Parallel charts

Parallel charts are useful for visualizing high dimensional geometry and for analyzing multivariate data. Parallel charts resemble line charts for time-series data, but the axes do not correspond to points in time (a natural order is not present).

Creating a simple parallel chart

  1. In the Chart Type section, click the Parallel icon.

    The canvas updates to display a parallel chart template.

  2. Select at least two variables as the Columns variables. Each column represents a vertical, parallel axis in the chart.
    Note: The column order is important for finding features. In a typical data analysis, you might need to reorder the columns numerous times.
  3. Click the Save visualization in the project control. Select Create a new asset or Append to existing asset. Provide a Visualization asset name, an optional description, and a chart name.
  4. Click Apply to save the visualization to the project. The new visualization asset is now available on the Assets tab.

Options

Columns
Lists variables that are available for the chart's Y-axes.
Click Add another column to add more columns.
Color map
Lists available color map variables. These variables use color progression, based on the range of values in the specified column, to represent themselves in the plot points. Color maps are also known as choropleth maps.
Primary title
The chart title.
Subtitle
The chart subtitle.
Footnote
The chart footnote.