Use tree maps

Prerequisites

  • You have the Insights Author license.

Page location

Insights > Analyses > Click an analysis

Tree maps visualize one or two measures for a dimension.

Each rectangle on the tree map represents one item in the dimension. Rectangle size represents the proportion of the value for the selected measure that the item represents compared to the whole for the dimension. You can optionally use rectangle color to represent another measure for the item. Rectangle color represents where the value for the item falls in the range for the measure, with darker colors indicating higher values and lighter colors indicating lower ones.

Tree maps show up to 100 data points for the Group By field. For more information about how Insights handles data that falls outside display limits, see the “Display limits” section in Visual types in Insights.

Procedure

Create a tree map

  1. Click Visualize (the bar chart icon in the tool bar). The Visuals panel opens.
  2. Click Add.

  3. Click the Tree map icon.

  4. Drag a dimension from the Data panel into the Group By field well.
  5. Drag a measure into the Size field well.
  6. (Optional) Drag a different measure into the Color field well.
  7. (Optional) To add drill-down layers, drag at least one more dimension into the Group By field well. For more information about adding drill-downs, see Adding drill-downs to visual data in Insights.

Tree map features

The following table lists the actions you can do with tree maps.

Feature Supported? Comments For more information
Change the legend display Yes   Legends on visual types in Insights
Change the title display Yes   Titles and subtitles on visual types in Insights
Change the axis range Not applicable   Range and scale on visual types in Insights
Change the visual colors No   Colors in visual types in Insights
Focus on or exclude elements Yes, with exceptions You can focus on or exclude a rectangle from a tree map, except when you are using a date field as the dimension. In that case, you can only focus on a rectangle, not exclude it.

Focus on visual elements

Exclude visual elements

Sort No Default sorting is in descending order by the measure in the Size column. Sorting visual data in Insights
Perform field aggregation Yes You must apply aggregation to the fields you choose for size and color. You cannot apply aggregation to the field that you choose to group by. Changing field aggregation
Add drill-downs Yes You can add drill-down levels to the Group By field well. Adding drill-downs to visual data in Insights

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