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Create a treemap

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Create a treemap

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- [Instructor] The tree map, which is a relatively new type of chart, displays values as they contribute to a whole. Like a pie chart, a tree map uses the size of the area devoted to an input to indicate its contribution. Unlike a pie chart, a tree map also uses shades of color to indicate values. Darker shades generally mean larger values, and lighter shades smaller. And even negative values can be indicated using tree map colors. In this movie, I will show you how to create tree maps based on your business data. My sample file is 0808TreeMap, and you can find it in the chapter eight folder of your exercise files collection. To create a tree map you need to have one measure and at least one dimension. In this case, I'll use product category and total sales. I'll start by adding total sales or order total, which is the name of my field for that value, to the body of the vis. So I'll drag that down to the data area,…

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