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Vengiro
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1 year ago
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Plotting 2 data sets on a timeline

I have a large dataset named "Export," which is extracted daily from an external system, containing approximately 70,000 rows and growing. Each row contains data, but the most important details for m...
  • parry2k's avatar
    1 year ago

    Vengiro you need a separate date dimension that will have relationships between both the tables and then you will use that on the x-axis to plot the values from both the actual and plan tables.

     

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  • danextian's avatar
    1 year ago

    Hi Vengiro 

     

    By the looks of it, you're not using separate dates/calendar table and instead creating a relationship directly betwen the two tables. The dates/calendar table must contain a column with unique dates that encompasses all dates in your fact tables. Create a one to many relationship from that table to your fact tables and use the date dimensions from the calendar instead in your visual.