Which software to use to create this graph?

[sawtooth500]

TL;DR Summary

Need a plot of 3 variables

So I have a dataset with 3 variables

-Time
-Quantity 1
-Quantity 2

Currently I have all the data in an excel sheet. So for example, I can easily in excel create a line graph that shows me quantity 1 on the Y axis and time on the X axis... however I want to see all 3 at the same time. So my idea is to take a 2D line graph, and add quantity 2 in the Z dimension and have it be represented as bars coming up (quantity 1 and 2 are all positive FYI).

I'm just a hobbyist so I have limited experience in this, and I'm just playing around, but what's a software platform that could do this for me? Preferably something I can just import the data into as an excel or CSV file? Thanks.

 

[jedishrfu]

Check out Desmos:

https://www.desmos.com/3d

and some help with 3D plotting

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jDJC0Zw7cB82SNEc04m5HGQHaXYaJK62iZM88ojNYwI/preview

 

[FactChecker]

It would be easy within Excel to make a two-line graph of Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 versus time (as the X-axis).
See this.

I have used R a lot in the past. It can be downloaded for free and has a good reputation within statistics and data analysis. It has good flexibility for graphing, but there is a lot more to learn that simply graphing within Excel.

 

[jedishrfu]

A video on using Excel to make 3D charts: