Roles and Identifiers

A chart has a certain number of axes and each axis has a certain role. The following table describes the axis role per identifier (from 0 to 5) for every chart or chart series.

Chart 0 1 2 3 4 5
Bar Series, Line, Surface, and CombinedBarLine Color Category Value      
Pie PieSectorSize PieSectorColor        
PieWidthDepth and Doughnut PieSectorSize PieDepthSize PieSectorColor      
Scatter Value1 Value2 Color Shape    
Bubble Value1 Value2 BubbleWidth BubbleHeight Color Shape
PolarScatter AngularValue RadialValue Color Shape    
PolarBubble AngularValue RadialValue BubbleWidth Color Shape  
BoxPlot Category Value Color      
Radar Color Category Shape Value    
HeatMap MainCategory Color SecondCategory      
TreeMap RectangleTitle RectangleWeight Color      
TagCloud Category TagsWeight TagsFamily      
Waterfall Category Value        
Dual Category Value1 Value2 Color    
Note There can only be up to two dimensional axes in Radar charts. For example, if data is displayed on "Color" and "Category", then you cannot assign data to "Shape".