My data source is an 'outer join' of data from three distinct excel sheets with non-overlapping data. Each sheet has the same fields for filtering and the same two dimensions for a desired graph, ID and Reason. I want to create a basic bar chart that has the Reasons across all three sheets on a single horizontal axis and a CountD(ID) on the vertical axis.
How can I combine the three separate dimensions into one dimension? Should I use a calculated field?
Let me know if you need further information.
Alright, with a bit more digging I was able to figure this one out (with the help of the second half of this post
I just needed to select all three of the dimensions I wanted to combine, right click, hover over "Transform", and then select "Merge Mismatched Fields".
This worked was the proper solution for me because there were no overlapping data in the three relevant columns. Wherever one had a value, the other two were always null.
Note: I am using Tableau 10
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I am looking for some decent help with my matrix table, and is there a good or best approach to properly match dependent instances in certain matrix using drop downs.
This picture represents my matrix table (Picture 1):
As you can see there are a lot of instances, but horizontally and vertically they got the same number of "headers". Those "1`s" are representing not compatibility in my case but lets call it simply "match". That is on one sheet that is gonna be populated with some new values from time to time.
On another sheet which is actually sheet for showing the data and their compatibility possibilities is equipped with drop downs. There you got "Groups (Group1, Group2...)" in a sense of main parts and "dependent groups (AA1, BB2..)" as small components that are part of main parts. To avoid misunderstanding here you have explanations, I used for the sake of this example fictional values:
Groups aka. Main Parts
Dependent groups aka. components
As you can see beneath, is my fictional table but exactly the same concept as I should use in my real case.
I PUT AN EXPLANATION IN THE PICTURE 2 SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND SEE EXACTLY WHERE/WHAT I DID!
What I used firstly there are =match functions, one for vertical position (A3) and one for horizontal (B4). This boolean row is done using =or(index) but reffering to the match positions as you can see. And from there I should use true/false for coloring my group boxes in a case compatibility is possible - thats all the science.
So, my question is if there is another approach to this problem? As you can see I have 3 different rows of functions at one place, or imagine if I will have more "groups" that can rise in many more rows and calculations.
Picture 2
EDITED:
This is screenshot of the original sheet, I just hid some rows that were with Infos that is reason the number is not consistent. As you can see it is almost the same as dummy example I provided above. Underneath every "box" you got three rows of calculations as I mentioned before. The two times number "2" that you see here is the position of some value that I found using =match function, one is for horizontal and another for vertical lookup. In this case it is model type, 070FX is position 2, 100FX is 3 and 200FX is 4th position in the matrix table, and so on for all the other groups. And those groups (Model, Endpoint, Gas sensor...) are defined separately on another sheet where I had to make unique list and dependent list so I can reference those to my drop down list.
EDIT Nr 4! So this formula I used for true/false:
=SUMPRODUCT(('0359-matrix'!$A$2:$A$101=F10)*(('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$B$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$C$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$D$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$E$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$F$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$G$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$H$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$I$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$J$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$K$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$L$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$M$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$N$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$O$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$P$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$Q$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=F13)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=G13)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=H13)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=I13)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=J13))*'0359-matrix'!$B$2:$CW$101)>0
I copied only last part, or when it starts from second row..Because it is too long to write whole funciton - it cuts down automatically.
('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$Q$10)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$B$13)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$C$13)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$D$13)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$E$13)+('0359-matrix'!$B$1:$CW$1=$F$13))*'0359-matrix'!$B$2:$CW$101)>0
But on marked cells I am getting the same results: B22 - F22 has the same as B21 - F21 (boolean) what shouldnt be like that but to follow color, green is False, it has to be something with an array reference.
Checkout the following. A1 to E5 is the matrix that shows which pieces are incompatible (=1). The others have to be empty or 0.
In cell I8 I used the following formula (and copied it down up to I11):
=SUMPRODUCT(($A$2:$A$5=H8)*(($B$1:$E$1=$H$8)+($B$1:$E$1=$H$9)+($B$1:$E$1=$H$10)+($B$1:$E$1=$H$11))*$B$2:$E$5)
The formula result shows you the amount of incompatibilities a part has. Eg AA1 has one incompatibility with BB2 but BB2 is incompatible with 2 AA1 and CC3.
To get the TRUE/FALSE use the same formula and append >0: like =SUMPRODUCT(…)>0
For any additinonal "group" (Model, Endpoint, …) you need to add another +($B$1:$E$1=$H$12) where $B$1:$E$1 points to your matrix data and $H$12 to your selected group value.
Overview of the formula ranges:
Note that this kind of calculation can only tell the amount of incompatibilites a part has but not the names of the parts that are incompatible.
Edited horizontal version
Formula in the selected cell is
=SUMPRODUCT(($A$2:$A$5=G8)*(($B$1:$E$1=$G$8)+($B$1:$E$1=$H$8)+($B$1:$E$1=$I$8)+($B$1:$E$1=$J$8))*$B$2:$E$5)
you can pull it to the right.
I have a huge table with data structured like this:
And I would like to display them in Spotfire Analyst 7.11 as follows:
Basically I need to display the columns that contain "ANTE" below the others in order to make a comparison. Values that have variations for the same ID must be highlighted.
I also have the fields "START_DATE_ANTE" and "END_DATE_ANTE" which have been omitted in the example image.
Amusingly, if you were limited to just what the title asks, this would be a very simple answer.
If you wanted this in a table where the rows are displayed as usual, and the cells are highlighted, you can do this by going to properties, adding a newGrouping where you select VAL_1 and VAL_1_ANTE and add a Rule, Rule type "Boolean expression", where the value is:
[VAL_1] - [VAL_1_ANTE] <> 0
This will highlight the affected cells, which you can place next to each other. You can even throw in a calculated column showing the difference between the two columns, and slap it on right next to it. This gives you the further option to filter down to only showing rows with discrepancies, or sorting by these values.
