A chart series is the style (such as bar, points or line etc.) used to visualise data on the chart. Choosing a series for a chart will very much depend on your own requirements for the chart. There are occasions however, when due to the number of variables to plot, the choice of chart may depend on which series types support the number of input variables.
The Series Gallery window consists of five tabbed pages in the Series section as outlined in the table below.
Tab |
Contents |
Standard |
Series likely to be called upon most frequently. |
Extended |
More specialised series types such as Arrow, Radar, Donut and Polar. |
Other |
Miscellaneous types including Wind Rose. |
3D |
Series that take three (X, Y, Z) rather than two (X, Y) variables. |
Stats |
More specialised Statistical series types. |
The following table shows the Series types available and the number of variables allowed by each Series type.
Series Type |
No. of Variables |
Data Properties |
Function |
Standard |
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Line |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draws series data as a contiguous polyline between points. |
Points |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draws series data as points at vertical and horizontal axes positions. |
Area |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draws series data as filled mountain segments between points. |
Fast Line |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draw thin lines fast by simply connecting all points in your data. |
Horizontal Line |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draw series data as horizontal lines between points. |
Bar |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draws data as vertical bars. |
Horizontal Bar |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draws data as horizontal bars. |
Pie |
2 |
Angle, YValues, Label |
Draws series data as slices of a circle. |
Shape |
4 |
X0 (Top), Y0 (Bottom), X1 (Left), Y1 (Right) |
Draw series data by using your preferred shape. |
Bubble |
3 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel, RadiusValues |
Draws data as points, each one with a different size or radius |
Gantt |
3 |
StartValues, EndValues, Y (Y axis level), YLabel |
Draws Gantt chart of your series data with start and end values. |
Point & Figure |
2 |
XValues, OValues, Labels |
Draws data in columns where each step in the column corresponds to a point in the underlying datasource series. |
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Stats |
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Triangle Surface |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Label |
Draws the best set of triangles that connect all specified points forming a surface. |
Error |
3 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel, StdErrorValues |
Draws error in series values. |
Error Bar |
3 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel, StdErrorValues |
Draws error in series values as bars. |
Horizontal Box Plot |
2 |
XValues, SamplesValues, Label |
Draws outliers and compares distributions using a box plot in the horizontal. |
Horizontal Area |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Label |
Draws series data as filled mountain segments between points in the horizontal. |
Error Point 3D |
3 |
XValues, YValues, StdErrorValues |
Draws 3D error in series values. |
Histogram |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws series values as proportionate rectangles and classes of interval width. |
Darvas |
2 |
XValues, YValues |
Draws financial indicator based on OHLC (Candle) data. |
Box Plot |
2 |
XValues, SampleValues, Labels |
Draws outliers and compares distributions using a box plot. |
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Extended |
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Arrow |
4 |
StartXValues, StartYValues, XLabel, EndXValues, StartYValues |
Draws data as arrows with fixed start and end points. |
Donut |
2 |
Angle, YValues, Labels |
Draws series data as slices of a circle, with a centre hole. |
Polar |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Draws a polar plot of the series. |
Polar Bar |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Draws a polar plot of the series in bars. |
Radar |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels, (Angle and Radius) |
Draws multivariate data in the form of a two-dimensional chart. |
Pyramid |
2 |
XValues, YValues |
Draw values as sections in a triangle with lines dividing them according to hierarchy. |
Smith |
2 |
Resistance, Reactance, Labels |
Draws multiple parameters such as impedances and admittances according to the Smith graphical aid. |
Bezier |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draws Bezier curves interpolation points on the series. |
Volume Pipe |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws values as segments of a "pipe" with proportional volume based on their percentage of total data. |
EquiVolume |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws rectangle-shaped bars at high and low prices defined by the volume traded during the aggregation period. |
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3D |
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Ternary |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws data to show demographic tendencies or the sensitive relationship between differing dimensions. |
Point 3D |
3 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel, ZValues |
Draws points of three-dimensional data values. |
Waterfall |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues |
Draws vertical "slices", one for each Z row of the equivalent surface. |
Contour |
3 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel, ZValues, |
Calculates and displays "isolines" from a custom array of XYZ points. |
Funnel |
3 |
XValues, QuoteValues, OpportunityValues, XLabel |
Draws a funnel series. |
Surface |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws a a surface |
ColorGrid |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws a grid of colour cells. |
Iso-Surface |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws surfaces of the constant form w = f(x, y, z). |
Vector 3D |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws a 3D vector series. |
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Other |
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Candle |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Draws Candlestick financial chart. |
Volume |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Draws the number of shares that have been traded over a given period as bars. |
Bar Join |
2 |
XValues, YValues, XLabel |
Draws lines between each bar point. |
High-low |
3 |
XValues, YValues, LowValues, XLabel |
Draws lines connecting high and low points at a given period. |
Circular Gauge |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Draws data points as values through value intervals. |
Bubble Cloud |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Plots data relatively, displaying bubbles of diminishing size, spiralling outwards to represent different Series values. |
ImageBar |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Draws data as bars with images. |
Line Point |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws a line parallel to each axis according to coordinates of points. |
Horizontal Histogram |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Draws series values in a histogram of horizontal bars. |
Wind Rose |
2 |
Angle, YValues, Labels |
Draws a succinct view of wind direction and speed at a particular location. |
ImagePoint |
2 |
XValues, YValues, Labels |
Draw data as points with images. |
PolarGrid |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Create a polar plot with grid rings. |
Rose |
2 |
Angle, YValues, Labels |
Draws data values as areas on a polar chart. |
Clock |
2 |
Angle, YValues, Labels |
Clock series. |
Bar 3D |
3 |
XValues, YValues, ZValues, Labels |
Draws a 3D bar chart. |
Error Point |
3 |
XValues, YValues, StdErrorValues |
Draws error values as points. |