XY Chart

The XY Chart layout object allows you to create a graph that maps a series that has two values, as an XY-plot. This chart is used most often for scientific data.

Draw As property: This type of graph can be drawn as a Polar, Scatter, Area, Stacked Area, Line, Step, Step Area, a table or sorted table, or Time Series (property.) This graph presents the x and y values of three series of trigonometric functions.


This figure is an example of an XY chart, graphing trigonometric functions.

Figure 1. XY Chart example

The XY Chart Item element specifies the value data items in its properties: