Charts Types Chart Elements

Clustered Column chart Chart Area

Bar chart Plot Area
Pie chart Series
X-Y Plot or Scatter Plot Data Labels
Line chart Vertical , Horizontal Axes
Area chart Gridlines
Custom chart Chart Tittle
Histogram chart
Bubble chart
Doughnut chart
Bullet chart
Line graph
Line graphs are used to track changes over short and long periods of time. When smaller changes
exist, line graphs are better to use than bar graphs. Line graphs can also be used to compare
changes over the same period of time for more than one group.

Bar Graph

Bar graphs are used to compare things between different groups or to track changes over time.
However, when trying to measure change over time, bar graphs are best when the changes are
larger.

Pie Chart

Pie charts are best to use when you are trying to compare parts of a whole. They do not show
changes over time.

Area Graph
Area graphs are very similar to line graphs. They can be used to track changes over time for one or
more groups. Area graphs are good to use when you are tracking the changes in two or more
related groups that make up one whole category (for example public and private groups).

X-Y Plot

X-Y plots are used to determine relationships between the two different things. The x-axis is used
to measure one event (or variable) and the y-axis is used to measure the other. If both variables
increase at the same time, they have a positive relationship. If one variable decreases while the
other increases, they have a negative relationship. Sometimes the variables don't follow any
pattern and have no relationship.

Clustered column chart

When we want compare two to four data series
When data series we want to compare have same units
When we have data series of comparable size
When we want to show max n min values of data series
When we want to focus on short term trends( i.e. changes over the days and weeks)
When the order of the categories is not important

Line Chart
When you want t show data trend (uptrend, …..)
When we are having too many data points
if the order categories are imp

The main difference between bar charts and column charts are
Note that the bars are horizontal instead of vertical
 Summer Sales
In Store Sales Web Site Sales Mail Order Sale
Mobiles 5,000.00 43,690.00 57,890.00
Garments 137,522.00 151,200.00 43,500.00
Laptops 17,540.00 14,550.00 27,890.00

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OrderDate Region Rep Item Units Unit Price Sales
4-Jul-14 East Richard Pen Set 62 4.99 309.38
12-Jul-14 East Nick Binder 29 1.99 57.71
21-Jul-14 Central Morgan Pen Set 55 12.49 686.95
29-Jul-14 East Susan Binder 81 19.99 1619.19
7-Aug-14 Central Matthew Pen Set 42 23.95 1005.9
15-Aug-14 East Richard Pencil 35 4.99 174.65
24-Aug-14 West James Desk 3 275 825
1-Sep-14 Central Smith Desk 2 125 250
10-Sep-14 Central Bill Pencil 7 1.29 9.03
18-Sep-14 East Richard Pen Set 16 15.99 255.84
27-Sep-14 West James Pen 76 1.99 151.24
5-Oct-14 Central Morgan Binder 28 8.99 251.72
14-Oct-14 West Thomas Binder 57 19.99 1139.43
22-Oct-14 East Richard Pen 64 8.99 575.36
31-Oct-14 Central Rachel Pencil 14 1.29 18.06
8-Nov-14 East Susan Pen 15 19.99 299.85
17-Nov-14 Central Alex Binder 11 4.99 54.89
25-Nov-14 Central Matthew Pen Set 96 4.99 479.04
4-Dec-14 Central Alex Binder 94 19.99 1879.06
12-Dec-14 Central Smith Pencil 67 1.29 86.43
21-Dec-14 Central Rachel Binder 28 4.99 139.72
29-Dec-14 East Susan Pen Set 74 15.99 1183.26
6-Jan-15 East Richard Pencil 95 1.99 189.05
15-Jan-15 Central Bill Binder 46 8.99 413.54
23-Jan-15 Central Matthew Binder 50 19.99 999.5
1-Feb-15 Central Smith Binder 87 15 1305
9-Feb-15 Central Alex Pencil 36 4.99 179.64
18-Feb-15 East Richard Binder 4 4.99 19.96
26-Feb-15 Central Bill Pen 27 19.99 539.73
7-Mar-15 West James Binder 7 19.99 139.93
15-Mar-15 West James Pencil 56 2.99 167.44
24-Mar-15 Central Alex Pen Set 50 4.99 249.5
1-Apr-15 East Richard Binder 60 4.99 299.4
10-Apr-15 Central Rachel Pencil 66 1.99 131.34
18-Apr-15 Central Rachel Pencil 75 1.99 149.25
27-Apr-15 East Nick Pen 96 4.99 479.04
5-May-15 Central Alex Pencil 90 4.99 449.1
14-May-15 Central Bill Pencil 53 1.29 68.37
22-May-15 West Thomas Pencil 32 1.99 63.68
31-May-15 Central Bill Binder 80 8.99 719.2
8-Jun-15 East Richard Binder 60 8.99 539.4
17-Jun-15 Central Matthew Desk 5 125 625
25-Jun-15 Central Morgan Pencil 90 4.99 449.1
 East West Central Total Revenue
2015 10000 12000 14500 36500
2016 15000 13500 11500 40000
2017 13500 18000 19000 50500
2018 16000 17500 16000 49500
2019 14500 15860 16780 47140
2020 18000 16500 18600 53100

Country Series GDP World Population % of World Population

China 11 11391619 1381040000 19%
India 9 2250990 1310760000 18%
United States 8 18561930 324394000 4%
Brazil 7 1769600 206982000 3%
Russia 8 1267750 146727405 2%
Mexico 10 1063610 122273000 2%
France 7 2488280 66991000 1%
Argentina 9 541748 43850000 1%
Australia 12 1256640 24333500 0%
Sweden 6 517440 9998740 0%
United Arab Emirates 9 375022 9856000 0%
Namibia 11 10183 2324388 0%

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2020 91163 Bar Chart Qtr 1 2500
2021 134599 Qtr 2 1000
2022 148414 Qtr 3 2600
2023 138115 Qtr 4 6000 130000
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2029 249388 Actual 42000
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2031 209926
2032 355488 Sales
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Q2 70000 60000 10000
Q3 80000 100000 -20000 Sal
Q4 150000 125000 25000
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Weight height Age of Driver Number of car accident
52 152 14 5
53 152.5 16 5
56 154 18 4
65 168 20 2
89 175 22 2
75 170 24 1
35 142 21 3
45 149 19 3
78 172 15 6
25 125 23 2
95 180 35 1
36 143 45 1
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15 100 86 0
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Sum of Sales Years
OrderDate 2014 2015 Total Result
Jan 1602.09 1602.09
Feb 2044.33 2044.33
Mar 556.87 556.87
Apr 1059.03 1059.03
May 1300.35 1300.35
Jun 1613.5 1613.5
Jul 2673.23 2673.23
Aug 2005.55 2005.55
Sep 666.11 666.11
Oct 1984.57 1984.57
Nov 833.78 833.78
Dec 3288.47 3288.47
Total Result 11451.71 8176.17 19627.88
Football matches Analysis
What trends have there been in international football throughout the ages - home advantage, total goals scored
Can we say anything about geopolitics from football fixtures-which teams like to play each other
Which countries host the most matches where they themselves are not participating in matches
How much, if at all ,does hosting a major tournament help a country's chances in the tournament.
Which teams are the most active in playing friendlies and friendly tournaments - does it help or hurt them

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Data visualization and analysis on sales data

It is used for customer analytics
To set the target for future
To set the forecast for future
To see sales performance day by day
To focus on improvement in marketing