Data best suited for
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Bar charts are one of the most commonly used charts. They allow the user to quickly compare the value for different variables,
values, or categories of data. Use a simple bar chart when values are distinct enough that differences in the bars can be
detected by the human eye.
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Not suited for
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When values are very
close together, it becomes more difficult to easily compare bars against
each other.
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Target audience
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This indicator type is appropriate for all user audiences. Most people find this indicator type familiar and easy to interpret.
It is popular and commonly used to compare values of different categories. All audiences should be familiar with the horizontal
and vertical versions of this indicator type and find them both easy to interpret.
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Data aggregation support
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This indicator type sums the applicable indicator data.
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Range support
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Ranges are not supported.
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Alert support
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Alerts are not supported.
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Link support
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This indicator type can be used to define a link or as the destination of a link. For
more information about defining an indicator with a hyperlink, see
Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content.
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Interaction support
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Filter multiple items
support
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Filtering multiple items is supported. For
more information, see
Supporting Multiple Selections in a Filtered Data Interaction.
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Display Setting
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Selection Used for Figure
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X-axis value
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Candy Category
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Y-axis value
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Quantity
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X-axis title
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<blank> (defaults
to Candy Category)
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Y-axis title
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<blank> (defaults
to Quantity)
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Scale X axis
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This setting is selected.
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