Shelves for Chord Visuals

A chord visual has the following shelves:

Dimensions

Add two Dimension fields from the Data menu to define the start- and end-points of each connection in the plot.

This shelf accepts exactly two fields.

This is a mandatory shelf.

Measure

Add a Measure field from the Data menu to aggregate this measurement for each chord of the chart. The aggregate measurement determines the thickness of the chord connector between each pair of dimensions.

This shelf accepts a single field.

This is a mandatory shelf.

Tooltips

Add Measure fields from the Data menu for additional information in the graph's Tooltip.

This shelf accepts multiple fields.

X Trellis

Use a Dimension field from the Data menu to trellis the visual into columns.

This shelf accepts multiple fields.

Y Trellis

Use a Dimension field from the Data menu to trellis the visual into rows.

This shelf accepts multiple fields.

Filters

Add Dimension or Measure fields from the Data menu to include or exclude categorical or value criteria.

This shelf accepts multiple fields.