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Charts
Create charts in a story to display your data.
Whether you want to see a visual representation of your data or want to show it to someone else, charts can help you. There
are many ways to visualize your data, from bar charts and waterfall charts to tree maps or pie charts.
Once you've picked a chart type, selected your model and added measures and dimensions, you can move onto other tasks such
as adding a variance or an axis break, or changing how the data is displayed.
Use the Builder to select the measures and dimensions to include in your chart.
Use the Styling tools to enhance the presentation.
Use the Examine panel to create a table based on the data in your chart.
You can add multiple measures and multiple dimensions to your chart. When measures or dimensions are part of a hierarchy or
when a dimension has attributes, you can expand them and select their children or expand a dimension and select its attributes.
You can also apply lters to your measures and dimensions. The chart is updated as you make your choices in the Builder.
Tasks – Setting Up Charts
Feature Description
Creating a Chart Add a chart to your story or analytic applications page or apply
other properties to a chart.
Choosing the Best Chart Type for the Data When adding a chart to your story or analytic applications page,
choose the best chart type for your analysis.
Selecting Measures and Dimensions After you select a chart type, select the measures and dimensions
to display in each area of your chart.
Chart Context Menu Options There are several features available on the action menu for working
with the data in the chart or for changing the chart's appearance.
Styling Options for Charts Change the look of a chart tile including placement on the page,
border format, number formatting, label placement, and so on.
Linking to Another Page, Story, or External URL Add a hyperlink to another story or page, or to an external URL.
Tasks – Waterfall Charts
Feature Description
Waterfall Charts Waterfall charts show how an initial value is affected by a series of
intermediate positive or negative values.
Drilling through Waterfall Charts If hierarchical values are included in a waterfall chart, you can
expand or collapse the chart to explore the data at different levels.
Adding a Time-Based Variance to a Waterfall Chart Add a time-based variance to your chart to show the difference
between time periods.
Tasks - Adding Features
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Feature Description
Adding an Axis Break to a Chart Axis breaks can be used to visually shorten outliers in bar/column
or waterfall charts.
Adding Axis Line Breaks to Bubble or Scatterplot Charts In Bubble or Scatterplot charts, axis line breaks let you remove or
reduce visual gaps in the data.
Adding Cross Calculations to Charts Add a cross calculation to a chart.
Adding Dynamic Text to a Chart Title Add dynamic text to the chart title or subtitle
Adding an Error Bar to a Chart Add an error bar to your chart to indicate the error or uncertainty in
a reported measurement.
Adding a Footer to a Chart Add text footers to charts in stories.
Adding a Reference Line De ne reference lines to show important values on your chart; for
example, the average and maximum prices of your company's
products.
How to Add a Variance to a Chart Add a variance to your chart to show the difference between
versions of a measure or to show the difference between time
periods.
Aligning Chart Axes on a Page A story page is more visually appealing when the chart axes are all
aligned vertically and horizontally.
Annotating Data Points Annotate data points in Bar, Line, and Bubble charts.
Applying a Chart Filter Exclude non-relevant data points or lter data points to focus a
chart on a speci c set of data.
Tasks - Different Ways to Display Information
Feature Description
Break Grouping When you have multiple dimensions on the categories axis, use
Break Grouping to ignore the grouping order and change how the
dimensions and measures are sorted.
Displaying the Compound Annual Growth Rate for a Chart Show the Compound Annual Growth Rate for Bar/Column or
Stacked charts.
Displaying Dimension Information in a Chart In a chart, show the Description, ID, or ID and Description of a
dimension.
Displaying Dimension Labels on a Bubble or Scatterplot Chart Display dimension values on the data-points in a bubble or
scatterplot chart.
Displaying the Difference Between Two Data Points Select two data points in a chart to quickly see the difference
between their values. For example, you can compare a year-over-
year percentage increase or decrease, or see the delta between two
versions.
Showing Unbooked Data in a Chart Show both booked and unbooked data in a chart.
Zooming in on a Chart Temporarily magnify a region of a chart.
Tasks - Modifying Chart Contents
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Feature Description
Changing the Hierarchy Level in a Time Series Chart Change the hierarchy level in a Time Series chart to see the data
aggregation at different granularity settings.
Choosing the Measure Order in a Chart Reorder how measures are displayed in a chart, including
displaying them as overlapping bars
Choosing the Version Order in a Chart Reorder how versions are displayed in a chart. For example, you
can display the bars as 1st Forecast, Actual, and 2nd Forecast.
Creating Blended Charts Create charts with data from multiple models.
Drilling through Hierarchical Data If hierarchical dimensions are included in a chart, you can drill up or
down through dimensions to explore the data at different levels.
Dynamically Set Min or Max on a Chart Axis Dynamically set the minimum or maximum axis values for all
series on a chart axis.
Exporting Data as a CSV File Export data from your chart or table as a CSV le.
Input Controls: Dimension, Measure, or Cross Calculation Input controls give you the ability to change which dimensions or
measures to display for your charts or tables.
Manually Setting the Axis Range Manually change the axis range of a chart.
Normalizing a Time Series Chart Normalize the data in your Time Series chart to compare the
relative differences in percentage over time rather than seeing the
absolute value of the measure.
Running a Forecast in a Time Series or Line Chart Run a predictive forecast in time series or line charts.
Scaling Charts If multiple charts in a story contain the same measure, the measure
values may be scaled differently in different charts, which can
make comparisons difficult. You can scale the charts so that
measures have the same scale across multiple charts.
Sorting Measures and Dimensions Sort measures and dimensions in charts in ascending or
descending order, or you can set your own custom order.
Changing Color Palettes and Synchronizing Colors Across Charts When the color palette for one chart in a story is changed, all the
other charts that have the same color dimension or member will
also be updated. This applies to charts that have a single
dimension or measure for Color.
Related Information
Calculation Editor
Creating Calculated Measures
Creating Calculated Dimensions
Tables
Creating a Chart
Add a chart to your story or analytic applications page or apply other properties to a chart.
You can add many charts to your story or analytic applications page, and you can have more than one chart on a page. You can
also run smart discoveries on your dataset to nd unknown relationships in your data.
For information about all the parameters for the various chart types, see Choosing the Best Chart Type for the Data.
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Creating Charts or Adding Special Features

In addition to adding charts to new and existing stories, you can set certain properties, apply smart grouping, and so on.
Add a chart to a new story
Add a chart to an existing story
Other Properties
Run a Smart Discovery
Applying Smart Grouping to Your Chart
Add a Blank Chart to a New Story or Analytic Applications Page

1. To add a chart to your story or analytic applications page, do the following:
a. From the (Main Menu), select (Create) (Story) .
b. From the ( ) Main Menu, select Create (Analytic Application).
2. When prompted to Add an object to the canvas, select Chart.
3. In the Select Model dialog, select a folder and then select a data source:
Public: either search through the public folder for an existing model, spreadsheet, or other data source, or select
the Models folder and then select a model.
Samples: select a model.
If prompted, provide the proper login credentials for your data source connection.
The default chart type is a Bar/Column chart. You can change the chart type in the Chart Structure section of the Builder.
Add a Blank Chart to an Existing Story or Analytic Applications Page

To add a chart to an existing story or analytic applications page, do the following:
1. From the (Main Menu), select Browse Files .
2. Select your story or analytic application.
3. If you cannot edit the story or analytic application, select Edit.
4. From the toolbar, under Insert, select (Chart).
A bar chart is added to your page.
5. If you already have a data source selected for another chart, that data source will automatically be selected for your new
chart. To change it, in Builder Data Source , select (change primary model) and choose a new data source.
If prompted, provide the proper login credentials for your data source connection.
You can select a chart type from the Chart Structure section of the Builder.
Properties
View Mode
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Enable Explorer – select whether to enable the Explorer to be launched directly from the tile when in View mode.
If you want to restrict the number of measures and dimensions that are visible in the Explorer, select Con gure Measures &
Dimensions. Note that all measures and dimensions that are currently in the chart are automatically included and can’t be
removed. Also, if you don’t specify any additional dimensions or measures, then only the ones used in the chart are available in
the Explorer.
Boardroom
Select sorting options for when your story is used in the Digital Boardroom.
Run a Smart Discovery on a Chart

You can run a discovery to gain insights on how underlying variables in uence a given dimension or measure within a dataset in
a story.
1. Create a chart and select measures and dimensions.
2. In Builder, nd a measure or dimension and then select Smart Discovery Launch Discovery .
3. In the discovery area, select a measure or dimension, and then select Run.
For more information about smart discovery, see About Smart Discoveries.
Applying Smart Grouping to Your Chart

Smart Grouping is available for both the Bubble and Scatterplot chart types when using a Correlation analysis.
 Note
Before you can create a forecast on a time series chart, using a remote model from an SAP HANA, SAP BW, SAP Universe or
SAP S/4HANA system, your administrator must con gure the following option: Enable Time Series Forecast and Smart
Grouping on Live Data Models. The data will be processed on SAP servers.
Use Smart Grouping to automatically analyze the data points in your chart and group them based on similar properties.
 Note
By using Smart Grouping, any previously de ned color settings for the chart will be overridden.
1. Create either a Correlation Bubble or a Correlation Scatterplot chart.
2. Select measures and dimensions for the chart.
 Note
To successfully use a bubble chart, the resulting measure values cannot be negative.
3. In Builder expand Smart Grouping and set it to On.
A range slider for the number of groups is displayed.
4. Specify the number of groups, the group name, and whether to include tooltip measures in the grouping.
 Note
Use (More Actions) Add Tooltip Measure to add a tooltip measure to the chart.
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Related Information
Selecting Measures and Dimensions
Running Smart Discovery
Choosing the Best Chart Type for the Data
When adding a chart to your story or analytic applications page, choose the best chart type for your analysis.
You can add many charts to your story or analytic applications page, and you can have more than one chart on a page. Choose
different chart types to display different aspects of your data.
Overview of Chart Types

Charts for different types of analysis
Type of analysis Suggested chart types Usage example
Comparison
Bar/Column Use a Bar/Column chart to compare the
Compares differences between values or differences in sales revenue between countries.
Combination
shows a simple comparison of categorical
Column & Line Use a combination chart to compare two different
divisions of measures.
types of data in the same chart.
Combination
For parameter details, see: Parameters for
Stacked Column & Use a Stacked Bar/Column chart to represent at
Comparison Chart Types.
Line least three series of data, each series represented
by a color stacked in a single bar (for example,
Stacked
sales for 2013, 2014, and 2015).
Bar/Column
Use a Waterfall chart to understand how an initial
Waterfall
value is affected by a series of intermediate
increase or decrease values.
The initial and the nal values are represented by

columns attached to the baseline, while the
intermediate values are denoted by oating
columns. The columns are color-coded to show
Increase, Decrease, and Total values.
Trend
Area Use an Area chart to show percentage of total sales
Shows a trend in the data values (especially for a limited number of regions (Canada, Germany,
Line
for dimensions that are time-based, such as China, Italy).
Year) or the progression of your data and Trend Time Series
Use a Trend Time Series chart to view sales
possible patterns.
revenue trends of a product throughout a range of
For parameter details, see Parameters for years.
Trend Chart Types.
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Type of analysis Suggested chart types Usage example
Distribution
Box Plot Use a Box Plot chart to summarize annual sales
Shows distributions between several groups amounts according to geographical regions. For
Heat Map
or sets of data. each country, plot a box that shows the range and
Histogram distribution of the regional sales amounts within
For parameter details, see Parameters for
that country.
Distribution Chart Types. Radar
Use a Histogram chart to indicate the number of
Tree Map data points that lie within a range of values.
Use a Radar chart to view sales for each

department throughout a calendar year.
Use a Tree Map chart to display hierarchical data

using nested rectangles.
Correlation
Bubble Use a Bubble chart to show the number of products
Shows the relationship between values or sold in a certain region; the larger the bubble, the
Cluster Bubble
compares multiple measure values. greater the number of products sold in that region.
Scatterplot
For example, you can view the correlation of Use a Scatterplot chart to consider a larger scope
two measures and understand the impact of of data for the purpose of determining trends.
the rst measure on the second measure.

