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hemmerling
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I fail with simple two-row data visualisation - please help

Hello,

I fail with simple two-row data visualisation - please help

 

I may import data by CVS so that I have a table in PowerBI:

 

Headline:

name   data

 

one      1000

two       2000

three    3000

 

but I fail with the visualisation by bars ( and any other graphics )

 

Stacked Bar Chart

Axis    -> name

Value -> data

 

but the only option is "count of DATA"

 

which means that my graphics  has the right horizontal axis decription ( one, two, three ), but... the ONLY option for value is "count of DATA", so that the value is 1 for each of the data items, instead of 1000, 2000, 3000.

 

so the graphics is

 

one    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (1)

two     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (1)

three  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (1)

with value 1

 

what I expect ( from my experience with Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Calc,..) is

one    xxxxxxxxx (1000)

two     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (2000)

three  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (3000)

 

before, I tried to visualize this data with SPLUNK

http://www.splunk.com/

where I had "similar" problems to visualize this kind of data, but there the option "sum" ( instead of "count" ) helped.

 

I am frustrated, as the data is so simple,

what am I doing wrong, or what am I expecting wrong?

Any help is appreciated.

 

The original data is about the number of certain first names ( e.g. "Maria" ) given to new born babies in a state, and the number of children named with 1,2,3 or more first names... so its quiet simple open data.

 

Sincerely

Rolf

 

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greggyb
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Resident Rockstar

Change the type of your data to Whole Number under the Data Modelling ribbon menu (available when you have a field selected), and make sure that the Default Summarization is not set to "Do not summarize".

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