Chart Types 
Definition
The chart type defines how your data will be edited graphically.
The chart types can be divided into three classes as far as processing is concerned. With chart types of the same class, the rows and columns of the underlying table (that is of the data provider) are edited immediately.
Use
The class to which each chart type belongs is given below. Before you begin publishing a chart, you should define which chart type you want to display. You can find out how the data provider should be built based on the class of the chart type. You can then select an existing query or formulate a new query with which the suitable view of the data can be created. This is the suitable data provider.
List of chart types and corresponding classes
Line chart Profile chart Column chart Bar chart Doughnut chart Radar chart Area chart Profile area chart Pie chart Polar chart Speedometer Split pie chart |
XY scatter chart Time scatter chart Histogram
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Portfolio
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Chart Variants
Dimensions
Most of the charts listed here can be depicted with varying dimensionality:
· 2 dimensions
· 2.5 dimensions (limited three-dimensionality)
· 3D (regular three-dimensionality)
Bar and column charts can be converted into pyramid, cone, or cylinder diagrams in 2.5D and 3D mode (see Formatting 3D Effects).
Stacked
There is also a ‘stacked’ variant for line, column, bar, profile, and radar charts. This adds the values of the data series and displays them on top of one another in a category.
Stacked charts display the relationship of individual elements to the total of all values.
100%
You can also set 100% variants for line, profile, column, bar, area, and profile charts. The sum of all data series in a category corresponds to 100%. The values of individual data series are converted into percentage values and depicted accordingly.