Iterations of bar charts for deeper analysis

Using the preceding bar chart, you can easily see that the technology department has more total sales than either the furniture or office supplies departments. What if you want to further understand sales amounts for departments across various regions? Follow these two steps:

  1. Navigate to the Bar Chart (two levels) sheet, where you will find an initial view identical to the one you created earlier
  2. Drag the Region field from Dimensions in the data pane to the Rows shelf and drop it to the left of the Department field already in view

You should now have a view that looks like this:

You still have ...

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