Data Analysis and Reporting with Intelligence Clients

Three-dimensional Bar Charts

You can add more information to your bar chart by adding an additional item or items to the Z-Categories pane in Outliner. Using multidimensional charts, you can show various relationships between three or more items in easy-to-understand bar chart formats.

the added data in rows that extend back along the chart’s Z-axis.

The figure below shows a simple two-item bar chart.

Dragging a label item to the Z-Categories pane (in this case, Year) causes to plot the extra dimension as shown in the following figure.

To create a three-dimensional bar chart:

Select a bar chart format from the Chart drop-down list.

The default chart format is Vertical Bar.

Drag a label item from the Catalog pane to the X-Categories pane in Outliner.
Drag a label item from the Catalog pane to the Z-Categories pane in Outliner.
Drag a value from the Catalog pane to the Y-Facts pane in Outliner.

A chart is plotted that summarizes the selected value (Y-Facts pane) as it relates to the subcategories of the label items (X-Categories and Z-Categories panes).