About this accelerator

Version: Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 to Current

Candlestick visualizations are used in analysis to display the high, low, open, and closing prices of, for example, stock prices for a specific period. The wide part of the candlestick shows if the closing price was higher or lower than the opening price.

Candlestick visualizations are supported as of Cognos Analytics 11.1.7. This visualization is not supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.

Next Steps: To use this file, click the blue Download button above and save the ZIP file to your local computer. Do not unzip this file. Next, log in to Cognos Analytics and upload the file.

For step-by-step instructions on how to build this visualization using fictional stock market sample data, see Candlestick visualization.

Note: This sample visualization was created to address specific requirements and does not include all the features/interactivity/properties of an out-of-the-box Cognos visualization. However, Cognos Analytics delivers a full set of fully-featured and powerful visualizations that are ready to use.

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