Creating Charts and Visualizations

A chart often conveys meaning more clearly and effectively than data displayed in tabular form. A chart enables you to visually communicate quantitative information. On a chart, you can give data a shape and form, and reveal patterns and relationships among many data values. A chart can highlight anomalies that require further investigation.

It is important that you choose a chart that is appropriate for your data. provides a complete chart library of both basic and advanced charts. You can choose from a wide variety of charts to best represent the data that you want to display.

In , you can create and edit charts using the Chart canvas. When you create a new chart, you use the Chart Wizard.

This topic provides an overview of the types of charts you can create with and how to launch the Chart Wizard to create charts.

For more information on creating visualizations, see the User's Manual, or click the Help icon , located in the upper-right corner of the canvas.