Histogram Chart is a special form of bar chart where the values are plotted over continuous rather than discrete categories and useful to plot frequency distributions.
Creating a Histogram chart
Follow the below steps to create a Histogram chart.
- Open the table over which you want to create the chart.
- Click New icon and then click New Chart View .
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In the chart editor that opens, drop columns as given below.
- X-Axis - Drop the column to categorize the data.
- Y-Axis - Drop the metric column.
- Click the Click here to Generate Graph button. A line bar chart will be created.
- Change Chart Type to Bar > Histogram .
Possible combinations for creating Histogram Charts
The following combinations of column types are possible when creating Histogram charts.
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X axis
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Y axis
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Color
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Text
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Tooltip
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Case 1
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Dimension
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Aggregate/
Optional
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Case 2
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Optional
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Aggregate
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Case 3
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Aggregate/
Optional
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Dimension
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Case 4
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Aggregate
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Optional
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- Dimension : A column with Actual Value function applied over it. For numeric column, Actual value will be divided into Actual Measure, Actual Dimension, and Actual Range.
- Aggregate : A column with an aggregate function applied (sum, average, count, etc) applied over it. This also includes aggregate formula columns.