Stacked bar + line chart doesn't stack

JonFass
JonFass Member
edited April 11 in Magic ETL

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a stacked bar + line chart that shows revenue amounts as bars broken out by revenue type, and the line as a count of contracts signed / won.

I've used beast modes to break down the revenue amounts into different columns by type and use that as series. However, no matter how I set this up, the revenue amounts won't stack but instead display as adjacent columns, each with the same period on x axis. It sometimes stacks briefly but then goes back to the wrong display when saving the chart. Any ideas on how to fix?

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  • JonFass
    JonFass Member
    Answer ✓

    So I was able to make this work by making the beast modes part of the data set - for some reason that did trigger the values to stack

    Thanks everyone for your help!

    Jon

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  • GrantSmith
    GrantSmith Coach

    Try using a Grouped Line + Bar Chart under vertical chart types.

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  • JonFass
    JonFass Member

    Hey Grant,

    No luck with that either - I just get options for a single bar and 2 lines for series

  • DavidChurchman
    DavidChurchman Coach

    Can we see your BeastModes? I suspect there is some difference in how the two bars are aggregating giving them a hard time combining.

    Another (less likely) guess is something is off with the sort. Try adding date to your sort to see if that does anything.

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  • JonFass
    JonFass Member

    Hey,

    Sorting didn't help either

    Here you go for beast modes -

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    The formulas reference columns I created in ETL -

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  • JonFass
    JonFass Member
    Answer ✓

    So I was able to make this work by making the beast modes part of the data set - for some reason that did trigger the values to stack

    Thanks everyone for your help!

    Jon

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