Combo chart
The Combo chart visualization makes it easy to quickly build a comparison visualization without having to build a table first. You can easily view trends in your data in a line/bar combination.
Use a Combo chart to:
- Compare this week’s orders to orders at the same time last month (and last year) - all within a few clicks.
- Quickly analyze and compare multiple metrics (like Unique Visitors and Revenue) against one another on the same chart.
- Analyze a metric against a function (such as Cumulative Average) over a time horizon.
Keep this in mind:
- You can add multiple comparisons in a single Combo chart.
- If you add one or more comparisons, they have to be of the same type, such as Time comparison.
- You can add up to 5 comparisons.
- You can apply up to 3 filters to a metric.
- Calculated metrics are not supported in Combo charts.
Build a Combo chart
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From the Visualizations drop-down list in the left rail, drag the Combo chart visualization into a blank panel.
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From the drop-down lists, select a dimension for the X-axis and a metric for the Y-axis.
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Select the type of Line comparison you want to use.
table 0-row-2 1-row-2 2-row-2 3-row-2 layout-auto Line comparison type Definition Time comparison The most common type of comparison - comparing this time period to 4 weeks ago, for example. If you selected Time comparison, make a secondary selection as to which time period you want to compare.
Function You could introduce a function like Average into the comparison. See a list of supported functions below.
Secondary metric You could, for example, compare Revenue to another metric.
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Click Build.
The output will look similar to this:
The current period is shown in the bar chart, and the comparison period is represented by the line chart. The dots on the line chart are known as “bar bells”.
Supported functions
If you choose Function as the Line comparison type, a function of the metric you have chosen will be returned.
Here is an example of the cumulative average of the Revenue metric:
Here is an example of a combo chart with both Cumulative average and Mean functions:
Combo chart settings
Click the gear icon on the top right of a combo chart to change its settings.