Correlation Chart Types.
Indicator
Bullet Use a Bullet chart to view your organization's
Shows a business's metrics. revenue performance for the quarter.
Numeric Point
Indicator Chart Types.
Other (More) chart options, including

percentage Donut Chart Pie and Donut charts show the percentage of parts
in a whole or values as ratios to a whole.
Marimekko
The legend shows the percentage and the total
Other Chart Types. Pie Chart
values.
Marimekko charts use varying heights and varying

column widths to depict data.
Related Information
Creating a Chart
Parameters for Comparison Chart Types
Parameters for Trend Chart Types
Parameters for Distribution Chart Types
Parameters for Correlation Chart Types
Parameters for Indicator Chart Types
Parameters for Other Chart Types
A list of parameters for comparison chart types, including bar, column, and waterfall charts.
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Chart types such as Bar and Waterfall are grouped under the Comparison section in the Builder panel.
For an overview of the different chart types, see Charts overview.
Comparison chart parameters

Suggestions for when to use Bar/Column or Waterfall charts:
Bar/Column: compares the differences in sales revenue between countries.
Stacked Bar/Column: includes at least three series of data, each series represented by a color stacked in a single bar
(for example, sales for 2013, 2014, and 2015).
 Tip
You only need one dimension for the Stacked bar chart (as the Color parameter) and as many measures as you want.
Waterfall: shows how an initial value is affected by a series of intermediate increase or decrease values.
You can have up to two dimensions in your chart: the rst (primary) dimension provides subtotals or interim totals (for
example, sales per month); and the second (breakdown) dimension provides further details (for example, sales by
product per month).
Waterfall charts support only the Version dimension in the Color parameter. If you don't have a version dimension (for
example, Actual or Forecast versions), the Color list will be empty.
The initial and the nal values are represented by columns attached to the baseline, while the intermediate values are
denoted by oating columns. The columns are color-coded to show Increase, Decrease, and Total values.
For more information on waterfall charts, see Waterfall Charts.
Combination chart: compares two different types of data in the same chart.
Some chart types require a speci c number of measures or dimensions and will either not work or not provide good results if
you use the wrong parameters.
Bar/Column, Stacked Bar/Column, or Waterfall charts
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Chart Orientation: select either Horizontal or Vertical orientation.
Show Chart as 100%: select when you want to show the Stacked Bar/Column chart as 100% stacked.
 Note
If the stacked bar or column chart has only negative values, they will be shown in a 100% stacked chart. However, if the stacked chart has both positive
and negative values, when shown as a 100% stacked chart the negative values won't be shown.
Required or optional parameters:
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
2 - maximum
0+ - optional
NA - Not Applicable
Measures or Parameter Bar/Column Stacked Bar/Column Waterfall

Dimensions
Measures Measures 1+ 1+ 1+
Color* 0+ NA NA
Dimensions Dimensions 0+ 0+ 2
Color* 0+ 1+ Version**
Trellis 0+ 0+ NA
* When you have a Measure in the Color parameter, you can have only one parameter. If you already had Dimensions in the
Color parameter or a different Measure, the new Measure will replace those parameters.
** Waterfall charts support only the Version dimension in the Color parameter, and only the pattern can be changed, not the
color. If you don't have a version dimension (for example, Actual or Forecast versions), the Color list will be empty.
 Note
Prior to SAP Analytics Cloud version 2020.12, the white pattern in the Color parameter pattern options showed a
white ll for bar and column charts, but no ll color (transparent ll) for stacked charts.
As of version 2020.12, there are separate options for white ll and transparent ll.
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When you use the builder panel to edit an existing chart, the ll color will automatically be updated: white for bar and
column charts, and transparent ll for stacked charts.
Combination chart parameters
Y Axes Overlap: Select when you want the bar and line axes to overlap.
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
If you do not include the second axis, you will not see the Line information.
Measures or Parameter Combination Column & Combination Stacked

Dimensions Line Column & Line
Measures Column Axis 1+ 1+
Line Axis 0+ 0+
Dimensions Dimensions 1+ 1+
Color 0+ 0+
Trellis 0+ 0+
Related Information
Creating a Chart
A list of parameters for trend chart types, including Area and Line charts.
Chart types such as Area and Line are grouped under the Trend section in the Builder panel.
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Trend chart parameters

Use an Area chart to show percentage of total sales for a limited number of regions.
Area or Line charts
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
NA - Not Applicable
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Area Line
Measures Measures 1+ NA
Left Y-Axis NA 1+
Right Y-Axis NA 0+
Color 0+ 0+
Trellis 0+ 0+
Use a Time Series chart to view sales revenue trends of a product throughout a range of years.
Time Series chart
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1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Time Series
Measures Measures 1+
Dimensions Time 1+
Color 0+
Related Information
Creating a Chart
A list of parameters for distribution chart types, including Box Plot, Radar, and Heat Map charts.
Chart types such as Heat Map and Radar are grouped under the Distribution section in the Builder panel.
Distribution chart parameters

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Suggestions for when to use Box Plot or Radar charts:
Box Plot: summarizes annual sales amounts according to geographical regions.
For each country, plot a box that shows the range and distribution of the regional sales amounts within that country.
Radar: shows sales for each department throughout a calendar year.
Box Plot or Radar charts
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
NA - Not Applicable
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Box Plot Radar
Measures Measures 1+ 1+
Dimensions Aggregation Level 1+ NA
Dimensions 0+ 1+
Color 0+ 1+
Trellis 0+ 0+
Heat Map charts
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Heat Map
Measures Color 1+
Dimensions X-Axis 1+
Y-Axis 0+
Trellis 0+
Histogram charts
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Histogram
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Measures or Dimensions Parameter Histogram
Measures Measures 1
Dimensions Aggregation Dimension 1
Color 0+
Bin Properties Number of Bins 1+
By default in the Histogram chart, your chosen Measure is placed in Color. When you add a Dimension to Color, the Measure is
replaced with the Dimension. You can have multiple dimensions in Color.
Use a Tree Map chart to display hierarchical data using nested rectangles.
The Label dimensions are shown as nested groups, with the rst dimension as the outermost group. Use the Size measure for
size and color, or add a separate Color measure.
Tree Map charts
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Tree Map
Measures Size 1
Color 0+
Dimensions Label 1+
Trellis 0+
Related Information
Creating a Chart
A list of parameters for correlation chart types, including Bubble and Scatterplot charts.
Chart types such as Bubble and Scatterplot are grouped under the Correlation section in the Builder panel.
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For Bubble or Scatterplot charts, when you have a Measure in the Color parameter, you can have only one parameter. If you
already had Dimensions in the Color parameter or a different Measure, the new Measure will replace those parameters.
Correlation chart parameters

Bubble and Scatter charts
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
NA - Not Applicable
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Bubble Scatterplot
Measures X-Axis 1 1
Y-Axis 1 1
Size 1 NA
Color 0+ NA
Color 0+ 0+
Trellis 0+ 0+
Cluster Bubble charts
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1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Cluster Bubble
Measures Measures 1
Dimensions Dimensions 1
Color 1
Trellis 0+
Related Information
Creating a Chart

A list of parameters for indicator chart types, including Bullet and Numeric Point charts.
Chart types such as Bullet and Numeric Point are grouped under the Indicator section in the Builder panel.
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Indicator chart parameters

Indicator charts
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
NA - Not Applicable
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Bullet Numeric Point
Measures Measures 1+ 1+
Dimensions Dimensions 1+ NA
Color 0+ NA
Trellis NA 0+
Related Information
Creating a Chart
A list of parameters for miscellaneous chart types, including Donut, Pie, and Marimekko charts.
Additional chart types such as Donut and Pie are grouped under the More section in the Builder panel.
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More chart parameters

Donut or Pie charts
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Donut Pie
Measures Measures 1 1
Dimensions Color 1+ 1+
Trellis 0+ 0+
Marimekko charts
Show Chart as 100%: select when you want to show the chart as 100% stacked.
1+ - minimum
1 - maximum
0+ - optional
Measures or Dimensions Parameter Marimekko
Measures Height 1+
Width 0+
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Measures or Dimensions Parameter Marimekko
Dimensions Dimensions 1+
Color 0+
Trellis 0+
Related Information
Creating a Chart
Styling Options for Charts
Change the look of a chart tile including placement on the page, border format, number formatting, label placement, and so on.
Procedure
1. Select a tile on the page.
2. Open the Designer panel and select (Styling).
The Styling panel displays options available for the selected tile type. Some options may not be available to all users.
For charts and tables, you see only the styling options for the speci c area that you have highlighted. The heading in the
Styling panel identi es the area. For example, it may show Title, Data Cell, Axis Labels, and so on. Selecting a different
part of the table or chart changes the heading and the styling options.
3. Select desired tile options.
Chart Styling Options
Widget
Styling Options Description
Background Color Select a background color for this tile.
Border Select to add a border around the tile. You can also pick a style, the line width, and corner radius for the
border.
Actions
Change the placement of the chart on the canvas.
Available options:
(Send Backward)
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(Send to Back)
(Bring Forward)
(Bring to Front)
Data Points
Data Point Selection Select all data points or speci c data points, lines, or other options.
Fill Color Change the color of the data point or line.
Font
You can change the following options.
Text Selection Select whether the change applies to all the text labels or one or more of the following labels.
Standard labels for most chart types:
Axis Label
Data/Dimension Label
Legend
Chart Title
Subtitle
Trellis Label
Error Message
Labels that apply to speci c chart types:
Axis Title: applies to Line, Bubble, Scatterplot, and Histogram charts.
Numeric Point chart Additional labels for the chart:

labels
Primary Value
Primary Value Label
Primary Variance Value
Primary Variance Title
Secondary Value
Secondary Value Label
Footer Text
Font
Size The axis labels automatically adjust to minimize the amount of overlapping or truncated values.
If you override the axis label font size, the labels will no longer automatically adjust.
Color
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Style
Number Format
Scale Select how to display the numbers on an axis: whether to show all digits for each data point or to display the
values as thousands, millions, or billions.
Unformatted
Thousand
Million
Billion
Auto-formatted: picks the best scale for the values.
The following numbers are used to determine which scale is automatically chosen:
Unformatted: values < 10,000
Thousand: values < 10,000,000
Million: values < 10,000,000,000
Billion: values >= 10,000,000,000
For example, if the values are below zero when the number format is set to Million, then Auto-
formatted changes the format to Thousand.
Scale Format
Default
k, m, bn
Thousand, Million, Billion
Measure Selection Choose an included measure to apply the formatting to.
Decimal Places Select the number of decimal places to display.
Default: the default number of decimal places is set in the model.
Automatic: truncates values to at least three digits. Values that are less than one will have three decimal
places. Larger values will have the decimal places truncated.
 Example
Original Formatted to Thousands Thousands with Automatic
Decimal Places
155.5555555 0.1555555555 0.156
11689.76 11.68976 11.7
0.00009999999 0.0000001 +0.00
543234567998.99994 543234567.999 543234568
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Show Sign As
Default
+/-
( ): brackets will appear around negative values instead of a minus sign.
Legend
Placement
Above Chart
Below Chart
Beside Chart (Right)
Alignment Select how to align the legend in relation to the chart.
Labels
Axis Label Direction

Automatic
Horizontal
Diagonal
 Note
If you have multiple measures or multiple dimensions, the labels won't display on the diagonal,
only on the horizontal.
Inline (Applies to only horizontal Bar or Stacked Bar charts.)
Axis Label Truncation

