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

[Bob Swift · Accepted solution]

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)

[Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]]

Nice - learned something! Cool Bob..

[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.

[Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]]

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.

[Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]]

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