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Chart Macro - line vs xyline

Dan Jatnieks

What is the difference beween a "line" and an "xyline" chart in the Chart Macro?

When I use a table in the chart macro area line the one below, and then switch between "line" and "xyline" chart types, the chart does display differently, but I am not finding an explanation of what the difference is between them.

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A	32	35	37	45	69	227	449	2328	5348	31474	80973
B	31	33	37	48	74	235	541	3265	7204	46676	92000
C	31	32	38	46	63	211	447	2239	5180	30096	62000

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Bob Swift

The charts are different for me . Suggest you test again.

line chart is plotting a point for each column (no matter what value) and then connecting with a line
xyline chart is by x value with a linear x axis (x values from heading row must be numeric)

Line vs XYLine hcart

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Ellen Feaheny [

My guess is that they are the same and you are not crazy.

Here's the full doc - maybe you already saw it.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Chart+Macro

Bob Swift will likely comment.

Bob Swift

The charts are different for me . Suggest you test again.

line chart is plotting a point for each column (no matter what value) and then connecting with a line
xyline chart is by x value with a linear x axis (x values from heading row must be numeric)

Line vs XYLine hcart

Ellen Feaheny [

Nice - learned something! Cool Bob..

Ellen Feaheny [

(Doh - wrong answer - Bob jumped in to clear the cloud - yay! )

Dan Jatnieks

Thanks Bob, that explains it perfectly for me; it would be great the the documentation said this - can I file a doc jira to request that?

Before I noticed the graph differences, I chose the "line" chart over the "xyline" because it included the data points. It would be nice if the "xyline" chart also supported plotting the data points

Bob Swift

Yes, always good to track these kind of things with an issue.

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