Right
Left
Middle
Truncate by Dimension/Measure:
Truncate by Dimension/Measure: select the dimension or measure
Truncation Direction: select Right, Left, or Middle
Data Label Background Use a background color for data labels to improve the readability of the data labels.
Color
To use a custom color or to change the opacity of the background color, from the data label color picker, select
More and then make your choices.
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Data Label
Avoid Data Label Overlap – select whether to display all chart labels, or to detect when labels
overlap and display only some labels.
Prioritize Largest Absolute Value
Show Only the Front Bar Label
Round Data Label Values – if there is not enough room on the chart, rounding the data label values
allows all labels to be displayed. However, rounded values may not include the speci ed number of
decimal places.
Hide Repeated Data Labels – select whether to avoid displaying repeated data labels, displaying only
one occurrence of a repeated label.
First/Last/High/Low Labels – for each line in a chart, show only four data points and their labels:
rst, last, highest, and lowest.
Variance Label Alignment– select whether variance labels are above the variance chart or below it.
Bubble or Scatterplot Other options available when a Bubble or Scatterplot chart is selected:
Change the bubble scale.
Change the bubble opacity.
X-Axis High/Low Labels – show labels for only the highest and lowest data-points.
Y-Axis High/Low Labels – show labels for only the highest and lowest data-points.
Size High/Low Labels – (bubble charts) show labels for only the highest and lowest data-points.
Donut or Pie Absolute Value – show labels as absolute value instead of percentage.
Axis
Axis Line Color Change the color of the axis line.
Hyperlink
Hyperlink Link to another story, page, or external URL from this tile.
 Note
You can customize the error message displayed when a chart contains no data. This setting is only available in the
Administration settings.
Related Information
Applying Styling to Tiles

After you select a chart type, select the measures and dimensions to display in each area of your chart.
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When you rst create your chart, you are asked to choose a data source or model. The measures and dimensions that you can
use are based on the data in that model.
You can add multiple measures and multiple dimensions to your chart. When measures or dimensions are part of a hierarchy, or
when a dimension has attributes, you can expand them and select their children, or expand a dimension and select its
attributes. You can also apply lters to your measures and dimensions. The chart is updated as you make your choices in the
Builder.
 Note
When using dimension attributes in your chart, drilling and Display As are not supported. For more information about
dimension attributes, see Preparing Data For Consumption.
Procedure: Adding Measures and Dimensions to a Chart

1. Select your chart.
2. In the Designer, open Builder.
3. Select measures and dimensions.
 Tip
Added a date or time dimension to your chart and want to show some comparisons? Follow the guidelines in Adding Time-
Based Variances to Charts.
Options for Measures and Dimensions

You can personalize your charts in many ways including adding color or adding values to tooltips for measures that are not in
the chart.
Renaming Measures and Dimensions
Use Color in Charts
Use Trellis Charts for Comparison
Include Extra Measures and Dimensions in Tooltips
Renaming Measures and Dimensions

There are times when you would rather have a customized description for a measure or dimension in your chart rather than
using the default value.
3. Pick your measure or dimension and then select Rename .
4. Type a new name for the description.
The new description is displayed in your chart.
To change back to the default information, pick the measure or dimension, select and then select (Reset).
Use Color in Charts

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To make your chart more visually appealing, add a Color dimension.
For some chart types, you can use the same dimension for both category and Color feeds. This can be useful if you want to hide
the legend for a chart, but still want to see the information that the legend would provide. For example, you can display total
sales (measure dimension) by employee (category dimension), and add employee to the color dimension as well.
You can apply the same dimension to both category and color feeds in the following chart types:
Bar/Column
Box Plot
Bubble, Scatterplot, and Cluster Bubble
Marimekko
When you switch to a chart type that does not support using the same dimension twice, one of the dimension options will be
dropped.
Use Trellis Charts for Comparison

A trellis chart is a set of small charts shown in a grid for comparison. Each small chart represents one item in a section. For
example, if you create a bar chart that compares revenue by region, and then add the <Country> dimension to the trellis,
multiple small charts appear. Each small chart displays the revenue by region for one country.
1. Select your chart and then do one of the following:
From the action menu ( ) select Add Trellis .
In the Designer, open Builder.
Find Chart Structure and select (Add Chart Components) Add Trellis .
2. Under Trellis, select Add Dimension and choose your dimension.
Include Extra Measures and Dimensions in Tooltips

You can add information to the tooltip for measures and dimensions that are not in your chart.
You may want to limit the number of measures and dimensions used to create your chart, but still be able to see the details of a
datapoint from all the measures and dimensions. Select additional measures and dimensions from Tooltip Measures and Tooltip
Dimensions.
1. Select your chart and then do one of the following:
From the action menu ( ) select Add Tooltip , and then select either Measure or Dimension.
In the Designer, open Builder.
Find Chart Structure and select (Add Chart Components) Add Tooltip , and then select either Measure or
Dimension.
2. Under Tooltip Measures, select Add Measure and choose your measures.
3. Under Tooltip Dimensions, select Add Dimension and choose your dimensions.
When you move the cursor over a datapoint, the tooltip will show information for all the selected measures and dimensions.
Related Information
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Creating a Chart
Displaying Dimension Information in a Chart
Input Controls: Dimension, Measure, or Cross Calculation
Chart Context Menu Options

There are several features available on the action menu (context menu) for working with the data in the chart or for changing
the chart's appearance.
The chart action menu (context menu) provides options that let you make additional changes to the chart. If you want to make
changes to speci c areas in a chart (For example, drilling down on a data point), you can use the right-click context menus.
Add More Functionality
Chart Data Point Context Menu
Examine View Context Menu
Action Menu Options

To display the menu, in the chart tile either right-click or select (More Actions).
 Restriction
Different chart types have different options available, and some options are not available when in View mode.
Action Description
Show as When showing percentage in a Time Series chart, the left-hand data point is displayed as 0%, and all values to the
percentage/Show right show the relative difference from that point. Showing the value provides the actual value for the data points.
as value
Sort Allows you to apply an ascending or descending sort to your chart. Select the measure or dimension you want to sort,
and the sort direction.
To sort on a measure that isn't included in the chart, select Advanced Sorting, choose a measure, and then set the
sort criteria.
Rank Show a speci ed number of the lowest or highest ranked members.
The following options are available:
Top 5
Bottom 5
Top N Options:
Mode - Top or Bottom
Value - used as the number of values you want to include in the lter.
Measure
Cross Calculation
Version
When a Top N lter is applied, text is displayed at the top of the chart indicating the lter direction and value. To
change the lter, select the lter text and input new values.
Linked Use a linked analysis to drill through hierarchical data or to create lters that simultaneously update multiple charts
Analysis in your story. For more linked analysis details, see Creating a Linked Analysis
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Action Description
Compare To Shows the difference between versions of a measure or the difference between time periods. For more information,
see How to Add a Variance to a Chart
Add Smart Lets you see more information about a particular data point in your visualization. For more information, see Smart
Insights Insights
Add For a list of options you can add, see Add More Functionality
Mobile When enabled, shows the chart on a mobile device.

(Responsive
pages only)
Show / Hide Allows you to show or hide chart elements. By default, most elements are shown.
The following elements can be hidden:
Chart Title
Subtitle
Chart Details
Legend
Threshold Legend
Data Labels
X-Axis Labels
X-Axis Title (Bubble, Scatterplot, and Histogram charts)
Y-Axis Labels
Y-Axis Title (Bubble and Scatterplot charts)
Total
Footer
The following elements are speci c to time-related charts:
Time Intervals
Date Picker
Navigator
Vertical Grid Lines
Horizontal Grid Lines
Con dence Interval
Past Period Forecast
Edit Axis You can manually change the axis values. For more information, see Manually Setting the Axis Range.
Collapse Title, Collapse to show only one line of text in the Chart Title or expand to show the full text.
Expand Title
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Action Description
Copy Copy options include the following:
Copy to the clipboard
Copy to:
New Responsive Page
New Canvas Page
an existing story page
Duplicate: copy and paste to the same page.
Export Allows you to export data from your chart as a CSV le, with or without formatting. For more information, see
Exporting Data as a CSV File
Edit Styling Opens the Styling panel. For more information on styling options, see Applying Styling to Tiles.
Fullscreen Expands the tile to ll the canvas.
Pin to Home Adds the chart to your home screen.
View Opens the Controls panel. For more information about controls, see Measure-based Filters
Controls
Remove Allows you to remove the chart from the canvas.
Add More Functionality

When you select Add in the Action menu, you can select the following options:
Action Description
Threshold Allows you to create thresholds for the chart. For more information, see Creating Story-De ned Thresholds.
Reference Line Allows you to add reference lines to your charts. For more information, see Adding a Reference Line .
Forecast
Automatic Forecast: performs a predictive forecast on the available data. With this option, you can
specify how many forecast periods to display in the chart.
Advanced Options: enables you to select one of the following simulate forecasting scenarios:
Linear Regression: use the Linear Regression algorithm on historical time series data to predict
future values.
Triple Exponential Smoothing: use the Triple Exponential Smoothing algorithm to account for
seasonal changes as well as trends.
Add Additional Inputs: use calculated measures, measure input controls, or additional measures
from the current model as inputs when creating the forecast. This option is available only for Time
Series charts.
More information: Running a Forecast in a Time Series or Line Chart
CGR Add a Compound Annual Growth Rate line to your Bar/Column or Stacked Bar/Column chart.
For more information, see Displaying the Compound Annual Growth Rate for a Chart.
Error Bar Indicates the error or uncertainty in a reported measurement. For more information, see Adding an Error Bar to a
Chart.
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Action Description
Tooltip Add information for measures and dimensions that aren't in your chart. For more information, see Add extra
tooltips for measures and dimensions.
Trellis Provides a grid of small charts for comparison. For more information, see Use Trellis charts for comparison.
Cross For more information about cross calculations, see Adding Cross Calculations to Charts.
Calculation
Hyperlink Allows you to add a hyperlink to an external URL, page or story. For more information, see Linking to Another Page,
Story, or External URL.
Comment Allows you to add a comment to the tile.
Chart Data Point Context Menu

The following menu appears when you right-click a data point in a chart. Different options are available for different chart types.
Action Description
Smart Insights Lets you see more information about a particular data point in your visualization.
Filter Include speci c data points.
More information: Applying a Chart Filter
Exclude Exclude speci c data points.
More information: Applying a Chart Filter
Drill Down/ Drill Up Drill through hierarchical data.
Expand / Collapse Lets you show more than one level of data.
When you have only one dimension and it has been fully expanded, the menu will show a
Collapse option.
When multiple dimensions are fully expanded, selecting Expand for a dimension will
collapse that dimension.
Compare To Shows the difference between versions of a measure or the difference between time
periods. For more information, see How to Add a Variance to a Chart
Add Threshold Add threshold values or ranges to a measure.
Open Hyperlink Shows the existing hyperlink, when there is one.
Pin Data Point Anchors a numeric point chart to the pinned item; you can add comments to that chart.
More information: Annotating Data Points
Break Axis Add an axis break to the chart.
More information: Adding an Axis Break to a Chart
Examine View Context Menu

