Before You Begin

This tutorial shows you how to design a visualization that provides a way for users to change columns in the visualization without changing the workbook.

Background

You can create a visualization with a measure on the X-Axis such as Sales that users can change to another measure such as Profit. On the Y-Axis, you can define the visualization with the Product Name attribute on the Y-Axis and enable column swapping so that users can select a different attribute. You can implement column swapping in visualizations that use an X-Axis, Y-Axis, and a legend. You add the columns for swapping to Related Columns in the Grammar pane. The X-Axis drop target can only contain measures and the Y-Axis drop target can only contain attributes.

What Do You Need?

• Access to Oracle Analytics
• Download sample_order_lines2023.xlsx to your computer

Create a Dataset

In this section, you create a dataset to use for a visualization with column swapping enabled.

1. Sign in to Oracle Analytics.
2. On the Home page, click Create and click Dataset.
3. In Create Dataset, click Drop data file here or click to browse. In File Upload, select sample_order_lines2023.xlsx and click Open.
4. In Create Dataset Table from sample_order_lines2023.xlsx, click OK.

   
   

   

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5. In New Dataset, click Save. In Save Dataset As, enter sample_order_lines2023 and click OK.

Create a Workbook

In this section, you create a simple bar chart visualization.

1. Click Create Workbook. Close the Insights panel.
2. In the Data pane, hold down the Ctrl key, select Order Priority and Sales, and then drag the data elements to the canvas.

   
   

   

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Add Columns for Swapping

In this section, you enable the column setting property for the visualization and add columns for swapping.

1. Click Properties . In Properties, click Advanced.
2. In Advanced, click Off in Column Swap to enable On for column swapping.
3. Click Grammar .
4. In Data, hold down the Ctrl key, select Customer Segment, Product Sub Category, Product Category, Profit, and Quantity Ordered. Drag the data elements to Related Columns in the Grammar pane.

   
   

   

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5. Click Preview .
6. In Preview on the X-Axis, click Sales and select Profit.

   
   

   

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7. In Preview on the Y-Axis, click Order Priority and select Product Sub Category.

   

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Learn More

• About Column Swapping
• Enable and Configure Column Swapping for a Visualization

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Enable Column Swapping in Oracle Analytics Visualizations

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November 2025

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