Introducing Charticulator for Power BI: Design Vibrant and Customized Visual Representations of Data

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Visual Index to Chart Types
Chapter 1: Introduction to Charticulator
	Importing Charticulator in Power BI
	Create a Charticulator Chart
		Selecting the Data
		Opening Charticulator
		Designing the Chart
		Saving the Chart in Power BI
	Tour of the Charticulator Screen
		The Chart Canvas
		The Fields Pane
		Glyphs and the Glyph Pane
		The Layers Pane
		The Attributes Panes
		The Scales Pane
Chapter 2: Marks, Symbols, and Lines
	Marks
	Lines
	Symbols
	Text Marks
	Icons
	The Height, Length, and Size Attributes
	The Fill, Color, and Stroke Attributes
	Using Composite Glyphs
		Column Chart with Symbols and Lines
		Lollipop Chart
			Creating the “Stick”
			Creating the “Lollipop”
Chapter 3: Binding Data
	How to Bind Data
	Binding Categorical Fields
		Editing a Categorical Color Scale
	Binding Numerical Fields
		Binding Numerical Fields to Numerical Attributes
		Binding Numerical Fields to Nonnumerical Attributes
		Editing a Gradient Color Scale
		Adding a Legend for a Gradient Color Scale
	Binding Data to Axes
	Binding Data to Icons
Chapter 4: Using Symbols
	The Numerical Legend
	The Numerical Axis
	Creating a Line Chart
	Create a Scatter or Bubble Chart
Chapter 5: 2D Region Plot Segments
	Creating 2D Region Plot Segments
	Using Plot Segment Sub-layouts
		Stack X
			Stack X with a Categorical X-Axis
			Stack X with a Categorical Y-Axis
		Stack Y
			Stack Y with a Categorical Y-Axis
			Adding an X-Axis Numerical Legend
			Stack Y with a Categorical X-Axis
			Stack X and Stack Y with One Category
		Grid
		Packing
		Jitter
		Overlap
	Sorting Glyphs and Labels
		Sorting a Power BI Chart
		Sorting in a Charticulator Chart
		Sorting the Glyphs
		Sorting the Axis Labels
	Spacing Glyphs and Labels
		Spacing in a Power BI Chart
		Spacing in a Charticulator Chart
		Spacing the Glyphs
		Spacing the Axis Labels
	Aligning the Glyphs
	Axis Visibility and Position
	Formatting Axis Labels and Tick Lines
	Gridlines
	Hands-On with Plot Segment Attributes
Chapter 6: Using Two Categorical Axes
	Designing “Matrix” Style Charts
	Hiding Elements
	Conditioned By
	Small Multiple Type Charts
Chapter 7: Using Numerical Axes
	Designing a Glyph for the Numerical Axis
	Editing the Range
	Format the Tick Numbers
	Formatting the Tick Font and Tick Lines
	Tick Data
Chapter 8: Charticulator Expressions
	Referencing Field Names
	Using Charticulator’s Aggregate Functions
		Expressions Using Categorical Data
		Expressions Using Numerical Data
		Expressions Using Grouped Data
	Formatting Numerical Expressions
	Formatting Tick Labels
	Using the DAX FORMAT Function
Chapter 9: Scales and Legends
	Charticulator Scales
		Properties of the Scale
		Color Scales
			Editing Color Scales
		Numerical Scales
			Editing Numerical Scales
		Creating Additional Scales When Mapping Data
		Reusing Scales
	Charticulator Legends
		Creating Legends
		Column Values Legends
		Column Names Legends
		Formatting and Moving Legends
		Editing the Scale of a Numerical Legend
Chapter 10: Guides and Anchoring
	Default Guides
	Creating Your Own Guides
	Creating Guide Coordinators
	Anchoring to Guides
Chapter 11: Working with Multiple 2D Region Plot Segments
	Using a Second 2D Region Plot Segment
	Using Additional Glyphs
	Using Group By…
	Filter By…
	Hands-On with Plot Segments and Glyphs
Chapter 12: Horizontal and Vertical Line Scaffolds
	Applying Scaffolds
	Combining Categorical Axes
	Combining Numerical Axes
Chapter 13: Polar Scaffolds
	Applying a Polar Scaffold
		Reshaping the Polar Chart
		Creating a Pie Chart
		Using a Polar Guide
	Binding Fields to Polar Axes
	Using Polar Plot Segment Sub-layouts
		Rose Chart (Angular Axis and Stack Angular)
		Peacock Chart (Angular Axis and Stack Angular)
		Nightingale Chart (Angular Axis and Stack Radial)
		Radial Chart #1 (Radial Axis and Stack Angular)
		Radial Chart #2 (Radial Axis and Stack Radial)
	Height to Area
	Numerical Radial Axis – The Radar Chart
	The Custom Curve Scaffold
		Applying the Custom Curve
		Creating a Spiral
Chapter 14: Plotting Multiple Measures
	Data Schemas
		Narrow Data
		Wide Data
	Using Separate Scales
	Using the Same Scale
		Creating a Clustered Column Chart
		Creating the Stacked Column Chart
	Using a Data Axis
		Cartesian Bullet Chart
		Polar Bullet Chart
		Dumbbell Chart
		Box and Whisker
		Tornado Chart
	Creating a Legend for Multiple Measures
Chapter 15: Links and Data Linking
	Anchoring Links
	Linking Categories
		Ribbon Chart
		Area Chart
	Linking Plot Segments
		Vertical Ribbon Chart
		Proportion Plot
	Linking Categories Within Plot Segments
	Linking Data
		Co-occurrence Chart
		Chord Chart
		Sankey Chart
Chapter 16: The Line Plot Segment
	Creating a Line Plot Segment
	Using a Categorical Line Axis
	Using a Numerical Line Axis
		Plotting Glyphs on a Numerical Line Axis
		Multiple Numerical Line Axes
	Combining Categorical and Numerical Line Axes
Chapter 17: Templates and Nested Charts
	Saving the Chart As a Template
	Nested Charts
Chapter 18: Integrating with Power BI
	Charticulator’s Interactivity Options
		Tooltips
		Context Menu
		Selection Interactivity
	Interactions onto Charticulator Charts
		Filtering a Charticulator Visual
		Highlighting a Charticulator Visual
Chapter 19: Taking It to the Next Level
	Matrix and Card Combination Visual
	Highlighted Line Chart
	Categorized Line Chart
	Jitter Plot
	Arrow Chart
Index