Select Variables
Variables are the columns of data used by visualizations. For example, if you have a database of sales information broken down by product, you might associate the total amount of sales for a given with the Size variable in a Treemap. You could also associate the difference between this year’s sales and last year’s sales to the Color variable for the same Treemap. This simple configuration will let you see at a glance which products are bringing in the most revenue and which products are increasing and decreasing in sales.
Each visualization uses a different set of variables, depending on the capabilities of the visualization:
Snapshot Visualizations
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    Visualization  | 
			
    Variables  | 
		
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    Bar Graph – Vertical  | 
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    Bar Graph - Horizontal  | 
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    Box Plot  | 
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    Bullet Graph - Vertical  | 
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    Bullet Graph - Horizontal  | 
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    Categorical Line Graph  | 
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    Circle Pack  | 
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    Donut Chart  | 
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    Donut Gauge  | 
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    Dot Plot – Vertical  | 
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    Dot Plot – Horizontal  | 
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    Funnel Chart  | 
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    Heat Matrix  | 
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    Map Plot  | 
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    Network Graph  | 
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    Numeric Line Graph  | 
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    Numeric Line Graph – Vertical  | 
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    Numeric Needle Graph  | 
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    Numeric Needle Graph – Horizontal  | 
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    Numeric Stacked Needles  | 
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    Numeric Stacked Needles – Horizontal  | 
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    Pareto Chart  | 
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    Pie Chart  | 
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    Record  | 
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    Scatter Plot  | 
			
    X, Y, Size, Color, Opacity, Shape, Ref Lines, Details, Style  | 
		
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    Scatter Plot 3D  | 
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    Shapes  | 
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    Surface Plot  | 
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    Surface Plot 3D  | 
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    Table  | 
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    Ticker Tile  | 
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    Treemap  | 
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    Waterfall Chart  | 
			


