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Mod1_Ex2_Create a table visualization

Steps Create a custom dashboard with a basic table visualization

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Create a table visualization

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In this section, you will learn how to create a table visualization. The table in this
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can be useful in helping you discover the fields and values in your data set.
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Please perform the following steps.

Step 1.1: Select the button to edit the dashboard you created in Section 1.

Step 1.2: Select the button to create a new visualization and add
it to your dashboard; select Create New from the pop-up menu that
appears.

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Steps Step 1.3: In the DATA MODEL window, select Event from the Event Store
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Step 1.4: Enter a title for the visualization: Landscape + Product

In the next steps, you will add dimensions and measures. Pay
attention to the instructions carefully because their behavior is
affected depending on how you select them.

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Steps Step 1.5: For Dimensions (1), select Edit and enter landscape in the Search field.
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This will focus the list of fields based on your search. You will
add Landscape as a dimension in the next steps.

Step 1.6: Expand Event(1) and select Landscape from the list of results by clicking
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Be careful not to click too far to the right of the term as you may
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Notice that as soon as you click on the term, Landscape Event

appears in the In Visualization section of the builder.

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Steps Step 1.7: Under Available Dimensions, overtype your previous search for
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landscape with a new search for product, then expand the Event drop-
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Step 1.8: Hover over (do not select) the Product field to reveal the options at the
far right.

These options allow you to enable pivots and field-based

measures. You will add a measure for Product in the next step.

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Do NOT select too far to the left, nor select the term. You are
only adding Product as a measure using the menu options.

Step 1.10: Select List of unique values from the list of menu options.

Notice the Measures section now indicates List of Product has

been added.

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You’ve now added both a dimension and a measure to your

visualization. In the next steps, you will add an additional
measure and a filter.

Step 1.11: Add the List of Vendor measure.

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Here’s how:

1. Under Available Dimensions, select the search field.

2. Use the search field to locate the Vendor event.
3. Select the menu button next to the Vendor field.
4. Select the List of unique values option from the Vendor field menu to add
it as a measure.

Notice that the builder now indicates 4 items have been added: 2
measures and 2 dimensions (the Approx Log Time dimension is
a mandatory part of every visualization). In the next step, you will
review the default filter while also reviewing the dimensions and
measures.

Step 1.12: View the default filter by selecting the arrow icon in the top-right
corner; this will expand the filter window.

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filter can be changed but not deleted. Also, your available look-
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Step 1.13: Select the button to preview the results.

Notice that the column order for the measures List of Product
and List of Vendor are based on the order they were added.

Step 1.14: Next, select the type of Chart to use by selecting the Chart tab.

Step 1.15: Select Table from the chart types.

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7 Step 1.16: Complete this visualization by scrolling back to the top and selecting the
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Step 1.18: Review your dashboard.

Step 1.19: Publish this dashboard.

(OPTIONAL: Click the button below to print your

completed lab.)

Print Completed Lab

You have completed this exercise. Click the 'Next'

button in the bottom right corner to continue when
you are ready.

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