Creating visuals with optional dimensions
- Open a new dashboard.
- Click New Visual.
- Select the World Life Expectancy dataset in the Data menu.
- Select the Table visual type in the Visuals menu.
-
Populate the shelves of the visual:
- From Dimension, select and move
un_region
andun_subregion
fields onto the Dimension shelf. - From Measures, select and move
population
field onto the Measures shelf. - From Dimensions, select and move
year
field onto the Filters shelf. - On the Filters shelf, select
year
field, choose Pick values from a list, select2000
, and click SAVE.
- From Dimension, select and move
-
From Dimensions, select and move the
country
field to the Dimension shelf. -
On the Dimensions shelf, click
country
field. -
In the FIELD PROPERTIES menu, select [ ] Enter/Edit
Expression.
-
In the Enter/Edit Expression modal window, change the text to
the following expression:
[<<dim:>>]
- Click VALIDATE & SAVE.
- Click REFRESH VISUAL.
- Change the name of the visual to Regional Populations.
- Click SAVE.