Financial charts in Reports
Financial charts display data using vertical bars and lines.
Available charts
| Icon | Chart name | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Financial Line | Use this chart to display a trading value with a subchart displaying volume. |
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High Low | Displays the daily high, low, opening, and closing values with tick positions corresponding to opening and closing values. |
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Candlestick | Shows the daily high, low, opening, and closing values with different colour bars depending on the daily direction (positive or negative). |
When do you use them?
These are commonly used in the financial sector, specifically designed to show trends and movements in trading data sets.
Chart configuration settings
Note
The Reports interface prevents you from using data types that are unsupported and from building charts that do not include the mandatory settings.
On the Chart tab, configure the following settings:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Horizontal Axis | this is the label for the X axis, time series data |
| Start |
share value at the beginning of the time period (commonly: day) |
| End |
share value at the end of the time period (commonly: day) |
| High |
the highest value the share reached in the time period |
| Low |
the lowest value the share reached in the time period |
| Volume |
number of shares traded in the time period |
| Trend |
metric the user created to display a trend line on the chart |
