You can create various types of charts such as Area, Bar, Bubble, Line, Pie, Stacked, Scatter, Funnel, Web and 3D charts by simply dragging and dropping the required columns into the respective shelves in the design area. 

Before we proceed any further into understanding the chart types and the combination of columns that can be used to create them, it is necessary that we first know about the functions associated with each column.

Listed below are the associated functions used in Zoho Analytics:

• Dimension: a column that has discrete values (eg. String and date column).
  
• Aggregate: a column with an aggregate function applied contains aggregate values like sum, average etc. This even includes aggregate formula columns.
  
• Measure: Measure column is nothing but a column containing numerical values that can be measured.
  

The chart designer looks as shown below. You can create charts by simply dragging and dropping the columns in their respected shelves. To know much more in detail about creating charts , you can refer to this help documentation . 

The chart types that are not applicable for the combination of columns that you use while creating the chart will appear faded (disabled). Let us now see in detail about each chart type and the combination of column types used to create them.

Pie Chart

Pie charts are used to represent a percentage or proportional data. A pie chart can be converted to any of its equivalents like ring chart, funnel chart, bar chart, line chart, scatter chart, area chart or web chart.

The following combination of column types allows you to create a pie chart.

Example : Region wise Profit. 

Half Pie Chart

The Half Pie Chart is similar to the pie chart but has a semi-circular shape. This chart is used to represent a percentage or proportional data. It can be converted to any of its equivalents like pie chart, ring chart, funnel chart, bar chart, line chart, scatter chart, area chart or web chart.

The following combination of column types allows you to create a half pie chart. 

Example : Region wise Sales. 

Ring Chart

Ring chart or otherwise called as a doughnut chart is used to represent data in rings. A ring chart displays the contribution of each value to the overall total expressed in percentage. Ring chart can be converted to any of its equivalents like pie chart, funnel chart, bar chart, line chart, scatter chart, area chart or web chart.

The following combination of column types allows you to create a ring chart.

Example :  Region-wise sales%

Half Ring Chart

Half Ring chart is used to represent data in half rings. This displays the contribution of each value to the overall total expressed in percentage. Half ring chart can be converted to any of its equivalents like pie chart, half pie chart, ring chart, funnel chart, bar chart, line chart, scatter chart, area chart or web chart.

The following combination of column types allows you to create a half ring chart.

Example :  Sales on Businessdays

Bar Chart

Bar charts are used when you have to compare data classified into discrete groups. They are generally used to categorize data or represent two or more metrics of a particular category. They display values as individual bars whose height is determined by the value plotted and grouped by each category. A Bar chart can be converted into any of its equivalents like Line, Scatter, Area, Stacked Bar, Stacked Area or Combo chart depending on the category.

The following combination of column types allows you to create a bar chart.

Example : Product Category wise sales

Learn more about Bar charts and how to create them

Butterfly Chart