Line Charts
These charts display trends of values of data series over time or categories, or across sorted values of a numeric variable. Line segments connect
the data points of each series, and the data series can be displayed by line properties or line plus marker properties.
In a horizontal style plot, data from each worksheet row have the same X coordinate and unique Y coordinates.
In a vertical style plot, data from each worksheet row have the same Y coordinate and unique X coordinates.
X-Y Line Series Charts
- X-Y line series (sort along X values)
- X-Y line series (sort along Y values)
- Line series (across X categories)
- Line series (across Y categories)
An X-Y Line Series Chart (Sort Along X Values)
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Breaking Series Lines for Missing Data
- In an X-Y line chart, you have the option of breaking series lines for missing data, as shown in the image below:
Breaking Series Lines Across X Categories
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Double Y, Double X, and Double X-Y Line Charts
- Double Y line series (sort along X)
- Double X line series (sort along Y)
- Double Y line series (across X categories)
- Double X line series (across Y categories)
- Double X-Y line series (sorted along X1, X2)
- Double X-Y line series (sorted along Y1, Y2)
In a double Y line chart, the X-axis of the graph can be a numeric variable, a variable of type date (see the image to the right), or a categorical variable (see the right-hand side image below).
In a double Y, double X line chart, data from the Y1 and Y2 series are plotted against the sorted values of X1 and X2 series; here, all axes are numeric (see the left-hand side image below).
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A Double-Y, Single-X Line Chart With X-Axis Representing Date
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A Double-Y, Double-X Line Chart
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A Double-Y, Single-X Line Chart With X-Axis Representing Categories
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Paired X-Y Line Charts
A paired X-Y line chart displays trends of values of one or more data series, each having
unique X-Y coordinates (i.e., in each series, X and Y are paired).
- Horizontal paired X-Y line
- Vertical paired X-Y line
A Paired X-Y Line Chart
