How to use ChartBuilder?

Charting time Series Data (the basic stock chart)

  1. Find some time series data (may we suggest this)

  2. The first row of your data must be your column headers!

  3. Make sure the first column is your dates, and the heading on the first column is "date"

  4. Copy and paste into the box under "1. Input your data"

Charting ordinal series data

  1. Find some ordinal series data (may we suggest this)

  2. The first row of your data must be your column headers!

  3. Make sure the first column are your categories, and the heading on the first column isn't "date"

  4. Copy and paste into the box under "1. Input your data"

Finishing up

  1. Click the "Create Image of Chart" button

  2. Click "download image" of chart

Smartkarma ChartBuilder

1. Input your data

Warning: Data is Invalid

Check the format of your data

Header
Data

2. Series Options

3. Chart Options

Something like "Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics" or "Data compiled by Factset"

4. Right Axis Options

4+ Left Axis Options

5. Bottom Axis Options

No options available

4. Export

Create Image of Chart

5. Copy the HTML table of your data (if you want)