Combo chart
A combo chart is a combination of more than one chart type, and it is usually one of the following combinations:
- Line and column charts combination
- Line and bar charts combination
- Area and column charts combination
- Area and bar charts combination
- Any combination of line, bar, column, and area charts
Combo charts are useful for showing multiple insights without needing to plot two separate charts. You could combine a column chart of monthly sales with a line chart of profit margin. This ensures the user focuses on the whole message intended.
Figure 8.44 shows a combo chart of annual sales and operating profit margin:
Figure 8.44 – Combo chart
Combo charts require that you specify which chart type each data series is plotted as and also indicate the primary axis or secondary axis. With that, we have come to the end of combo charts.