The following menu appears when you right-click a table cell in the Examine view. The menu options are similar to those
available for tables.
Action Description
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Action Description
Smart Insights Lets you see more information about a particular data point in your visualization.
Lock Cell Lets you prevent individual cells of the table being updated. This feature is available for
users with a planning license.
Select the cells you want to lock and choose the icon on the toolbar. Locked cells are
shaded gray as a visual indicator that they are locked, and the toolbar icon changes to an
open lock. Select the lock icon again to unlock the cell.
The read-only feature on the main toolbar prevents a cell value from being overwritten, but
cell locking prevents updates to a cell value that would be caused by aggregation. You can
use this feature to redistribute values among sibling nodes of a hierarchy.
For example, if the parent node in the hierarchy Employee Expense has three child nodes:
Salaries, Bonus, and Training, and you lock the Employee Expense node, and then increase
the value of the Salaries cell, the values of the Bonus and Training cells are automatically
reduced to balance out the increase in salaries and maintain the same total Employee
Expense value.
The cell locks that you apply are saved with the story. When other users work on the page,
they can remove your cell locks and add their own, if necessary.
Filter Include speci c cells.
More information: Applying a Table Filter
Exclude Exclude speci c cells.
More information: Applying a Table Filter
Add Comment Add a comment to the tile.
Sort Options You can apply an ascending or descending sort to a table. To apply a sort, select a column
or row heading, and then select (Sort Options).
 Note
The Sort Options icon is active only when a suitable column or row of data is selected.
Choose the direction of the sort. For example, you can choose Ascending or Descending or
A-Z or Z-A. If you want to arrange the members of a dimension yourself, select Add
Custom Order and drag the members into the correct order in the Edit Member Order
panel.
More information about custom sorting: Changing Member Order.
More information about sorting non-string dimension values in a table: Value Sorting.
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Action Description
Create Top N A Top N lter shows a speci ed number of the lowest or highest ranked members.
Fill in the following details:
Type
Direction
Apply to each dimension – shows the top values for each dimension instead of for
the group of dimensions.
When you have a hierarchical measure in your table, this option is enabled and
cannot be disabled.
Value – the number of values you want to include in the lter.
Related Dimensions – if required, select dimension members.
When a Top N lter is applied, text is displayed at the top of the table indicating which
column is ltered.
The visible content of the table depends on the underlying structure of the data. All rows of
data that have not been selected are hidden. If the data in the table is hierarchical or
aggregated, other dependent rows will also be visible.
 Note
The Create Top N icon is active only when a suitable column of data is selected.
Related Information
Table Menu Options on Story Pages
Waterfall Charts
Waterfall charts show how an initial value is affected by a series of intermediate positive or negative values.
Generally, waterfall charts are used for time or duration-related data, although horizontal waterfall charts can be used for other
types of data.
Waterfall charts usually have one dimension, but you can add a second dimension:
The rst (primary) dimension provides subtotals or interim totals (for example, sales per month).
The second (breakdown) dimension provides further details (for example, sales by product per month).
To use the Color parameter in a waterfall chart you need to have a Version (for example, Actual or Forecast) dimension. For your
versions, you can modify the patterns, but not the colors. To change the colors, refer to Adding Columns and Customizing the
Column Color-Coding
 Note
To de ne a waterfall chart based on a dimension which is already used in a restricted measure (referred to as a key gure in
SAP BW) may result in unexpected data because SAP BW treats restrictions as OR operations. In most cases restricted
measures are intended to get the result as an AND operation.
For example, COUNTRY is restricted to Great Britain and Germany. In a sales scenario, the intended result would be that you
see products which are sold in both countries (Great Britain OR Germany) and not a combination of either country and both
of them (Great Britain OR Germany OR (Great Britain AND Germany)).
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If you accept an OR operation, a waterfall chart could be de ned on a dimension which is already used on a restricted key
gure designed in SAP BW. However, the described result occurs only if the key gure is part of the drill down.
The initial and the nal values are represented by columns attached to the baseline, while the intermediate values are denoted
by oating columns. The columns are color-coded to show Increase, Decrease, and Total values.
The chart labels show the primary (or only) dimension label at the bottom or outer edge, and all other labels in line with the
bars in the chart.
Adding Columns and Customizing the Column Color-Coding

For your waterfall chart, you can use the standard 3-column display, or you can use a 4-column display. The 4-column display
shows Increase, Decrease, Subtotal, and Total values.
Decide whether to use 3 columns or 4:
1. In the Builder, expand the Color options.
2. Select either a 3-column or a 4-column option.
Your waterfall chart is updated to re ect your choice.
If you don't want to use the standard color scheme, you can create a new custom color scheme:
1. In the Builder, expand the Color options.
2. For any 3-column or 4-column option select (new).
3. In the dialog that appears, select one of the circles (existing color), and apply a new color to it.
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Do the same thing for each option that you want to change.
4. When you are satis ed with your selections, select Create.
The new colors are applied to the selected waterfall chart.
Hide the Root Node

While you can use lters in charts to exclude the root node, there are times when lters may not work. For example, in BW
hierarchies the root node may change, and the lter will no longer be valid.
To hide the root node, do the following:
1. In the Builder panel, nd the primary dimension.
2. Select Hide Root Node
Variance Waterfall: Comparison Values

When you have multiple measures in your chart, you may see either actual data values or comparison values.
Using the Variance Waterfall switch in the Builder panel, you can choose which values to display. (You can only choose the values
when the switch is enabled.):
Enabled: the Variance Waterfall switch is enabled when you have multiple measures and speci c conditions; you can
choose to turn it on or off.
Disabled: the Variance Waterfall switch is disabled when you have a single measure, but it will be automatically turned on
under the following conditions:
In the primary dimension the root node is hidden and multiple nodes are displayed.
Expand any node of the primary dimension except the root node, or add a secondary (breakdown) dimension.
Waterfall Expansion
Waterfall charts can have additional properties, which can be chosen from the Builder panel in the Waterfall Expansion section.
First Measure on Baseline
When using cumulative measures, the chart may not display the values correctly. Select Start rst measure from the baseline
to anchor the rst measure to the axis.
Position of Parent Nodes
Generally, when you expand a hierarchy the parent node (subtotal node) is after the children nodes.
To change the order of the nodes, select Place subtotal parent nodes rst.
Related Information
Adding a Time-Based Variance to a Waterfall Chart
Drilling through Waterfall Charts
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Add a time-based variance to your chart to show the difference between time periods.
Context
The variance chart is based on all the measures in the Waterfall chart. Set up your chart with one measure and a Date lter. The
Date lter must have only one value.
Procedure
1. Select your Waterfall chart, open the Designer, and then select (Builder).
2. In the Variance area, select Add Variance.
 Tip
If you cannot see a variance area, nd Chart Structure and select (Add Chart Components) Add Variance .
3. For the Measure, select All.
4. Select Add Version/Time, and then select Time.
5. From the Display Options area, apply the following options:
Option Description
Name Use the default name or provide a different name for the
variance.
Invert Colors Reverse the color scheme from the following default values: a
positive variance is shown in green, and a negative variance is
shown in red.
Set No Data as Zero To include a NULL data point in your variance, set it to the value
zero.
Scale with Base Chart Default setting keeps the variance chart scale the same as the
chart scale. If you want the variance to have its own scale, clear
the checkbox.
Show Difference as Choose whether you want to display the variance numerically or
as a percentage, or both.
View Variance as
Bar – displays a classic variance chart beside the
regular chart.
Data Label – adds variance information to the data

labels.
Use data labels if there is no room to add a variance

chart, or if you want variance information for charts that
cannot use a variance chart.
Integrated – displays the variance data as an overlay

on the bar chart.
6. When nished, select OK.
Results
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Variance information is added to your visualization. The variance bars are color-coded based on the account type and whether
an increase is desirable or not. For example, an increase in income would be welcome (green), but an increase in expenses
would not (red).
Variance Bar Color Based on Account Type
Account Type Decrease (-) Increase (+)
INC – Income Red Green
EXP – Expense Green Red
AST – Assets Red Green
LEQ – Liabilities & Equities Green Red
Related Information
How to Add a Variance to a Chart

If hierarchical values are included in a waterfall chart, you can expand or collapse the chart to explore the data at different
levels.
Procedure
1. Select an area in the chart or a label on the axis.
The selected area in the chart is highlighted.
2. In the menu that appears, do one of the following:
Chart has only one Account measure: select (Expand Account or Collapse Account).
Chart has a measure and one or more dimensions: select (Expand or Collapse) and from the list, select the
measure or dimension.
Set one or more data points to be the intermediate or total sum: select ( ).
3. To remove the drill option, in the title area for the chart select (Set Drill) and then choose (Reset).
Related Information
Drilling through Hierarchical Data
Adding an Axis Break to a Chart

Axis breaks can be used to visually shorten outliers in bar/column or waterfall charts.
Context
When a chart has one or two bars that are signi cantly longer than the rest, the chart can be difficult to read. An axis break lets
you shrink the longer bars and improve readability of the shorter ones.
Axis breaks can be added to the following chart types:
Bar/Column
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Waterfall
 Note
Axis break may not be available when the axis range is manually set.
If you set an axis break and then edit the axis range, the axis break may be removed.
Selection is retained for drill-states.
You can have only one axis break in a chart.
Procedure
1. In your chart, select one or more outlier measures.
2. Right-click and then select Break Axis.
Results
An axis break is added to the chart. To remove it, select a measure and then click Disable axis break.
Related Information
Adding Axis Line Breaks to Bubble or Scatterplot Charts
Adding Axis Line Breaks to Bubble or Scatterplot Charts

In Bubble or Scatterplot charts, axis line breaks let you remove or reduce visual gaps in the data.
Context
When a chart has widely spread bubbles or clusters of datapoints, it can be difficult to read. Axis line breaks help reduce the
visual gap in the data, improving the readability. You can apply and edit multiple axis line breaks on both axes.
Procedure
1. In your Bubble or Scatterplot chart, select the X or Y axis.
2. Select (Add axis line break).
3. Select another axis or another location on the same axis and add another axis line break.
4. (Optional) To change the range covered by the axis break, select an axis line break and select (Edit axis line break).
Related Information
Adding an Axis Break to a Chart
Creating Custom Calculations for Your Charts

You can create custom calculations for your charts such as aggregations, calculated or restricted measures, value-based
dimensions, and so on.
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When you create calculations for your charts you can include them as either measures or dimensions; the dimension
calculations are added as cross calculations. (For information on cross calculations, see Adding Cross Calculations to Charts).
The Calculation Editor is used to create the calculations that can be added to your charts.
Calculation Editor
For each type of calculation, a new calculated or restricted member is created for the dimension that you used to create it. You
can also use dimension attributes as part of a calculation. For more information about dimension attributes, see Preparing Data
For Consumption.
 Note
The number format chosen in Pro le Settings User Preferences in uences the expected input format for Story Calculated
Measures and Calculated Dimensions:
Choosing a number format that uses periods (.) as decimal separators means that commas (,) must be used to
separate function parameters (for example, IF(Condition, ValueIfConditionIsTrue,
ValueIfConditionIsFalse)).
Choosing a number format that uses commas (,) as decimal separators means that semi-colons (;) must be used to
separate function parameters (for example, IF(Condition; ValueIfConditionIsTrue;
ValueIfConditionIsFalse)).
If the formula is typed in from scratch, the correct function auto-completion happens based on the user preferences.
However, if you copy and paste a full formula string, auto-complete won't be able to adapt if there is a mismatch between
separators used and the user preferences.
In a chart, calculations based on the Account dimension can be added as new measures.
The following calculation types are supported:
Calculated measures: Perform a calculation on one or more members of either the Account dimension or the Cross
Calculations dimension. A new calculated member of the selected dimension is created as a result. (See Creating
Calculated Measures)
Restricted measures: Restrict the data from a member of either the Account dimension or the Cross Calculations
dimension so that it excludes certain members of one or more dimensions. For the Date dimension, you can pick dynamic
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values such as year-to-date or previous quarter. A new restricted member of the selected dimension is created as a
result. (See Creating Restricted Measures)
 Note
When using data from SAP BW, creating a restricted measure on another restricted measure (referred to as a key
gure in SAP BW) that uses the same dimension results in incorrect data in SAP Analytics Cloud. A further restriction
is not possible because SAP BW treats restrictions as OR operations. In most cases restricted measures are intended
to get the result as an AND operation.
For example, COUNTRY is restricted to Great Britain and Germany. In a sales scenario, the intended result would be
that you see products that are sold in both countries (Great Britain OR Germany) and not a combination of either
country and both of them (Great Britain OR Germany OR (Great Britain AND Germany)).
Difference From: Find the difference in an account’s value between two dates. A new calculated account member is
created as a result. (See Calculating the Difference)
Aggregation: Create calculations from aggregations such as sum, count, average, and so on. Choose what conditions are
required for the aggregation to be applied, and when the conditions are required. (See Creating an Aggregation)
Date Difference: Calculate the time interval between two dates. (See Calculating the Time Interval Between Two Dates)
Dimension to Measure: The string and number conversion functions (see Convert Strings to Numbers and Numbers to
Strings) can be combined with Measure-Based dimensions (in a calculated dimension) to create dimension to measure
conversions. (See Creating Calculated Dimensions, Creating Measure-Based Dimensions, and Dimension to Measure.)
Calculations Based on Input Controls

