Creating Visualizations
To create a visualization, you must first query the data that you want to visualize. For instruction on this step, see How to Create an Insight.
Once you have defined the parameters of your Insight, open the "Visualization" tab. Pick the visualization type you would like to see.
The following steps explain the types of visualizations available.
Table: Presents raw data organized by the data dimensions you selected in the left side panel.
The table is always visible below the visualization in the "Data" table.
Bar chart & Column chart: A bar chart or bar graph is a chart or graph that presents categorical data with rectangular bars with heights or lengths proportional to the values that they represent. The column chart will invert the x and y axis compared to a bar chart.
Scatterplot: The scatter chart (or scatter plot) graphs pairs of numerical data, with one variable on each axis, to look for a relationship between them. If the variables are correlated, the points will fall along a line or curve. The better the correlation, the tighter the points will hug the line.
Line chart: A line chart or line graph is a type of chart which displays information as a series of data points called 'markers' connected by straight line segments. It is a basic type of chart common in many fields.
Area chart: An area chart or area graph displays graphically quantitative data. It is based on the line chart. The area between axis and line are commonly emphasized with colors, textures and hatchings.
Pie chart: a type of graph in which a circle is divided into sectors that each represent a proportion of the whole.
Map chart: A graphical representation of data that uses a system of color-coding to represent different values.
Donut chart: Just like a pie chart, a doughnut chart shows the relationship of parts to a whole, but a doughnut chart can contain more than one data series. Each data series that you plot in a doughnut chart adds a ring to the chart.
Single value & Single Record: The single value visualization always displays a value from the first row. Use sorting and filtering as needed so that the desired data is in the first row. A single value visualization uses, in priority order:
- the leftmost measure
- the leftmost table calculation based on a measure
- the leftmost dimension
- the leftmost table calculation that does not involve a measure
Funnel chart: Do not use this visualization. Due to a known bug, this will break your browser.
Timeline chart: Timeline charts help you visualize the relationship between groups of events so you can compare the timespans over which these events took place. The timeline visualization works with numbers as well; the bars then represent the difference between a beginning and ending value.
Last Update: May 31, 2018
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