Summary of Supported Attribute Categories for Each Chart Type

All chart types except map charts and tagclouds support multiple row and column BY field assignments. All chart types support multiple page and tooltip BY field assignments. One BY field can be assigned to the slider category.

With this syntax, ACROSS sort fields are not supported. All sort fields must be BY fields.

The following table lists the other supported attribute categories for each chart type.

Chart Type

Attribute Category and Description

AREA

x-axis. Sort field, typically a time-based dimension, such as YEAR.

y-axis. Measure. Multiples supported. Two y-axes supported.

color. Optional. The area color will depend on the field assigned to the color attribute. If it is a measure, the color will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a sort field, the colors will be discrete. Multiples supported.

BAR

x-axis. Sort field.

y-axis. Measure. Multiples supported. Multiple y-axes supported.

color. Optional. The bar color will depend on the field assigned to the color attribute. If it is a measure, the color will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a sort field, the colors will be discrete. Multiples supported.

size. Optional. The bar width will depend on the value of the measure assigned to the size attribute.

BOXPLOT

x-axis. Sort field.

min. Measure. Minimum value.

lower. Measure. First quartile.

median. Measure. Median value.

upper. Measure. Third quartile.

max. Measure. Maximum value.

color. Optional. The box color will depend on the field assigned to the color attribute. If it is a measure, the color will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a sort field, the colors will be discrete. Multiples supported.

BUBBLE

x-axis. Measure or sort field.

y-axis. Measure or sort field. Multiples supported.

color. Optional. The symbol color will depend on the field assigned to the color attribute. If it is a measure, the color will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a sort field, the colors will be discrete.

size. Measure. The bubble size will depend on the value of the measure assigned to the size attribute.

detail. Sort field (optional). Adds data to the chart. Multiples supported.

BUBBLEMAP

location. Dimension sort field containing the geolocation at which the symbols on the map should appear. Either location or latitude and longitude can be used.

latitude. Sort or measure field containing the latitude for the symbols. Either location or latitude and longitude can be used.

longitude. Sort or measure field containing the longitude for the symbols. Either location or latitude and longitude can be used.

size. Measure field used to size the symbols.

color. Optional. The symbol color will depend on the field assigned to the color attribute. If it is a measure, the color will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a sort field, the colors will be discrete.

CHOROPLETH

location. Dimension sort field containing the geolocation at which the symbols on the map should appear.

color. The polygon color will depend on the field assigned to the color attribute. If it is a measure, the color will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a sort field, the colors will be discrete.

DATAGRID

row. Sort dimension or measure field whose values represent the rows of the grid. Multiples supported.

column. Sort dimension or measure field whose values represent the columns of the grid. Multiples supported.

measure. Field whose values display in the cells of the grid. Multiples supported.

FUNNEL

measure. Measure field that sizes the funnel slices.

color. Sort field.

GAUGE

measure. Field that determines the position of the gauge needle or the length of the band, depending on the layout.

HEATMAP

y-axis. Sort dimension field. Must be specified before the x-axis field in the request.

x-axis. Sort field.

color. Measure. Rectangle color will depend on the value of this measure. The color will be visualized as a gradient.

LINE

x-axis. Sort field, typically a time-based dimension, such as YEAR,

y-axis. Measure. Multiples supported. Multiple y-axes supported.

color. Measure (optional). The line color (and marker color, if markers display) will depend on the measure assigned to the color attribute. The color will be visualized as a gradient. Multiples supported.

size. Measure (optional). The marker size, if markers are visible, will depend on the value of the measure assigned to the size attribute. If markers are not visible, the width of the line represents the size measure

MARKER

size. Measure. The size of the marker in each cell will depend on the value of the measure assigned to the size attribute.

color. Measure. The marker color will depend on the measure assigned to the color attribute. The color will be visualized as a gradient.

MEKKO

x-axis. Sort field.

y-axis. Measure. Multiples supported.

color. Optional. The bar color will depend on the field assigned to the color attribute. If it is a measure, the color will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a sort field, the colors will be discrete. Multiples supported.

PIE

measure. Determines the size of each slice.

color. Sort field, used to color the slices.

size. Supported for matrix charts only. Makes the pie in each cell larger or smaller depending on the measure assigned.

SCATTER

x-axis. Measure or dimension sort field.

y-axis. Measure or dimension.

color. The marker color will depend on the field assigned to the color attribute. If it is a measure, the color will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a sort field, the colors will be discrete. If no field is assigned to this category, all of the markers will be the same color.

size. Measure (optional). The marker size will depend on the value of the measure assigned to the size attribute.

detail. Sort field (optional). Adds data to the chart. Multiples supported.

STREAM

x-axis. Sort field.

y-axis. Measure. Multiples supported.

color. Colors the areas and legend (optional). If the field is a measure, the colors will be visualized as a gradient. If it is a dimension, the colors will be visualized as discrete colors. Multiples are supported.

TAGCLOUD

detail. Sort dimension that contains the tags to be displayed.

size. Measure that controls the size of the tags.

color. Measure that controls the color of the tags. Tagclouds do not support multiple series and legends, so this category cannot be assigned to a sort field.

TREEMAP

color. Measure or sort field. Rectangle color will depend on the value of this measure or dimension. The color will be visualized as a gradient for a measure or discrete colors for a dimension.

size. Measure. Rectangle size will be determined by the value of this measure.

detail. Dimension sort field. Multiples supported.

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