Calculations can use input controls. Input controls provide variable input for a calculation, allowing viewers to in uence the
result of a calculation without modifying the underlying data or formula. For example, viewers can choose to see the impact of a
1%, 2%, or 3% tax-rate increase. You choose the list of values for an input control, and specify how the user can select values.
Input controls can be formatted after they are added to the canvas.
 Tip
The Calculation Editor dialog will change size to t the calculation type information elds and re-center itself on the page.
 Note
You can add dynamic time calculations directly to a chart. For more information, see Dynamically Add a Time Calculation.
Convert Strings to Numbers and Numbers to Strings

Convert a string value to a numeric value or a numeric value to a string value and use the new values in calculated dimensions
or measures.
There are two functions that you can use to convert values from one type to another in calculated measures or calculated
dimensions: ToNumber and ToText.
ToNumber Function
ToNumber converts string values to numbers.
1. In Builder, under Dimensions, select Add Dimension Calculated Dimensions .
2. In the Calculation Editor under Type, select Calculated Dimension.
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3. Create your formula.
 Example
ToNumber ([d/ACT_EMPLOYEE_NUMERIC:Age_String].[p/ID])
ToText Function
ToText converts numeric values to strings, and it uses an existing calculated dimension in its calculations.
1. In Builder, under Dimensions, select Add Dimension Calculated Dimensions .
2. In the Calculation Editor under Type, select Calculated Dimension.
3. Create your formula.
 Example
ToText (<ToNumber calculated dimension> ) + " years"
Dimension to Measure
The string and number conversion functions can be combined with Measure-Based dimensions (in a calculated dimension) to
create dimension to measure conversions. For more information about Measure-Based dimensions, see Creating Measure-
Based Dimensions.
There is also a calculation type that lets you convert a dimension to a measure.
1. Add a chart to the canvas.
2. In Builder, choose Add Measure Create Calculation Dimension To Measure .
3. From Dimension Attribute to Convert, select a dimension.
4. Select context dimensions.
5. Set the aggregation operation type.
6. Select OK and review the results in the chart.
Related Information
All Formulas and Calculations
Entering Formulas
Creating Custom Calculations for Your Table
Creating Calculations from Table Rows or Columns
Adding Calculated Rows and Columns in a Table
Calculating the Time Interval Between Two Dates

Create a calculation that shows the time interval between two dates.
Prerequisites
Your model must have Date columns or date (time) hierarchies with Day level granularity.
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Procedure
2. In Builder, choose Add Measure Calculations Create Calculation .
The Calculation Editor dialog appears.
3. Select Date Difference from the list.
4. Enter a name for the calculation.
5. In the Properties section, select values for Result Granularity, Time (A), and Time (B)
The Result Granularity values are determined by the data source: if the data source does not contain quarters, you won't
see them in the list of values.
6. Select OK.
The date calculation is added to the chart.
7. Add dimensions to your chart.
Adding Cross Calculations to Charts

Add a cross calculation or a cross calculation dimension to your chart.
Context
In the cross calculations dimension you can create calculations such as calculated measures, restricted measures, or currency
conversions.
 Note
After you add a cross calculation to a chart, you won't be able to apply thresholds to that chart.
Procedure
1. In Builder, beside Chart Structure, select (Add Chart Components) Add Cross Calculations .
A Cross Calculations section is added with the default dimension Measure Values.
2. To use more than one cross calculation in a chart, in the Dimensions section select Add Dimension Cross Calculations .
3. In the Cross Calculations section, select Add Cross Calculation and add a dimension.
Results
A cross calculation has been added to your chart.
 Note
Once you add the Cross Calculations section to your chart, you can't remove it. You must have Measure Values or some
other dimension selected.
Related Information
Calculation Editor
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Creating Restricted Measures
Creating an Aggregation
Adding Dynamic Text to a Chart Title

You can add dynamic text to the chart title or subtitle.
Context
You can change the title of a chart to include dynamic text from elements that are in use in the chart, such as lters,
dimensions, scales, and so on.
Procedure
1. In your chart, select the title or part of the title.
2. Right-click and then select Dynamic Text.
3. In the Insert Dynamic Text dialog, select one of the following:
Option Description
Tile Filters & Variables Includes lters and variables.
Chart Properties Includes Measures, Dimensions, Scales, Units, and so on.
4. Select the checkbox for the lters that you want to use as the source for your dynamic text.
5. Select Create.
Results
Dynamic text is added to the title.
Related Information
Adding Dynamic Text to a Story
Adding Dynamic Text to a Table Title
Adding an Error Bar to a Chart

You can add an error bar to your chart to indicate the error or uncertainty in a reported measurement.
Context
Error bars can be added to bar/column charts. They can provide a general idea of how precise a measurement is or how far the
reported value is from the error-free value.
Procedure
1. Select an existing bar or column chart.
2. From the chart action menu ( ), select Add Error Bar .
3. Select the Measure for the error bar.
4. Select the lower and upper error values.

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5. Change the display options.
Results
An error bar is added to your chart.
Adding a Footer to a Chart

You can add text footers to charts in stories.
Context
You can add a line or block of text appearing at the foot of a chart widget in your story.
The footer will not be available in the following scenarios:
Viewing the chart in Explorer.
Viewing the chart as a pinned item on your home screen.
Procedure
1. Select the chart.
2. From the chart action menu ( ), select Show/Hide Footer .
A footer section with the phrase Click to enter text is displayed in the chart.
3. Replace the default text with your footer text.
 Tip
You can add Smart Insight tokens that display dynamic text to chart footers. From your chart, choose (More
Actions) Add Smart Insights . The generated dynamic text in the footer corresponds to the rst insight available
for your data.
4. (Optional) Change the styling of the footer text.
Open the Designer panel and select ( Styling). Apply any of the following styling options to the text:
Text Properties:
Select the font style, size, and color.
Select the paragraph justi cation.
Add bulleted or numbered lists to text.
Hyperlink: Link to another story or page, or to an external URL.
Related Information
Smart Insights
Adding a Reference Line

You can de ne reference lines to show important values on your chart; for example, the average and maximum prices of your
company's products.
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Context
There are two types of reference lines: xed and dynamic.
Fixed reference lines are created with a speci c reference value, and don't change when you change the data in your
chart (for example, if you lter your data).
Dynamic reference lines are updated when lters, ranking, and sorting are applied to the chart. Dynamic reference lines
can be used with any measure, including story calculation measures.
When you add a reference line, you can choose to ll the background area above and below the line with color. Reference lines
are maintained when you change the chart type.
Procedure
1. Add a reference line in one of these ways:
On a canvas or responsive page, select a chart, right-click or select and then select Add Reference Line .
a. On a canvas or responsive page, select a chart, open the Designer and select Builder.
b. Find Chart Structure and select (Add Chart Components) Add Reference Line .
On a grid page, open the Examine panel, select (more), and then select Reference Lines.
In the Explorer, select Reference Lines .
2. Choose whether you want a xed or dynamic reference line.
For a xed reference line, enter a value and a label for the line.
For a dynamic reference line, select the parameters you want to base the reference line on, and enter a label for
the line.
3. If you want to color the background areas above and below (or to the left and right of) the reference line, choose colors
in the Above and Below color-pickers.
If two reference lines try to set the same background area to different colors, the line created rst takes precedence.
4. If you have applied a Top N lter to the chart, and are adding a dynamic reference line, you can choose whether you want
to include the Top N options as a lter for the reference line.
For example, if you're adding a dynamic reference line with average aggregation, and you have a Top 5 ranking applied,
you can choose whether the reference line averages all values or only the Top 5 values.
Results
Select OK to add the reference line to the chart. You can hover over the reference line to see details about the line.
Related Information
Accessing the Explorer
Adding Variances to Charts

Variances in your charts let you show the difference between versions of a measure or the difference between time periods.
You can create a variance for any two measures, even if the measures do not appear in your base chart. You can create
variances that don't include the versions for the measures, as well as variances that do include time periods.
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You can also create a dynamic variance, a variance that is based on the measures in the chart context. If you change the
measures in the chart, the variance automatically updates.
 Note
To include time in your variance, you must have the Date dimension in your chart or in an Input Control.
For some chart types (Numeric Point, for example), when the variance uses a Time Range lter, the range must be set to
only one interval (year, quarter, or period).
When using models from live data connections, you must include version information with your measures, and your
measures must be in your base chart. Using measures without versions applies to local models only.
 Tip
To create variances based on versions, you rst need to make the versions visible. To make them visible, follow the steps in
Mapping Versions for Usage in the Variance Chart.
The classic variance chart is a separate bar chart within the chart tile.
An integrated variance chart overlays your bar or column chart, showing the changes as part of the bar.
For example, in a net revenue chart, you would see the following data for successive months:
If the next month has less revenue than the previous month: a red bar appears above the revenue bar, and the negative
value is displayed above the red bar.
If the next month has more revenue than the previous month: a green bar overlays the revenue bar, and the positive
value is displayed below the green bar.
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If your chart type doesn’t support either of these types of variance, or if you want to save some space, you can display variance
as data labels instead. For any data labels that aren't displayed on the chart, you can nd the variance by opening the tooltip for
the data point.
 Note
Different chart types use different variance options:
Bar charts can display classic variance charts, integrated charts, or variance values on data labels.
Line charts can use classic variance charts and data labels.
Heat maps can use data labels only.
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Pie charts do not support variance.
If you change the chart to a type that doesn’t support the current variance type, your variance will be changed to a different
type.
As you change chart types, your variances may be changed or removed depending on whether the new chart type supports
them.
Related Information
Adding Time-Based Variances to Charts

Add a variance to your chart to show the difference between versions of a measure or to show the difference between time
periods.
Context
You can create a variance for any two measures, even if the measures do not appear in your base chart. You can create
variances that don't include the versions for the measures, as well as variances that do include time periods.
Procedure
1. Add a variance in one of the following ways:
From a canvas page:
a. Select your chart, open the Designer, and then select (Builder).
b. In the Variance area, select Add Variance.
 Tip
If you cannot see a variance area, nd Chart Structure and select (Add Chart Components) Add
Variance .
From a grid page:
a. In the table, select some data.
b. Open the Examine panel, select (more), and then select Variance Add Variance .
2. Choose speci c measures or All Measures in Use (Dynamic).
3. Choose the versions or time periods.
4. From the Display Options area, apply the following options:
Option Description
Name Use the default name or provide a different name for the
variance.
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Option Description
Invert Colors Reverse the color scheme from the following default values: a
positive variance is shown in green, and a negative variance is
shown in red.
Set No Data as Zero To include a NULL data point in your variance, set it to the value
zero.
Scale with Base Chart Default setting keeps the variance chart scale the same as the
chart scale. If you want the variance to have its own scale, clear
the check box.
Show Difference as Choose whether you want to display the variance as Numeric,
as a Percentage, or both.
When you choose Percentage you can also choose to use an

