This topic describes the types of line charts and their examples.
A line chart consists of a horizontal axis that represents categories and a vertical axis that represents values. A line chart can be used to analyze the trend of changes over time, especially in the scenario where the data trend is more important than data values. Therefore, a line chart is suitable to show the trend of changes over equal intervals, for example, months, quarters, and fiscal years.
This topic uses the sample data listed in the following table to show different types
of line charts.
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | 0.3782 | 0.4663 | 0.4966 | 0.5689 | 0.623 | 0.636 |
| Firefox | 0.2284 | 0.203 | 0.1801 | 0.156 | 0.1531 | 0.1304 |
| IE | 0.3214 | 0.2491 | 0.2455 | 0.1652 | 0.1073 | 0.0834 |
- Line chart
- Stacked line chart
- 100% stacked line chart
- Line chart with markers
- Stacked line chart with markers
- 100% stacked line chart with markers
