available for horizontal bar charts that display time series data. <verify this note>

• Horizontal Axis—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents. <Verify>
• Vertical Axis—a category label for the Y axis.
• Colour—a field that defines the color applied for the cross tab series data.
  The option is only available if you have a cross tab data set available and is used to determine the color applied for cross tab series data.

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3D Horizontal Bar

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Horizontal Cylinder

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Stacked Horizontal Bar

Displays categorical data, grouped or stacked to assist part-to-whole comparison.

Note: The drill capability is not available for stacked horizontal bar charts that display time series data. <verify this note>

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Proportional Bar

Displays how close values in different categories came to the highest category value.

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Layered Bar

Compares the contribution of each value to a total across categories.

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Vertical Column

Highlights values for easy comparison and plots numerical values vertically. A column chart places less emphasis on time and focuses on comparing values.

Note: The drill capability is not available for vertical column charts that display time series data. <verify this note>

• Horizontal Axis—a category label for the Y axis.
• Vertical Axis—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents. <Verify>
• Colour—a field that defines the color applied for the cross tab series data.
  The option is only available if you have a cross tab data set available and is used to determine the color applied for cross tab series data.

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3D Vertical Column

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 Cylinder

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Stacked Vertical Column

Displays categorical data, grouped or stacked to assist part-to-whole comparison. These charts are also referred to as stacked column chart.

Note: The drill capability is not available for stacked vertical  column charts that display time series data. <verify this note>

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3D Stacked Column

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Layered Column

Compares the contribution of each value to a total value, across different categories.

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Combined Category

Provides clarity and highlights relationships between data sets.

Combination charts, in effect, superimpose one chart type above or below another.

Note: The drill capability is not available for combined category charts that display time series data. <verify this note>

• Horizontal Axis—a category label for X axis.
• Vertical Axis—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents. <Verify>
• Colour—a field that defines the color applied for the cross tab series data.
  The option is only available if you have a cross tab data set available and is used to determine the color applied for cross tab series data.

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Overlay Chart

The line chart emphasizes a trend and bar chart emphasizes specific values.

Tip: For using the line chart and chart combination effectively, use bright colors for the line graph and use subtle colors.

Note: The drill capability is not available for overlay charts that display time series data. <verify this note>

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Financial Line

Displays a share trading value; a sub-chart displays volume.

• Horizontal Axis—category label for X axis; a field with time series data.
• Start—share value at the beginning of a time period, usually a day.
• End—share value at the end of a time period, usually a day.
• High—the highest value a share reached in a time period, typically in a day.
• Low—the lowest value a share reached in a time period, typically in a day.
• Volume—number of shares traded in a specific time period.
• Trend—a metric to display a trend line on the chart.

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High Low

Shows daily high, low, opening, and closing values. The tick positions correspond to opening and closing values.

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Candlestick

Shows daily high, low, opening, and closing values with different color bars depending on the daily direction.

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Line

Displays trends over time by plotting data at points connected by lines. A single line chart plots many metrics.

Note: The drill capability is not available for line charts that display time series data. <verify this note>

• Horizontal Axis—category label for X axis
• Vertical Axis—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents. <Verify>
• Colour—a field that defines the color applied for the cross tab series data.
  The option is only available if you have a cross tab data set available and is used to determine the color applied for cross tab series data.

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3D Line

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Z Chart

Displays trends over a short period of time. The chart displays data, accumulative total, and moving total.

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Stepped Line

A line chart that displays trend(?) movement as steps rather than straight lines.

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Image Map or Raster Map

<What is the correct name? Diff in docs and application>

A thematic map that uses an image to determine regions to be coloured based on a given metric.If you do not have GIS defined columns you can use the Image Maps to create heat maps – these are a good way to display metrics with a spatial element such as Revenue by State or Country.

You will only be able to render maps for which an image map has been defined.

<Need info> <Link to separate topic that provides details.>

• Image
• Colour
• Region
• Animation

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Google Map

Renders location data points onto a Google map. The map is displayed as a BMC Remedy Smart Reporting Chart, along with associated Google map widgets.