Absolute Base Value. Absolute values are useful if you are
comparing negative values, but have a positive change (For
example, (-20) - (-40) = +20. The percentage change
(+20/-40) would be -50% if you did not use absolute values.)
View Variance as
Bar – displays a classic variance chart beside the
regular chart.
Data Label – adds variance information to the data

labels.
Use data labels if there is no room to add a variance

chart, or if you want variance information for charts that
Integrated – displays the variance data as an overlay

on the bar chart.
Results
A variance chart or variance information is added to your visualization. The variance bars are color-coded based on the account
type and whether an increase is desirable or not. For example, an increase in income would be welcome (green), but an increase
in expenses would not (red).
Variance Bar Color Based on Account Type
Account Type Decrease (-) Increase (+)
INC – Income Red Green
EXP – Expense Green Red
AST – Assets Red Green
LEQ – Liabilities & Equities Green Red
 Tip
To hide the variance label, select (More Actions) (Show / Hide) Variance Label .
Next Steps
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To change your variance calculation, open the Edit Variance dialog in one of the following ways:
From a canvas page:
1. Open the Designer and select (Builder).
2. In the Variance area, nd the variance calculation and select Edit.
From a grid page:
1. Open the Examine panel, select (more), and then select Variance Edit Variance .
Once you have added a variance to your chart, you can trigger Smart Insights to see more information about the data in the
variance. For more information, see Smart Insights.
Related Information
Adding Variances to Charts
Video: Add Variance to Charts

Add a time dimension to your chart to see some recommendations for comparisons (variances) that you can also add.
When you create a chart and add a time or date dimension to it, some recommended comparisons will be listed in the Builder
panel above the Measures list. Select one or more of the comparisons to add them to your chart. The rst comparison is applied
as a data label and the rest of the comparisons are listed as Variances at the top of the chart.
Only one variance can be added as a data label, but you can select a datapoint to see all the variances in the tooltip.
How to Choose a Time Comparison

You can choose to add a variance or comparison from the chart or from the builder panel.
 Tip
The available comparison options are dependent on your time hierarchy: the more granular the hierarchy, the more options
that will be available, including one or more of the following options:
Previous Period
Previous Year
Previous Half Year
Previous Month
From the chart: select the chart, or select a data point in the chart, and then either right-click or select (More
Actions) and then select Compare To and choose a comparison option.
From the builder panel: select a chart and then in the builder panel choose a comparison from the Recommended
Comparisons section.
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Change Variance Format

After you've added your variances, you can change how they are formatted and displayed in the chart.
1. At the top of your chart, select Variances and then select one of the variances.
2. Use the menu to change different aspects of the variance, or select Edit Variance to make changes in the Variance panel
Show Variance as:
Bar – displays a classic variance chart beside the regular chart.
Data Label – adds variance information to the data labels.
Use data labels if there is no room to add a variance chart, or if you want variance information for charts that
Integrated – displays the variance data as an overlay on the bar chart.
Tooltip – displays the variance data in the chart's tooltip.
Show Difference as:
Number
Percentage
General Display Options:
Flip Base
Invert Colors – Reverse the color scheme from the following default values: a positive variance is shown in green,
and a negative variance is shown in red.
Set No Data as Zero – To include a NULL data point in your variance, set it to the value zero.
Related Information
Time-Based Variances (Speci cs for SAP BW)
Aligning Chart Axes on a Page
A story page is more visually appealing when the chart axes are all aligned vertically and horizontally.
Context
You can manually control the position of the axis – including the axis on variance charts – to create a visually appealing story
with nicely aligned visualizations. You can select either the vertical or horizontal axis and drag it to a new position.
When you are moving the axis to a position that is almost aligned with an adjacent chart, snap lines appear. When you release
the cursor, the axis snaps to that aligned axis.
 Tip
The axis alignment behavior aligns all charts in a row or column with the vertical or horizontal axis that is closest to the
middle of the chart.
If the chart axes aren't aligning as expected, review the following items and adjust your charts:
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Your browser should be at 100% zoom.
Make sure the chart axis is not locked.
If chart axes are aligned vertically, make sure the width of the charts in the row are equal.
If chart axes are aligned horizontally, make sure the length of the charts in the column are equal.
For charts that you don't want to include in the axis alignment, avoid overlapping the chart tiles.
Th axis alignment functionality is available for the following chart types:
Bar
Column
Line
Combination bar or column and line
Combination stacked bar or column and line
Stacked bar or column
Area
Bubble
Histogram
Marimekko
Scatterplot
Waterfall
Procedure
1. In your story, select a chart that has adjacent charts.
2. Select the axis (the axis changes color when the cursor is in the correct spot).
3. Move the axis to a new location.
As the axis comes closer to alignment with an adjacent chart axis, a dotted line appears on the chart. When you release
the cursor, the axis will snap to align with that adjacent chart axis.
Results
The two adjacent charts will now be aligned on one axis. You can repeat the process for other adjacent charts.
If you change your mind, select the axis that you just moved and then select (reset axis spacing).
Annotating Data Points

You can annotate data points in Bar, Line, and Bubble charts.
Context
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You can pin a data point and add additional measures or comments to the pinned object. The pinned information is displayed as
a Numeric point chart that is linked to the data point.
 Note
You can annotate data points on Canvas pages only.
If you lter the data, the annotated chart will not be affected. However, if you add another measure to your chart, you will break
the link.
Procedure
1. In your chart, select a data point.
2. Right-click and then select Pin Data Point.
A numeric point chart appears. It is anchored to the data point.
3. In the numeric point chart, add footer text or other comments.
4. With the numeric point chart selected, open (Builder) and choose measures to add to the annotation.
You cannot edit existing measures, but you can add more measures.
Applying a Chart Filter

You can exclude non-relevant data points or lter data points to focus a chart on a speci c set of data.
Context
You can lter a chart by selecting members directly on the chart, by choosing members from a list, or for certain types of
dimensions (for example, date dimensions), by de ning a range. Chart lters apply only to the data displayed in that chart.
You can also apply lters to all charts on a page, or all charts in a story. For more information, see Story and Page Filters.
 Note
If you add a dimension that contains a large number of members, a lter to restrict the number of members added to the
chart may be automatically applied. If you apply your own lter to the chart, all automatically generated lters will be
removed. You can manually remove an automatically generated lter using the (Cancel) icon beside the lter. You can
also edit the lter and save modi cations.
 Restriction
When applying a lter to a custom property of the account dimension, the lter does not work as expected. For example,
calculated accounts and any accounts with child accounts that match the lter would be included. See SAP Note 2931452
for information about the limitations.
 Restriction
The following restrictions are known for tuple ltering with live connections for SAP BW, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP BPC
embedded and SAP S/4HANA:
Tuple lters on multiple dimensions are supported, with the following considerations:
Prerequisite: See SAP Note 2715030 for information about supported versions.
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Filters are created by selecting multiple data points in a widget (the created lters are read-only).
The “Exclude selected members” option isn't available because the BW back end doesn't support the NOT operator.
BPC live connection models with planning enabled are not supported.
The Currency/Unit dimension cannot be ltered.
Blending is not supported.
Queries with two structures do not support tuple lters.
Procedure
1. If you want to lter by selecting members directly on the chart:
a. Select the data points to exclude or lter.
You can maximize the chart to help you select points.
 Tip
You can drag a box around a group of data points to select the group.
b. Right-click and then select Filter or Exclude.
2. If you want to lter by choosing members from a list, or by de ning a range:
a. Open the Builder tab in the Designer panel.
b. In the Filters area, select Add Filters.
c. Select or search for the dimension you'd like to lter.
Some types of dimensions, for example date dimensions, can be ltered by choosing members or by de ning a
range. Those dimensions appear twice in the list, with (Member) and (Range) suffixes.
 Tip
Viewers can reset any changes that they made to lters and input controls to get the original view of the story
by selecting (Reset Story) on the story toolbar.
Filter options Description
Choosing members: select members The members you choose appear in the Selected Members list on the right.
from the Available Members list.
You can use the Search function to nd the members you want.
De ning a range: select a Dynamic or Date ranges can be xed or dynamic; for example, you could choose the xed
Fixed range type range January 2019 to December 2019. If this story is opened in 2020, the story
will still show 2019 data. Dynamic date ranges shift based on the current date.
They also offer a few more granularities, such as current year, current quarter,
and current month, as well as ranges that are offset from the current date.
If the time dimension is added to the chart, you can also select the (Filter)
icon next to it in the Builder panel to choose from preset dynamic lters such as
Current Month or Current & Next Quarter To Date.
For more information, see Story and Page Filters.
Allowing modi cations: select Allow If you allow viewers to modify lter selections, they can either toggle on and off
viewers to modify selections. each lter value (with the Multiple Selection option), or select a single lter
value (with the Single Selection option).
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Filter options Description
Changing drill levels for date range Unrestricted drilling lets you drill to any level in the hierarchy, no matter what the
lters: select Unrestricted Drilling. lter or date granularity is set to.
 Note
The Unrestricted Drilling option is only available for date range lters in
charts and tables.
3. Select OK to create the lter.
The lter appears at the top of the chart, and in the Filters area in the Builder tab.
Related Information
Applying a Story or Page Filter
Applying a Table Filter
Break Grouping
When you have multiple dimensions on the categories axis, use Break Grouping to ignore the grouping order and change how
the dimensions and measures are sorted.
To enable or disable Break Grouping, from the chart action menu ( ) select Sort Break Grouping .
 Example
You have a Pro t and Loss model with the following measure and dimensions:
Type Name
Dimension Product
Dimension Region
Measure Income Statement
Sort on Product (A-Z), with the Break Grouping option disabled
Region Product Income Statement (millions)
New York State Basics 0.63
New York State Juices 16.97
New York State Softdrinks 16.14
Ohio Basics 0.06
Ohio Juices 2.22
Ohio Softdrinks 1.69
Pennsylvania Basics 0.25
Pennsylvania Juices 5.94
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Pennsylvania Softdrinks 7.24
Sort on Product (A-Z), with the Break Grouping option enabled
New York State Basics 0.63
Ohio Basics 0.06
Pennsylvania Basics 0.25
New York State Juices 16.97
Ohio Juices 2.22
Pennsylvania Juices 5.94
New York State Softdrinks 16.14
Ohio Softdrinks 1.69
Pennsylvania Softdrinks 7.24
Changing Color Palettes and Synchronizing Colors Across Charts

You can change the color palette for one chart in your story, or for multiple charts.
Customizing the color palette

You can use the provided color palettes for your chart, or you can follow these steps to create your own palette.
1. In Builder, select the down-arrow in the color-picker, and then select Add Palette.
2. In the Create New Palette dialog, choose a color selector and then de ne a custom color for it.
You can maintain a maximum of nine custom-color selectors. You can reuse custom-color palettes across multiple charts in a
story.
Synchronizing colors across multiple charts

When the color palette for one chart in a story is changed, all the other charts that have the same color dimension or member
will also be updated. This applies to charts that have a single dimension or measure for Color.
You can use one or more Dimensions or a single Measure for the color parameter in Bubble charts and Bar charts. For other
charts, you can only use Dimensions.
 Note
When you add a Measure to the Color parameter, any existing Dimensions or Measure will be replaced with the new
Measure. You can have only one member in Color when that member is a Measure.
The following color synchronization options are available:
Synchronize colors across charts
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Unsynchronize colors
Assign colors or create new palettes
 Note
When you have a linked dimension as your color dimension, you cannot assign colors for individual members or create
a new color palette.
Synchronize colors across charts

After you change the color palette for one chart, you can update the color for the rest of the charts in the story.
1. Select one of the charts.
2. In the Designer, select (Builder).
3. Find your Color dimension and then choose (More) Color Synchronization Sync Colors .
Unsynchronize colors
When you synchronize charts with the same color dimension, all the charts in that story will use the same color palette.
If you want to use different color palettes for some charts, you can either change the color dimension or do the following:
1. Select one of the charts.
3. Find your Color dimension and then choose (More) Color Synchronization Unsync Colors .
The charts are no longer synchronized. The color dimensions can be updated with different palettes.
Assign colors for individual values

