Creating a Chart
Add a chart to your story or analytic applications page or apply other properties to a chart.
You can add many charts to your story or analytic applications page, and you can have more than one chart on a page. You can also run smart discoveries on your dataset to find unknown relationships in your data.
For information about all the parameters for the various chart types, see Choosing the Best Chart Type for the Data.
In addition to adding charts to new and existing stories, you can set certain properties, apply smart grouping, and so on.
- To add a chart to your story or analytic applications page, do the
following:
- From the (Main Menu), select .
- From the () Main Menu, select
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When prompted to Add an object to the canvas, select Chart.
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In the Select Model dialog, select a folder and then select a data source:
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Public: either search through the public folder for an existing model, spreadsheet, or other data source, or select the Models folder and then select a model.
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Samples: select a model.
If prompted, provide the proper login credentials for your data source connection.
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The default chart type is a Bar/Column chart. You can change the chart type in the Chart Structure section of the Builder.
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From the (Main Menu), select .
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Select your story or analytic application.
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If you cannot edit the story or analytic application, select Edit.
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From the toolbar, under Insert, select (Chart).
A bar chart is added to your page.
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If you already have a data source selected for another chart, that data source will automatically be selected for your new chart. To change it, in
, select (change primary model) and choose a new data source.If prompted, provide the proper login credentials for your data source connection.
You can select a chart type from the Chart Structure section of the Builder.
View Mode
Enable Explorer – select whether to enable the Explorer to be launched directly from the tile when in View mode.
If you want to restrict the number of measures and dimensions that are visible in the Explorer, select Configure Measures & Dimensions. Note that all measures and dimensions that are currently in the chart are automatically included and can’t be removed. Also, if you don’t specify any additional dimensions or measures, then only the ones used in the chart are available in the Explorer.
Boardroom
Select sorting options for when your story is used in the Digital Boardroom.
You can run a discovery to gain insights on how underlying variables influence a given dimension or measure within a dataset in a story.
- Create a chart and select measures and dimensions.
- In Builder, find a measure or dimension and then select .
- In the discovery area, select a measure or dimension, and then select Run.
For more information about smart discovery, see About Smart Discoveries.
- Create either a or a chart.
- Select measures and dimensions for the chart.NoteTo successfully use a bubble chart, the resulting measure values cannot be negative.
- In Builder
expand Smart Grouping and set it to
On.
A range slider for the number of groups is displayed.
- Specify the number of groups, the group name, and whether to include tooltip measures in the
grouping. NoteUse to add a tooltip measure to the chart.