Time Series Chart. A unique feature of the line chart is the possibility of incorporating a large number of data into a single chart without any difficulty in viewing or understanding the information. A time series chart also called a time series graph or time series plot is a data visualization tool that illustrates data points at successive intervals of time.
First select your data. In his blog Joseph posts. Start by reading the chart 316 for quick introduction and input description.
It is represented by a series of data points connected with a line.
In Excel 2003 and earlier you could plot an XY series along a Line chart axis and it worked really well. I have managed to read the file and converted the data from string to date using strptime and stored in a list. Daily stock prices exchange rates quarterly annual sales production etc. The line chart axis gave you the nice axis and the XY data provided multiple time series without any gyrations.