You can choose a new color palette, or you can change the color for one – or more – members in the color dimension.
1. Select the appropriate chart.
3. Find your Color dimension and then choose (More) Color Synch Assign Colors .
4. Find the desired dimension member and choose a new color for it.
5. When you have nished making changes, choose Apply.
The dimension member color will be changed for all the charts that use that dimension in the Color parameter.
Changing the Hierarchy Level in a Time Series Chart

You can change the hierarchy level in a Time Series chart to see the data aggregation at different granularity settings.
Context
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In your story, you can change the hierarchy level of a Time Series chart to show Year, Quarter, Month, and so on. When you
change from a more granular to a less granular interval such as from Month to Quarter, the new view displays an aggregated
value for the interval.
Procedure
1. In your story, select your Time Series chart.
2. In the Chart Details area, select (Hierarchy) and select a different level of granularity.
3. If the level of granularity that you want is not available, in the Builder, nd the date dimension and then select
Filter by Range .
a. In the Set Date Range for Time dialog, select Hierarchy and choose your new option.
b. (Optional) Change the Granularity and range values.
c. When you have nished making changes, select OK.
Results
The chart is updated with the new level of granularity.
Related Information
Time Series Charts (Speci cs for SAP BW)
Choosing the Measure Order in a Chart

You can reorder how measures are displayed in a chart, including displaying them as overlapping bars.
Prerequisites
You have a bar chart that has at least two measures.
Context
Use the chart builder to reorder the measures in the chart. You can drag the measures to change their order. In the Color
section you can change which measure is at the front and how the measure is displayed, whether as a bar or as a triangle.
(When you change all the measures to triangles, at least one of the measures stays as a bar.)
 Note
If you add a dimension to the Color section, the chart changes to show the measures as separate bars. When you remove
the dimension from Color the measures are again displayed as overlapping bars.
Procedure
1. Select your chart and open the Builder.
2. To change the order, select one of the measures and drag it up or down.
The bars in the chart change order and the legend values are also rearranged to re ect the new order.
3. In Color, set the pattern and color for each of your measures.
4. To move a bar to the front, select Show As Layered Bars Front .
5. To change the bar to a triangle, select Show As Triangle .

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Results
Your chart is updated to re ect the new order and display of the measures.
Choosing the Version Order in a Chart

You can choose to reorder how versions are displayed in a chart. For example, you can display the bars as 1st Forecast, Actual,
and 2nd Forecast.
Prerequisites
You have a bar chart that has at least two versions, and the version is set in the Color dimension.
Context
Use the chart builder to reorder the versions in the chart. You can drag the versions to change their order, change which version
is at the front, and change how the version is displayed, whether as a bar or as a triangle.
Procedure
1. Select your chart and open the Builder.
2. In Color, set the pattern and color for each of your versions.
3. To change the order, select one of the versions and drag it up or down.
The bars in the chart will change order and the legend values will also be rearranged to re ect the new order.
4. To move a bar to the front, select Show As Layered Bars Front .
5. To change the bar to a triangle, select Show As Triangle .
Results
Your chart will be updated to re ect the new order and display of the version information.
Displaying the Compound Annual Growth Rate for a Chart

Show the Compound Annual Growth Rate for Bar/Column or Stacked charts.
Prerequisites
The chart must meet the following requirements:
The chart must have a Date dimension on an axis.
The time period that is used must be higher than week (for example, month, quarter, or year).
There need to be at least two positive data points in the selected time period.
Context
The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is the ratio that provides a constant rate of return over the time period. You can
add a CAGR line to your Bar/Column or Stacked Bar/Column chart.
Procedure
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2. From the chart action menu ( ), select Add CGR .
Results
A CAGR line is added to your chart. If you have changed the drill level for other dimensions, you may see separate CAGR lines
instead of a continuous one.
Displaying Dimension Information in a Chart

In a chart, show the Description, ID, or ID and Description of a dimension.
Context
When you change how the dimension information is displayed, the corresponding axis label, legend, or tooltip is updated. The
updated display will persist even if you change the chart type.
If you remove the dimension from the chart, the information display will revert to its default setting.
Procedure
1. Select a chart.
3. Move your cursor to the desired dimension label and then click Display As .
4. Select one of the options:
Description
ID
ID and Description
Results
The labels in the chart and the tooltip information are updated.
Related Information
Displaying Dimension Labels on a Bubble or Scatterplot Chart

You can display dimension values on the data-points in a bubble or scatterplot chart.
Context
To make it easier to read a bubble or scatterplot chart, you can show the dimension values on the bubbles in the chart.
If you show both the dimension labels and the data labels, the displayed information will show <dimension value>(<size,
measure value>).
Procedure
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1. Select the bubble or scatterplot chart.
2. From the chart action menu ( ), select Show/Hide Dimension Labels .
Results
Labels are displayed on the bubbles in the chart. If the labels overlap, some of the labels will be hidden.
If you adjust the scale of the chart, that will impact the space that is available for the labels.
Displaying the Difference Between Two Data Points
You can select two data points in a chart to quickly see the difference between their values. For example, you can compare a
year-over-year percentage increase or decrease, or see the delta between two versions.
Context
This feature applies to Bar/Column or Combination Column & Line charts.
An arrow shows which column is the second column chosen, and the value is displayed both numerically and as a percentage.
For vertical charts, the delta graphic and the value are displayed to the right of the selected columns. For horizontal charts, the
delta graphic is displayed below the selected bars, and the value is displayed on the second selected bar.
Delta between two data points
Height of second column or bar Positive or negative delta
Taller Positive
Shorter Negative
Procedure
1. In your chart, select one bar or column.
2. Move the cursor to another bar or column and select it.
Results
A line is drawn between the two columns and the difference is displayed.
 Tip
If the action menu is hiding the result, move the cursor to a blank spot on the axis and click. The action menu will be hidden.
Drilling through Hierarchical Data

If hierarchical dimensions are included in a chart, you can drill up or down through dimensions to explore the data at different
levels.
Context
If the chart contains more than one hierarchical dimension, you can select which dimension to drill into.
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Procedure
1. Select an area in the chart or a label on the axis.
For example, you can select one or more bars in a bar chart.
The selected area in the chart is highlighted.
2. Right-click and select Drill Down or Drill Up, and then select the dimension to drill on.
You can also show all levels of the hierarchy by choosing Expand/Collapse.
3. To remove or reset the drill option, in the title area for the chart select Reset Drill and then choose which dimension to
remove.
Related Information
Expanding Hierarchies in a Chart
Dynamically Add a Time Calculation

You can add one or more time calculations to your chart without using the calculation editor.
Prerequisites
Your chart must contain a date dimension with the appropriate level of granularity. For example, if you want to see quarter over
quarter results, the date dimension must include quarterly or even monthly results.
Context
You can add a time calculation to a chart to show year over year changes in quantity sold.
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Procedure
1. Add a measure and a date dimension to your chart.
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2. In the Builder, nd the measure that you added.
3. Select More Add Time Calculation , and then select a time period.
Results
A new measure is created. The chart now includes a bar for the time calculation.
Dynamically Set Min or Max on a Chart Axis

You can dynamically set the minimum or maximum axis values for all series on a chart axis.
Context
By default, charts include the zero axis even if there are no values close to zero. You can manually set ranges for your values,
but you can also let the system dynamically set the minimum and maximum values.
You can change the axis min/max setting for the following chart types:
Combination Column & Line
Combination Stacked Column & Line
Line
Bubble
Scatterplot
Procedure
1. Choose your chart.
2. Choose (More Actions) Edit Axis .
3. Find the toggle for Dynamically Set Min/Max and set it to On.
If your chart has more than one min/max toggle available, set the toggle for each axis.
4. Choose Apply.
Related Information
Manually Setting the Axis Range
Expanding Hierarchies in a Chart

You can expand a hierarchy in a chart and display multiple levels for all members at the same time.
Prerequisites
Your chart must have at least one hierarchical dimension.
Context
You can expand dimension hierarchies in a chart to view ner granularity of the data. You can also display more than one level of
the hierarchy at the same time, similar to how expanded levels are displayed in a table.
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The Drill dialog gives you control over which level of data is displayed as well as whether to include the parent levels.
The Expand/Collapse option within the chart expands or collapses data by one level each time you select it.
 Tip
When you have a linked analysis set in your story and you expand or drill into a chart, all the charts with the same hierarchy
level will be refreshed to show the new level.
 Note
When you add a lter to the chart, the hierarchy level is reset to level 1. The drill level is now at level 1 relative to the lter.
Procedure
2. To display the hierarchy expansion dialog, do one of the following:
From the Builder, nd your dimension and select (Drill).
In the chart subtitle area, select (Set Drill).
If more than one dimension is listed, select the appropriate dimension.
3. From the Drill dialog, select a level.
If you also select Include Parent Levels, the selected level and its parent levels are displayed in the chart.
Selecting Default removes the drill level.
Selecting Reset resets the drill level to level 1.
Selecting Set Hierarchy from the drill menu in the Builder lets you use a different hierarchy for the dimension, or
show a at presentation instead. To hide parent members in the chart, select Show only leaves in widget.
Results
The chart displays all selected levels for the speci ed hierarchical dimension.
Related Information
Creating a Linked Analysis
Manually Setting the Axis Range

You can manually change the axis range of a chart.
Context
The default axis values for charts always include zero. This can leave a lot of white space in your chart.
To minimize white space, you can dynamically set the minimum and maximum axis values or you can manually change them.
 Example
The bubble chart Y and X axis intersect at 0, but your data starts at 50 million on one axis and 0.05 million on the other. Even
with scaling, there is still some unused space near the intersection. By changing the axis minimum value, you can eliminate
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more of that empty space.
You can manually change the axis range on the following chart types:
Bar/Column
Stacked Bar/Column
Area
Line
Boxplot
Bubble
Scatterplot
Waterfall
Procedure
1. Choose your chart.
2. Choose one of the following:
On a story page, choose Edit Axis
In the Explorer (accessed from the Data view), choose Edit Axis
3. Enter your minimum and maximum values.
4. Choose Apply.
Results
The chart now shows results within the speci ed axis range.
Next Steps
To reset the chart back to the default axis values, in the Edit Axis dialog, for each axis select (Reset to auto).
Related Information
Dynamically Set Min or Max on a Chart Axis
Accessing the Explorer
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Normalizing a Time Series Chart

Normalize the data in your Time Series chart to compare the relative differences in percentage over time rather than seeing
the absolute value of the measure.
Context
In your Time Series chart, you can show the absolute value of a measure for any given data point, or you can show the relative
percentage difference over time.
The relative difference is calculated from the rst visible data point to all other visible data points. When the time frame is
adjusted (moved, shrunk, or stretched), the relative differences are updated.
Procedure
1. Set up your Time Series chart.
2. From the chart action menu, select (Show as percentage) .
Results
The left-hand data point is displayed as 0%, and all values to the right show the relative difference from that point.
Progressive Chart Rendering
When reloading a chart, show the last successful refresh of the chart (if available) until all the data has been refreshed and
displayed.
When the rendering option is enabled, a version of the chart is cached (for an hour) and then displayed while the data is being
retrieved and refreshed. If you try to interact with the cached chart, you will see the loading icon.
Limitations
Progressive chart rendering has the following limitations:
Caching is only available for Story Embed Mode and Digital Boardroom. Opening a story in Edit mode (for example, when
creating or updating the story) will not cause the data to be cached.
Data is cached and encrypted for up to an hour. After this period, you will need to refresh to take advantage of the
cached data.
The cache only includes data that is currently visible in the story when it is loaded on screen.
For example, if a user opens their story within Story Embed Mode and then decides to modify a chart to display different
or additional data, the resulting data will not be the same as the cached data.
All other charts will remain cached if the user has not modi ed them in any way.
Caching works for data from any source, whether acquired (imported) or remote.
Only impacts charts: Any geo visualizations, tables, input controls, and so on will load as they always have.
Chart scaling: The cached unscaled version will be displayed until all charts have been fully loaded, and will then change
to the scaled version.
Measure input control: Will not be impacted when the selection is determined on rst render.
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Calculation input control (CIC): Will not be impacted when a non-CIC version will be rendered rst, and then
calculations/formulas are processed triggering another re-render.
Forecast: A non-forecasted version will be rendered rst, then the forecast will be performed and will trigger another re-
render.
Procedure to Enable Chart Rendering

