The stacked bar chart displays the priorities for a selected
view and all criteria. Criteria priorities are taken into account
when the chart is drawn. By clicking the check boxes in the criteria
list, you can show and hide the contributions of the criteria.

Ranking schemes
In stacked bar charts,
black triangles that indicate the total score for each element. You
have two options to calculate the total score:
- Positive - Negative: The score is calculated
as the sum of the priorities of the Maximize criteria minus the sum
of the priorities of the Minimize criteria.
- Positive / Negative: The score is calculated
as the sum of the priorities of the Maximize criteria divided by the
sum of the priorities of the Minimize criteria. If there are no Minimize
criteria, the score is indicated by a red arrow to the right, because
the total score is then an infinite value. If both Maximize and Minimize
criteria are 0 or if only the Maximize criteria are 0, the score is
indicated by red triangles in the middle. Use the Positive / Negative
ranking scheme when you want to see the total score; for example:
Value versus Cost.
To toggle between the two options, right-click the chart and
select Ranking Scheme.
Note: Use the
default ranking scheme, Positive - Negative, as a standard. This ranking
scheme was developed and used for years, and has proven to provide
the most intuitive results in most situations.
Disagreement indicators
If
you right-click the stacked bar chart and select Show Disagreement
Indicators, you can show the Disagreement Indicators in
the stacked bar chart. The level of disagreement is calculated for
each element and is based on the priorities of the element for the
criteria in the chart. If the criteria priorities for an element are
similar (as for element A, below) the level
of disagreement is low. If the criteria priorities are different (as
for element B, below) the disagreement level
is high.
Low disagreements are drawn to the left in the chart
and high disagreements are drawn to the right. The disagreements are
connected by red lines.

You can sort by disagreement (at Top or at Bottom), to
display in order where disagreement is at its most or its least.
Criteria priorities
When stacked bar charts
and stacked XY charts are displayed, you can take criteria priorities
into account. To understand how criteria priorities affect charts,
see “Using criteria priorities in charts.”