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04 Explore Data with Sunburst Chart and Stacked Area Chart

<p><strong>Explore Data: Sunburst Chart and Stacked Area Chart</strong></p><p>This workflow demonstrates the usage of the <strong><em>Sunburst Chart</em></strong>, which is used to visualize data when the data has some level of hierarchy. Here, the <strong><em>Sunburst Chart</em></strong> displays the sales of a company across different products and markets. Additionally, a <strong><em>Stacked Area Chart</em></strong> is used to display the composition of sales across products over time.</p>

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Visualize sales across products and markets

Step 1: Connect the input data (which has some level of hierarchy) to the input port of the "Sunburst Chart".

Step 2: In the configuration window, select the category columns that denote the hierarchy. In this case, it is "Product" and "Market". Select "Sales (in thousands)" as the "Value column".

Step 3: Click "Apply and Execute".

Visualize overall sales as composition of product sales

Step 1: Connect the input data to the input port of the "Stacked Area Chart".

Step 2: In the configuration window, select the "Date" column as the horizontal dimension. In the column selection panel, include the columns "Product A" and "Product B" as the frequency dimensions.

Step 3: Now right-click on the node and select on "Apply and Execute".

Explore Data: Sunburst Chart and Stacked Area Chart


This workflow demonstrates the usage of the Sunburst Chart, which is used to visualize data when the data has some level of hierarchy. Here, the Sunburst Chart displays the sales of a company across different products and markets. Additionally, a Stacked Area Chart is used to display the composition of sales across products over time.

Workflow complete!

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Calculate sum of "Sales" across products and months
Pivot
Group by "Product" & "Market";Calculate sum of "Sales"
GroupBy
Sales data for differentproducts and markets
Table Creator
Compare overall salesby products over time
Stacked Area Chart
Convert "Sales"to thousands
Expression
Convert "Date" to date type
String to Date&Time
Compare sales acrossproducts and makets
Sunburst Chart

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