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kdixon5490
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Helper III

Bar Graph to show only the top N values.

I'm trying to show only the top 3 dates in a bar chart but I'm running into issues.    

I've currently got a Rank field inside my data and I need to get the top 3 dates for the year.  When I use the Visualization of Table or Circle Graph everything works great.  But then I change it to Bar Graph I don't get exactly what I need. 

I'm not sure why it is showing July 25, 24, 23, 22.   I need to show only the TOP N which are July 27, July 26 and July 21.

 

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I need to show the grid in the 1st place then 2nd place then 3rd place. 

Any help would be appreciated.

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sevenhills
Super User
Super User

Reason for blanks by default: The axis is marked as Continous as default.

 

Fix:

  • Select the visual > Format visual > Y-axis > Set the Type: Categorical

 

Hope this helps!

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