Online Line Graph Tool Needed

March 7, 2017 6:39 AM

I need to create a line graph for work. The left side should be numbered 1 through 15. The bottom would have fifteen names on it. There would be three lines tracking people's performance in three metrics. This doesn't seem like it should be that hard, but I keep coming across tools that are either too limited to allow fifteen names or three lines or are more complex than I need and require a learning curve that is too steep for this simple project. What should I use?
posted by DirtyOldTown to Technology (5 answers total)

Response by poster: Sorry. Should have mentioned, the thing we will be tracking is their rank in three categories, one through fifteen.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:41 AM on March 7, 2017

Best answer: It looks like onlinecharttool.com can do that. Make a line chart with 15 items and 3 groups.
posted by blub at 7:03 AM on March 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

Excel can do it pretty easily.
posted by Rock Steady at 7:11 AM on March 7, 2017 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: Online Chart Tool worked. Thanks!

I'd seen that one in my Googling, but didn't really grok how it worked the first time, so I skipped past it faster than I should have.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:33 AM on March 7, 2017

Best answer: You should use a bar graph rather than a line graph. A line graph implies a relationship between the different people's performance that you don't want. If order doesn't matter for the elements on the x-axis (the bottom), then you probably want a bar graph.
posted by demiurge at 8:42 AM on March 7, 2017 [7 favorites]