
Note:
If you save the connection name, it is displayed on subsequent logins in the Connect to
Data dialog box (see step 3.b.
You are now ready to use Visual Explorer.
4 Under Marks, select Bar from the drop-down list.
5 Drag Year from the Dimension section of the Data window and drop it on the Column shelf.
6 Drag Sales from the Measures section of the Data window and drop it on the Column shelf, placing it to
the right of
Quarter.
7 Drag Profit % from the Measures section of the Data window and drop it on the Color shelf.
At this point, you can see which quarter is the most profitable based on sales as indicated by the
darkest color bar.
8 Drag Region from the Dimension section of the Data window and drop it on the Row shelf.
9 Drag Category from the Dimension section of the Data window and drop it on the Row shelf, placing it
to the right of
Region.
When you drag a generation to a shelf, all generations that are ancestors of the selected generation
are automatically included in this placement. However, if you press and hold down the Control
(Ctrl) key while dragging a generation to a shelf, only that specific generation is included in the
placement.
10 To ignore the Diet Drinks alternate rollup in this analysis, right-click Category in the Row shelf and select
Filter.
Diet Drinks is an alternate rollup that contains shared members. You can deselect it from the
query so that members that are already shown are not redisplayed.
11 In the Filter dialog box, clear the Diet Drinks member and click OK.
12 Expand Category on the Row shelf.
13 Review the visual worksheet.
As shown by the dark green bars in Figure 140, Colas in the East is the most consistently profitable
product based on sales.
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