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## Overview


| **Type** | **Icon** | **When to Use** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Vertical Column** | ![image](media://faab5bcb-c96b-463a-85e5-01017d5926c5) | 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://7440a152-8b37-47a3-bc6c-c242f6f6a8b5) | Similar to the vertical bar chart, but in three dimensional form. |
| **Stacked Vertical Bar** | ![image](media://9ca1dd98-5292-4f25-83cd-ca689adef5d5) | Also referred to as stacked column charts and used when part-to-whole comparison is important. |
| **Cylinder** | ![image](media://90a2e79d-d8b8-4ff4-9441-b5c7da366778) | Similar to the vertical bar, but having chart components shown in cylindrical form. |
| **3D Stacked Vertical Bar** | ![image](media://25f62e1f-472f-4c99-9d88-388c1fce8966) | Similar to the 3d stacked vertical bar chart, but in three dimensional form. |
| **Layered** | ![image](media://961339e0-2c64-4d80-a3e0-801dfd4b34c9) | 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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