• Label
• Description
• Link—a hyperlink embedded into the roll over bubble. The hyperlink takes the report user to an external site or another report.
• Latitude—a latitude coordinates field.
• Longitude—a longitude coordinates field.

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GIS Google Map

A Google map that uses GIS data for its marker coordinates. <Is it same as Google map, but only with GIS data?>

<YF has separate topics with more details and video tutorials. Is there any reason why we did not include those details?> <Should there be a separate topic with more details?>

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GIS Map

Allows rendering of complex GIS polygons. Based on the GIS data available in a report, this map renders spatial reports on the fly.

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GIS Bubble Map

A bubble map in which bubble positions are specified by GIS points. <Is it same as GIS Map with bubble?>

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GIS Heat Map

A heat map where colors representing GIS points are blended based on intensity.

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Meter

Displays the rate of change of a measure against predefined targets. This chart is useful for dashboard reporting.

Measure—a series for the single value a meter chart displays.
This is typically a numeric value to be measured on the chart, for example number of incidents <verify?>

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Thermometer

Displays a range of qualitative indicators. This chart is a vertical representation of the meter chart

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Dial

<What does it display?> This chart is useful for communicating key performance indicators.

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Pie

Shows part-to-whole relationship of data. This chart highlights proportions rather than actual values.

Tip: To highlight actual values, use other chart types such as bar charts or column charts.

• Color—category label for the X axis. <What does this mean? Can we change description?>
• Size — Typically a numeric value such as $. An item that you want to measure on your Chart

<What does the descriptions mean? Can we change it? What are actual descriptions?>

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3D Pie

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Ring

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 Multi Pie

Highlights individual component sizes in a system of multiple components.

• Size
• Label

Verify the chart components available for this chart. Existing doc says it is Color and Size. In the system it shows Size and Label. But when I tried creating a chart with 3 fields, it showed Horizontal and vertical axes and Color.

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Funnel

Shows the status of stages in a process. <any example?>

• Colour—category label for the X axis
• Size—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents.

<Need to check if the descriptions apply correctly?>

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Proportional Infographic

Displays segments on an image, with the segment size representing metric value.

• Colour—category label for the X axis <Verify if the meaning is correct>
• Image—an image that you want to use to display your data.
  It is an image file which is used as the shape of the infographic.
  Note: if you wish to use your own image you will need to make sure it has some transparency. Basically, any area of the image that has colour (of any shade) will be coloured in the chart, any transparent area will be left blank. You need some transparent area in order for the chart to be anything other than a large block shape.
  <Verify what the note means?>
• Size—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents. 

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Comparative Infographic

Displays images that are sized to correspond to a metric.

• Colour—category label for the axes.
• Image—an image that you want to use to display your data.
  It is an image file which is used as the shape of the infographic.
  Note: if you wish to use your own image you will need to make sure it has some transparency. Basically, any area of the image that has colour (of any shade) will be coloured in the chart, any transparent area will be left blank. You need some transparent area in order for the chart to be anything other than a large block shape.
  <Verify what the note means?>
• (Optional) Horizontal Axis—the value displayed directly above each image
• Size—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents. 

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Radar

Displays data comparison by integrating multiple axes into a single radial graph.

• Radar—category label for the X axis
• Size—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents. 

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Waterfall

Shows how an initial value is increased and decreased by a series of intermediate values, leading to a final value. This chart is a special type of floating column chart.

• Horizontal Axis—category label for the X axis
• Vertical Axis—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents.

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Event

Maps the occurrence of events with respect to the values of a numeric dataset, over time.

• Horizontal Axis—time value
• Vertical Axis—a metric shown in the line (the top of the chart)
• Events—binary values that signify if the event was occurring on each of the time values

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Week Density

Shows the density of occurrences based on hour relative to other densities on the same day of the week.

• Horizontal Axis—a time field that will be used to identify days of the week and hours of the day.
• Vertical Axis—a numeric value for measuring an item, for example, number of incidents.

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Digital Numeric Display

Shows the value of a metric on a digital display.

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Numeric Display

Shows the total value of the field, either defined by the aggregation applied to it, or the column total aggregation, if available.

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