Graphs

2-D plots and diagrams are useful to compare two major variables, visually assessing their correlation and distribution. Other graphic attributes can be mapped (such as size and color) to include further variables into the correlation analysis. When you want to focus your attention on a few specific variables, you can use:

Simple 2-D graphs, histograms and bar charts.
Augmented graphs with size specification, colors, transparency, embedded bar charts, and other features.
Interactively filtered graphs. ILOG Discovery enables dynamic queries, which are particularly useful with 2-D graphs.

An augmented 2D graph displaying US cities, colored by State. City names are displayed for the larger cities only.

2 stacked bar charts showing the same data series of per month profit for a given product line.

In the top chart, the width of each bar is made proportional to the product revenue for the corresponding month, emphasizing the relationship between profit and revenue.

In this case, during the predominantly yellow period, profit doubled while revenue was multiplied by 4.