However, if you actually need it to display the POSTs on different lines from the ANTEs, as formatted above, things get a little tricky.
My personal preference would be to pivot (split/union/etc) the data before pulling it in to Spotfire, with an indicator flag on "is this different", yes/no. However, I know a lot of Spotfire users either aren't using a database or don't have leeway to perform the SQL themselves.
In fact, if you try to do it in Spotfire using custom expressions alone, it becomes so tricky, I'm not sure how to answer it right off. I'm inclined to think you should be able to do it in a cross table, using Subsets, but I haven't figured out a way to identify which subset you're in while inside the custom expressions.
Other options include generating a table using IronPython, if you're up to that.
I am trying to get the following thing to work in Excel. I have a list of values out of which I want to create a bar chart. Easy thing normally, but in this special case I do not know how to get it to work with references that change.
I have the data structured as follows:
Name Site Value
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A X 1
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B Y 2
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G Z 3
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D Z 0
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F X 1
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Q Y 2
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From the information available in this array I want to create three different bar charts, one per site. The problem is that I don't know the absolute cell references, as the data is inserted by colleagues. In addition, the number of datapoints to display is not known either. In case there a three different entries for one site, I want to display a bar chart with these three values, the names of the entries should be used as the label for the bars in the chart. In case there are four different entries, I want to display a bar chart with four bars, etc... This whole table should be dynamic, so in case that a new entry is added to the range with the corresponding site, it should be automatically included in the bar chart.
I already tried to find a workaround for this and read about dynamic charts and lookup functions in excel, but nothing did the trick so far.
If you have any idea, please let me know.
Thanks in advance :)
What I would suggest is:
Create 3 Pivot Tables. The data source for each of them would be: A:C (the whole columns). This way, when an entry is added, you just update the tables and they get in.
Column "Site" should be added as a filter, then on one Pivot Table you would filter only for site X, another for site Y and the other for site Z.
Now, "Name" go on Rows and Value go on Values.
Now, for each Pivot Table you add a bar chart.
I think this solves your issue.
Here'a a screen showing it. My excel is in PT-BR but I think you can get the general idea.
Edit: you can also put the same scale on all 3 charts, so you can easily compare the values.
Thanks to both of you guys and sorry for the late reply. In the end I got it working with pivot tables, though I had to fiddle a bit with the pivot table wizard, as I wanted to display values from multiple sheets. Thanks again and best regards :)
I'd like to sort a time series of exam performance by one of three categories:
Ideally, a function would sort the scores by "difficulty" while still preserving chronological order. I'd like to do this without filters etc. Something like this is very close, but not quite there. Do I need to use dynamic ranges? Or can I just define data ranges in the table dialog with VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH?
I'm thinking a bar graph would be the easiest way to illustrate the data, but I'm open to suggestions. New scores are added every day, with varying difficulties.
Here is the spreadsheet if anyone would like to look it over.
EDIT:
The output visualization could be, for example, a clustered bar graph, but with only one label per category. The idea is that I'd like to preserve chronological order without necessarily having to mark it on the graph.
Would there, for instance, be a quick-and easy and formula-driven way to put these 14 and 17 values for "score" all together under one label? I feel like 17 bar graphs clustered too closely would be hard to read.
I realize this is more of a formatting than a formula issue, but I appreciate input with regards to both.
I would recommend you add a Table over the data in the workbook. One for verbal and one for math. The upside is that it will automatically grow with your data as you add new rows. This is very helpful because charts and other things will automatically refer to the new data. Add one with CTRL+T or Insert->Table on the Ribbon.
Once you have the Table, you can easily do the sorting bit by adding a two column sort onto the Table. This menu is accessible by right clicking in the Table and doing Sort->Custom Sort. Again, the Table is nice here because it will only sort the data within it (not the whole sheet) and will remember your settings. This lets you add new data and simply do Data->Reapply to get it to sort again. Your sort on Difficulty is going to be alphabetic unless you add a number at the front. Here is the sorting step:
With this done, you can create a quick chart based on that data. For the "implicit chronology" you can simply plot score vs. difficulty for all of them since they are sorted.
To get closer to that matrix style display, you can easily create a PivotTable based on this Table and let it do the organizing by date/difficulty. Here is the result of that. I am using Average as the aggregation function since it appears that no dates have more than 1 score. If they did, it would be a better choice than Sum.
TL;DR: How can I enable the option to precede the hierarchy name by the dimension name?
I am trying to implement a change that appears in one of the cubes I am working on based on the same dimension in another cube. When a user creates a pivot table on top of the correct cube in Excel, the dimension list appears as:
Where the hierarchy is preceded by the dimension name. When I implement the same dimension on my cube, it appears as:
This is different in that the example cube has the Dimension name preceding the Hierarchy while my working cube does not.
I looked through the properties of the dimensions and they appear to be the same. Specifically, the HierarchyUniqueNameStyle property of the dimension is set to IncludeDimensionName. My intuition says that this difference might be on the cube itself, since multiple dimensions of the example cube have the same feature.
Is there is another place where cube display attributes reside? Or, is this something where the developer of the example cube just changed the name?
In order for the bread crumb to show up, it requires two things. The first thing that is required is that the IncludeDimensionName property on the dimension must be set to true.
Secondly, the dimension must be a role-playing dimension, or, in other words, used in the cube multiple times.
When both of those conditions are satisfied, the bread crumb as shown in the first picture will appear.