ActiveReports 12 Server Designer User Guide
Chart Types
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Basic Chart Types

Column Charts

Column charts present each series as a vertical column, and group the columns by category. The y-axis values determine the heights of the columns, while the x-axis displays the category labels. With a column chart, you can select from the following subtypes.

Bar Charts

Bar charts present each series as a horizontal bar, and group the bars by category. The x-axis values determine the lengths of the bars, while the y-axis displays the category labels. With a bar chart, you can select from the following subtypes.

Line Charts

Line charts present each series as a point, and connect the points with a line. The y-axis values determine the heights of the points, while the x-axis displays the category labels. With a line chart, you can select from the following subtypes.

Pie Charts

Pie charts present each category as a slice of pie or doughnut, sized according to value. Series groups are not represented in pie charts. With a pie chart, you can select from the following subtypes.

Scatter Charts

Scatter charts present each series as a point or bubble. The y-axis values determine the heights of the points, while the x-axis displays the category labels. With a scatter chart, you can select from the following subtypes.

Area Charts

Area charts present each series as a point, connect the points with a line, and fill the area below the line. The y-axis values determine the heights of the points, while the x-axis displays the category labels. With an area chart, you can select from the following subtypes.

Doughnut

Stock

Stock charts present each series as a line with markers showing some combination of high, low, open, and close values. The y-axis values determine the heights of the lines, while the x-axis displays the category labels. With a financial chart, you can select from the following subtypes.

Other Chart Types

Bubble

Bubble chart is a type of scatter chart that shows each series as a bubble. The y-axis values determine the height of the bubble, while the x-axis displays the category labels.

Dot Plot Charts

A Dot Plot chart is a statistical chart containing group of data points plotted on a simple scale. These charts are used for continuous, quantitative, and univariate data. The Dot Plot plain chart displays simple statistical plots. It is ideal for small to moderate sized data sets. You can also highlight clusters and gaps, as well as outliers, while conserving numerical information.

Funnel

Shows how the percentage of each data item contributes to the whole, with the largest value at the top and the smallest at the bottom. This chart type works best with relatively few data items.

Gantt

This project management tool charts the progress of individual project tasks. The chart compares project task completion to the task schedule.

Pyramid

Shows how the percentage of each data item contributes to the whole, with the smallest value at the top and the largest at the bottom. This chart type works best with relatively few data items.

Renko

Displays bricks of uniform size chart price movement. When a price moves to a greater or lesser value than the preset BoxSize value required to draw a new brick, a new brick is drawn in the succeeding column. A change in box color and direction signifies a trend reversal.

Kagi

Displays supply and demand trends using a sequence of linked vertical lines. The thickness and direction of the lines vary depending on the price movement. If closing prices go in the direction of the previous Kagi line, then that Kagi line is extended. However, if the closing price reverses by the preset reversal amount, a new Kagi line is charted in the next column in the opposite direction. Thin lines indicate that the price breaks the previous low (supply) while thick lines indicate that the price breaks the previous high (demand).

Point and Figure

Stacked columns of Xs indicate that demand exceeds supply and columns of Os indicate that supply exceeds demand to define pricing trends. A new X or O is added to the chart if the price moves higher or lower than the BoxSize value you set. A new column is added when the price reverses to the level of the BoxSize value multiplied by the ReversalAmount you set. This calculation of pricing trends is best suited for long-term financial analysis.

Three Line Break

Vertical boxes or lines illustrate price changes of an asset or market. The price in a three line break graph must break the prior high or low set in the NewLineBreak property in order to reverse the direction of the graph.

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