Data best suited for
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Use a stacked bar chart when each bar (such as a category) can be broken down into smaller components that add up to the entire
value of the bar.
An example of this is when each bar represents sales for a year and each year is broken down into sales for each quarter.
In this example, each bar consists of four subcomponents, each representing sales for a specific quarter.
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Not suited for
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Stacked bar charts are not as effective when the subcomponents have values that are very similar or close together. The goal
with a stacked bar chart is to show the breakdown of an entity. If there is little or no breakdown, a simple bar chart is
more appropriate.
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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.
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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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Year
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Stack group
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Product Line
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Y-axis value
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Sales
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X-axis title
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<blank> (defaults
to Year)
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Y-axis title
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Set to Revenue
Note: The Scale Y axis setting
adds the label (millions) to
the title.
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Scale Y axis
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This setting is selected.
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Year
(X-axis value)
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Product Line
(Stack group)
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Sales
(Y-axis value)
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2008
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Children
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35,000
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2008
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Clothes & Shoes
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50,500
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2008
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Outdoors
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40,000
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2008
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Sports
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20,000
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2009
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Children
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35,000
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2009
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Clothes & Shoes
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52,500
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2009
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Outdoors
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42,000
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2009
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Sports
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18,5000
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