1. Go to System Administration System Con guration .
2. Select (Edit).
3. Set the Enable Progressive Chart Rendering toggle ON.
4. (Save) the changes; select OK to refresh the page.
Running a Forecast in a Time Series or Line Chart

You can run a predictive forecast in time series or line charts.
Context
You can use a time series or line chart to automatically predict future data values based on the data included in your chart
de nition. The creation of a forecast requires a measure and a date dimension, along with additional options that can be
integrated into the visualization:
Multiple measures can be used to compare predicted values across these measures.
Coloring by dimensions can be used to compare predicted values across dimension values.
Once data is loaded into the chart, you can perform any of the following forecasting options:
Automatic Forecast: performs a predictive forecast on the available data. With this option, you can specify how many
forecast periods to display in the chart.
Advanced Options: enables you to select one of the following simulate forecasting scenarios:
Linear Regression: use the Linear Regression algorithm on historical time series data to predict future values.
Triple Exponential Smoothing: use the Triple Exponential Smoothing algorithm to account for seasonal changes as
well as trends.
Add Additional Inputs: use calculated measures, measure input controls, or additional measures from the current
model as inputs when creating the forecast. This option is available only for Time Series charts.
 Note
To avoid errors when using Additional Inputs, ensure that data is available for both your original input data
periods as well as the future period(s) you would like to forecast.
 Note
Before you can create a forecast on a time series chart, using a remote model from an SAP HANA, SAP BW, SAP Universe or
SAP S/4HANA system, your administrator must con gure the following option: Enable Time Series Forecast and Smart
Grouping on Live Data Models. The data will be processed on SAP servers. You cannot run forecasts on Line charts using
remote models.
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The chart will display the following information, either in the chart or in the tooltip:
Predicted values
Upper and lower limits for the con dence interval
Procedure
1. From Builder Chart Structure , select Trend Time Series or Line.
2. Add one or more measures.
3. Add the Date dimension.
4. Add a Color dimension.
5. From your chart action menu ( ) choose Add Forecast , and then select one of the following:
Automatic Forecast
Once the forecast is performed, a color-coded Forecast link is displayed above the chart. The link is blue if the
forecast was performed successfully with no data issues. The link is gray if the forecast quality is low, and red if
the forecast was unsuccessful. Select the link to display a Forecast Periods slider for the number of displayed
periods and the Forecast Quality for the con gured data.
Advanced Options
Choose one of the following advanced options for running your forecast:
Triple Exponential Smoothing
Select this option to run the forecast using the Triple Exponential Smoothing algorithm to account for
seasonal changes as well as trends. Once the forecast is performed, a color-coded Forecast link is
displayed above the chart. The link is blue if the forecast was performed successfully with no data issues.
The link is orange if the forecast was partially successful, and red if the forecast was unsuccessful. Select
the link to display a Forecast Periods slider for the number of displayed periods and the Forecast Quality
for the con gured data.
Add Additional Inputs...
 Note
This option is not available for Line charts.
The Additional Forecast Input panel opens on the right.
Use the Forecast Periods slider to specify how many forecast periods to display in the chart.
Select +Add Additional Input to add any of the following additional inputs from the model used to create
the chart:
Calculated measures
Additional measures
A measure input control
Results
The resulting chart displays the forecast values and the con dence interval for the forecast. To show or hide the con dence
interval, select ( More Actions) Show/Hide Con dence Interval .
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To see how well the predictive model matches with the historical data, select (More Actions) Show/Hide Past Period
Forecast . A dashed line (originating from the rst point of the forecast) depicts the predictive model applied to past periods.
Related Information
Administration
Input Controls: Dimension, Measure, or Cross Calculation
Scaling Charts
If multiple charts in a story contain the same measure, the measure values may be scaled differently in different charts, which
can make comparisons difficult. You can scale the charts so that measures have the same scale across multiple charts.
Context
 Note
Chart scaling is applied to all of the pages in a story, but the scaling may be different for the same measure on
different pages, because the scaling factor is calculated separately for each page.
You can exclude charts from the scaling, for example if a chart contains data that is much larger than the data in
other charts, making the other charts look small.
Procedure
1. Open the story that contains the charts you want to scale, and on the toolbar select (Chart Scaling).
2. Select the measures that you want to scale.
The affected charts in the story are rescaled automatically.
 Note
Once a measure is included in an axis scaling rule, that measure can't be included in another axis scaling rule.
3. After scaling charts, you might want to set the bar widths in the scaled charts to a consistent size. To do so, hover over
the axis scaling rule you just created under Chart Scaling, and select Fix Bar Width .
Type the number of pixels you'd like to set the bar width to. To revert back to the default widths, delete the number you
typed.
When con icting bar widths are de ned, the width rule of the rst measure on the axis is applied to the overall chart.
When an axis scaling rule is deleted, any associated bar width setting is also deleted, and the bar widths revert to the
default sizes.
4. To exclude a chart from scaling, do the following:
a. Select the chart, and then select More Actions Edit Styling .
b. In the Styling panel, expand Chart Properties, and then set Break Scale to On.
5. To change which measures are scaled, hover over a measure in the Scaled Measures list, and select (Edit Scaled
Measure).
6. To remove scaling for a measure, hover over the measure in the Scaled Measures list, and select (Remove Scaled
Measure).
Showing Unbooked Data in a Chart

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Show both booked and unbooked data in a chart.
Context
You can choose to include unbooked data in your chart. Booked data shows a label for the data point, but unbooked data does
not have a data label. For line charts, displaying the unbooked data breaks the line at the unbooked values.
The following chart types can show unbooked data:
Bar/Column
Stacked Bar/Column
Combination Stacked Column & Line
Area
Line
Numeric Point
The Numeric Point chart shows a dash for the unbooked data. The other charts depict the unbooked data in the title area as a
quantity of Null values.
Procedure
1. Create a chart and add measures and dimensions to it.
2. In the Builder, select a dimension and then select (More) Unbooked Data .
The chart is updated to include unbooked data for that dimension, and any dimensions listed below that dimension in the
Builder. A message appears stating that unbooked data has been switched on for dimensions below the selected
dimension.
3. To clear unbooked data from your chart, in the Builder select a dimension that has unbooked data switched on and then
select (More) Unbooked Data .
The chart is updated to remove unbooked data from that dimension and any dimensions listed above that dimension in
the Builder. A message appears stating that unbooked data has been switched off for dimensions above the selected
dimension.
Results
When unbooked data is switched on, the unbooked values are listed in the chart title area as a number of Nulls. You can hide this
information by selecting More Actions Show/Hide Null Token .
Sorting Measures and Dimensions

You can sort measures and dimensions in charts in ascending or descending order, or you can set your own custom order.
Context
You can specify the sort order for data in your chart for measures and dimensions: alphabetical ascending or descending,
highest to lowest, and so on. You can even sort on multiple dimensions within the chart.
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 Note
While you can sort your data on multiple dimensions, you can't sort on dimensions and measures together, and you can only
sort on one measure at a time.
Sometimes neither ascending or descending (or highest to lowest) sort will give you the results that you want.
 Example
You have a chart that you would like to sort in the following way:
Very High
High
Medium
Low
Use Add Custom Order to rearrange the members as desired.
Procedure
1. Create a sort in one of these ways:
On a canvas page, select a chart and from the action menu ( ) select Sort.
On a grid page, in the Examine panel at the bottom of the page select (More), and then select Sort.
2. Select the measure or dimension you want to sort and then choose one of the following options:
Direction: choose Ascending, Descending, Highest to Lowest, and so on.
Add Custom Order: in the dialog box, rearrange the members into the desired order.
3. To sort on a measure that isn't included in the chart, select Advanced Sorting, and then choose a measure from the list.
Related Information
Break Grouping
Hiding Zeros in a Chart

Hide zeros in a chart.
Context
As a story editor, you may not want to show zero values in a chart when working on SAP BW, or SAP HANA live or acquired
analytic or planning models.
 Note
Unbooked Data and Zero Suppression are mutually exclusive, meaning that both options can't be applied at the same time.
If you select Zero Suppression while Unbooked Data is already selected, a message appears informing you of this, and asking
you if you want to turn off Unbooked Data. Once you select OK, the Zero Suppression option is applied to the chart.
Procedure
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1. Create a chart and add measures and dimensions to it.
2. In the Builder, select a dimension, then select (More) Zero Suppression .
Zero values are no longer shown in your chart.
3. To show zero values in your chart again, in the Builder select a dimension that has zero suppression switched on. Select
(More) Zero Suppression .
The chart is updated to show zero values.
Zooming in on a Chart
You can temporarily magnify a region of a chart.
Procedure
1. Drag the pointer to draw a rectangle around a region of a chart.
2. In the pop-up menu that appears, select (Zoom In).
3. To zoom back out, select (Zoom Out) below the chart's title.

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Use the Styling tools to enhance the presentation.

Tasks – Setting Up Charts

Tasks – Waterfall Charts

Tasks - Adding Features

Adding Cross Calculations to Charts Add a cross calculation to a chart.

Adding a Footer to a Chart Add text footers to charts in stories.

Tasks - Diﬀerent Ways to Display Information

Zooming in on a Chart Temporarily magnify a region of a chart.

Tasks - Modifying Chart Contents

Creating Charts or Adding Special Features

Add a chart to a new story

Add a chart to an existing story

Run a Smart Discovery

Applying Smart Grouping to Your Chart

Add a Blank Chart to a New Story or Analytic Applications Page

a. From the (Main Menu), select (Create) (Story) .

b. From the ( ) Main Menu, select Create (Analytic Application).

2. When prompted to Add an object to the canvas, select Chart.

Samples: select a model.

Add a Blank Chart to an Existing Story or Analytic Applications Page

1. From the (Main Menu), select Browse Files .

2. Select your story or analytic application.

3. If you cannot edit the story or analytic application, select Edit.

4. From the toolbar, under Insert, select (Chart).

A bar chart is added to your page.

Run a Smart Discovery on a Chart

1. Create a chart and select measures and dimensions.

Applying Smart Grouping to Your Chart

1. Create either a Correlation Bubble or a Correlation Scatterplot chart.

2. Select measures and dimensions for the chart.

3. In Builder expand Smart Grouping and set it to On.

A range slider for the number of groups is displayed.

Choosing the Best Chart Type for the Data

Overview of Chart Types

Type of analysis Suggested chart types Usage example

The initial and the nal values are represented by

Type of analysis Suggested chart types Usage example

Use a Radar chart to view sales for each

Use a Tree Map chart to display hierarchical data

For parameter details, see Parameters for

Other (More) chart options, including

Marimekko charts use varying heights and varying

Parameters for Comparison Chart Types

For an overview of the diﬀerent chart types, see Charts overview.

Comparison chart parameters

Bar/Column: compares the diﬀerences in sales revenue between countries.

For more information on waterfall charts, see Waterfall Charts.

Bar/Column, Stacked Bar/Column, or Waterfall charts

Chart Orientation: select either Horizontal or Vertical orientation.

Required or optional parameters:

Measures or Parameter Bar/Column Stacked Bar/Column Waterfall

Combination chart parameters

Required or optional parameters:

Measures or Parameter Combination Column & Combination Stacked