A bar chart is a type of report that uses vertical, rectangular bars with lengths proportional to the values that they represent.

Bar charts are used for plotting discrete data, such as quantity of cases for a particular location, event type or follow-up action.

In this example, the total number of files is shown (y-axis) for each event type (x-axis).

Note: Data in a bar chart can also be calculated as a percentage, provided the Sub group by field is empty.

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A bubble chart is a type of report where each plotted entity is defined in terms of three distinct parameters. The entities displayed on a bubble chart can be compared in terms of their size as well as their relative positions with respect to each axis.

In this example, the sum of Money Spent is represented by the bubble size with Location IDs along the x-axis and the total number of cases along the y-axis.

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A control chart is a graph used to study how a process is changing over time. Data is plotted chronologically. A central line indicates the average, an upper line indicates the upper control limit, and a lower line indicates the lower control limit. By comparing data to these lines, you can draw conclusions about whether the process variation is consistent (under control), or is unpredictable (out of control, affected by special causes of variation).

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Crosstab reports create summaries of data in a spreadsheet style format. They generate summary data in a grid where the rows and columns represent groups of data. This provides the user with a report format that is easy to read and uses a small footprint on the page.

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Document reports may contain vast amounts of information displayed in a tabular format. They are used for analyzing and assessing the information in a more in-depth manner.

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A line chart displays information as a series of data points connected by straight line segments. The points represent individual measurements. A line chart is often used to visualize a trend in data over an interval of time, thus the line is often drawn chronologically.

In this example, the number of files created for a six-month period of time is shown for three sites.

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A Pareto chart is used to graphically summarize and display the relative importance of the differences between groups of data. The Pareto chart contains both bar and line graphs and helps the user to visualize the Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule). Grouped data values are represented in descending order by bars and the cumulative percentage total is represented by the line.

Note: This option is only available in Report Editor (i.e., Pareto charts cannot be created/edited in Question Wizard or Report Designer).

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A pie chart is a circular graph divided into sectors, illustrating proportion. Pie charts can be an effective way of displaying information if the intent is to compare the size of a slice with the whole pie, rather than comparing the slices among them.

In this example, each slice is an event type. Their relative size shows that there is no one event type that makes up a substantial portion of files reported.

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