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Creating your first chart

Learn how to create your first chart

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Written by Erik
Updated over 10 months ago

In this detailed walkthrough, we will familiarize ourselves with how create your first chart, select the data set, choose chart type, as well as add columns & metrics.

  • Navigate to the top menu and click on the plus icon '+'. From the dropdown menu, choose "Chart":
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  • The "Create a new chart" screen will display. Click the dropdown arrow in the "Choose a Dataset" field, then select your desired dataset.
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  • Within the "Create a new chart" dialog, you can choose your preferred chart type:

Add a Metric or Column

You can drag and drop metrics or columns into the corresponding destination fields.

Upon dropping the metric or column, the associated pop-out window for that field will automatically appear, allowing you to enter the necessary details.

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Choosing the Dimension for the X-axis

Within the "Chart Builder," located in the "Query" panel, you can specify the x-axis dimension.

You have the flexibility to set up both temporal (time series) and non-temporal x-axis dimensions.

Upon selecting a temporal dataset column as the x-axis dimension, the "Time Grain" field becomes visible, enabling you to define the granularity of the displayed x-axis values.

Saving chart

Once you finish creating your chart, simply click the "Save" button and choose which Dashboard to add this chart to:

Congratulations on your first chart!

Contact Mapsly support at any time

If you have any questions or need help configuring your charts & dashboards, contact Mapsly support team 24/7 by chat or email at [email protected], we'll be happy to help.

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