Histogram Chart l Zoho Analytics Help

Histogram Chart


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.

  1. Open the table over which you want to create the chart.
  2. Click New icon and then click New Chart View .
  3. 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.
  4. Click the Click here to Generate Graph button. A line bar chart will be created.
  5. Change Chart Type to Bar > Histogram .


Possible combinations for creating Histogram Charts

The following combinations of column types are possible when creating Histogram charts.

 
X axis
Y axis
Color
Text
Tooltip

Case 1

Dimension

Aggregate/
Optional

-

-

-

Case 2

Optional

Aggregate

-

-

-

Case 3

Aggregate/

Optional

Dimension

-

-

-

Case 4

Aggregate

Optional

-

-

-

  • 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.