Creating a Graph visualization

You can add a Graph visualization to a Visual Insight analysis, to display a set of data in a specific type of graph (called a graph style), allowing an analyst to quickly analyze the data in a visual display. MicroStrategy provides a number of graph styles to meet your reporting needs. A graph style is the type of graph, such as vertical area, bubble, and so on.

To display properly, each graph style requires certain types of data. For requirements for each graph style, see Minimum object requirements for each graph style. For an introduction to graph reports and complete details on each graph style available in MicroStrategy, see the Graphing chapter in the MicroStrategy Advanced Reporting Guide.

Prerequisite

To add a Graph visualization to an analysis

  1. Click the name of the analysis to run it.

  2. Click the Add Visualization icon Add Visualization icon. The Select a Visualization dialog box opens. Select the type and subtype of graph you want to add. The table below contains a list of subtypes available for each graph style.

  3. The new visualization is added to the analysis. To add attributes and metrics to the visualization, from the Dataset Objects panel, click and drag attributes or metrics to the Drop Zones panel, as follows:

    Note
    : To display properly, each graph style requires certain types of data. For requirements for each graph style, see Minimum object requirements for each graph style.

  4. You can choose additional graph types and subtypes to use to display your data using the options on the Properties panel. For steps, see Formatting a Graph visualization.

  5. To save your analysis, click the Save As icon Save As icon. The Save As dialog box is displayed.

  6. Navigate to the location in which you want to save the analysis, then type a name and description for the analysis in the Name and Description fields.

Type of Graph

Subtypes

Pie

    • Pie

    • Ring Pie

Vertical and horizontal bar graphs

    • Vertical Bar

    • Vertical Bar - Dual Axis

    • Horizontal Bar

    • Horizontal Bar - Dual Axis

Vertical and horizontal line graphs

    • Vertical Line

    • Vertical Line - Dual Axis

    • Horizontal Line

    • Horizontal Line - Dual Axis

Vertical and horizontal area graphs

    • Vertical Area

    • Vertical Area - Dual Axis

    • Horizontal Area

    • Horizontal Area - Dual Axis

Combination of different graphs

    • Bar and Area

    • Bar and Area - Dual Axis

 

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