Working with charts : Choosing a chart type : About column charts
 
About column charts
A column chart, by default, displays data values as a set of vertical bars. A column chart is useful for displaying data side by side for easy comparison. Data Analyzer supports the following three subtypes of column charts:
*Side‑by‑side column chart
*Stacked column chart
*Percent stacked column chart
Two of the subtypes, stacked column chart and percent stacked column chart, are functionally similar to the stacked area chart and percent stacked area chart subtypes.