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## Overview


| **Type** | **Icon** | **When to Use** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Vertical Column** | ![image](media://d752226b-fb7c-4cbc-a068-f90ee7395669) | You want to highlight values for easy comparison and plot your numbers vertically. Use a column chart to place less emphasis on time and focus on comparing values. |
| **3D Vertical Bar** | ![image](media://b5b66b56-bbea-4ec8-ad3e-edf6d93a2da3) | Similar to the vertical bar chart, but in three dimensional form. |
| **Stacked Vertical Bar** | ![image](media://0b0ed9d1-ac24-4374-a042-2b887677a51d) | Also referred to as stacked column charts and used when part-to-whole comparison is important. |
| **Cylinder** | ![image](media://6172c897-5967-4671-a6f4-e1225e380ac9) | Similar to the vertical bar, but having chart components shown in cylindrical form. |
| **3D Stacked Vertical Bar** | ![image](media://7a3d1f05-b069-40db-b52c-4525638dd464) | Similar to the 3d stacked vertical bar chart, but in three dimensional form. |
| **Layered** | ![image](media://bdec43e5-c2f7-4811-b015-41edd63fbe24) | Compares the contribution of each value to a total across categories. |

### Chart Data Options

| **Option** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| Horizontal Axis | This is the category label for the X axis |
| Vertical Axis | Typically a numeric value such as $. An item that you want to measure on your Chart |
| Colour | This option is only available if you have a cross tab data set available and is used to determine the colour applied for cross tab series data. |

## Column Chart Tutorial


### Summary

In order to set up a Column Chart you will need:

1. Create a report with chart display
  1. Select a field to use as the **Horizontal Axis**
  2. Select a field to use as the **Vertical Axis**
  3. Select a field to use as the **Colour** (if you have decided to create a cross tab report)
2. Create your chart, selecting **Column** as the type
3. Provide the **Horizontal Axis**, **Vertical Axis**, and **Colour** options
4. Customise the Chart as required
5. Proceed to the **Output** step
6. **Save** your report

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