Creating charts

You can create charts from data using one of several chart types to provide a visual representation of the map data.

1.	In the map viewer, in the Results window, select the More drop-down menu . and select the Create Chart option.

The Chart window opens.

2.	In the Data Source field, the selected data to chart is displayed. This field is read-only.

3.	In the Label field, select the type of data from the list that provides labels on the chart.

4.	In the Value field, select the type of data from the list that provides the data values on the chart.

5.	(Optional) In the Normalization field, select the field whose value will act as the denominator to obtain a normalization value (Value/Normalization = Ratio) from the Value field.

Normalization allows you to divide one value by another to represent data as a proportion or ratio. You select data to map (numerator) and then select additional data to standardize against (denominator). For example, normalizing (dividing) total population by total area yields population per unit area (density).

6.	Select an icon for the chart type that you want to create. The icons in the Chart window are described in the following table.

Table 23 

Icons for creating charts and setting display options

Icon	Name	Description
	Print	Prints the chart.
	Chart Properties	Displays the Chart Properties dialog box where various options can be selected and applied to the chart.
	Pie Series Type	Displays the selected data as a pie chart.
	Point Series Type	Displays the selected data as a point chart.
	Line Series Type	Displays the selected data as a line chart.
	Bar Series Type	Displays the selected data as a bar chart.
	Column Series Type	Displays the selected data as column chart.
	View Chart Data	Opens the chart data so you can edit it and re-chart it if desired using the Use edited data for charting option.

After selecting a chart icon, the selected data displays in a chart in the lower area of the Chart window.