Add Data to a Visualization

After you’ve selected the datasets for your workbook, you can begin to add data elements such as measures and attributes to visualizations.

If you haven't already created a visualization, you need to create one.

You can select compatible data elements from the datasets and drop them onto the Grammar Panel in the Visualize canvas. Based on your selections, visualizations are created on the canvas. The Grammar Panel contains sections such as Columns, Rows, Values, and Category.

1. On the Home page, select a workbook, click the Actions menu, and then select Open.
2. If you created a workbook, then add a dataset to it.
3. Select the data you want to visualize by selecting one or more data elements on the Data Panel and then using one of the following methods:
   • Right-click, and click Add to Selected Visualization.
     
     
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   • Right-click, select Pick Visualization, and select a visualization type (for example, a table or heat map).
   • Drag and drop them onto the visualization canvas or the Grammar Panel.
     
     
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Tips on adding data

• To help you understand the components of a visualization, hover over it and click Show Assignments to annotate the visualization components, for example, the X-Axis and Y-Axis of a chart.
  
  
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• Use the Grammar Panel to configure visualization components (for example, add, remove, re-order).
  
  
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