Creating Overlay Charts

  To create an overlay chart:

  1. Run a simulation in Crystal Ball (or restore results).

    For overlay charts, the simulation should have more than one forecast.

  2. Select Analyze, and then Overlay Charts. Overlay Charts button

    (If you are using Crystal Ball in Microsoft Excel 2007 or later, select Analyze, then View Charts, and then Overlay Charts.)

  3. To create a new overlay chart, click New.

  4. In the Choose Forecasts dialog, select two or more forecasts to include.

  5. Click OK to create a new overlay chart with the selected forecasts (Figure 30, Overlay Chart for Selected Forecasts).

    Figure 30. Overlay Chart for Selected Forecasts

    This figure displays an overlay chart for selected forecasts, showing the menu bar, chart view, chart title, grid lines and y-axis title.

  6. Optional: Follow the steps in Customizing Overlay Charts and Setting Chart Preferences to change a variety of chart features and highlight those of greatest interest.

  7. Optional: Choose Overlay, and then Fit Probability Distributions to select and display the best fitting distribution for each forecast in the chart (Using Distribution Fitting with Overlay Charts).

You can copy overlay charts and paste them into other applications. For more information, see Copying and Pasting Charts to other Applications.