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• ZtoAsort
Sortsthevaluesindescendingorder.Forexample,aCountryfacetwithvaluesofUK,USA,France,
Norway,andMexicoissortedtoshowUSA,UK,Norway,Mexico,andthenFrance.
• SmallesttoLargest(sortonmeasure)
Sortsthemeasurevaluesinascendingorder.Forexample,aYearfacetrepresentingsalesrevenue
(withvalues2007=$100750,2006=$90500,and2005=$200444)issortedtoshow:2006=$90500,
2007=$100750,andthen2005=$200444.
• LargesttoSmallest(sortonmeasure)
Sortsthemeasurevaluesindescendingorder.Forexample,aYearfacetrepresentingsalesrevenue
(withvalues2007=$100750,2006=$90500,and2005=$200444)issortedtoshow:2005=$200444,
2007=$100750,andthen2006=$90500.
Youcanapplysortingwithinthe"Objects"tabwhilecreatinganInformationSpace.Thedimension
objectswithinthe"MeasuresandDimensions"panehaveaniconindicatingtheirsortingmethod.By
default,objectsusedefaultsorting,clicktheobjectyouwishtosort,thenchoosethesortingmethod
youwishtoapply.Forexample,clickAtoZ,tochangethesortingmethod.TheiconchangestotheA
toZsort.Toreturntothedefaultsort,clickExplorer.
Whennavigating,youcanoverwritethefacetsortingbyusingthesortingmethodsonthefacets.
4.3.2 Data highlighting
Datahighlightingisasimplewayofensuringthatdatayouarefocusingupon(forexample,viaachart)
isalsofocusedelsewheresuchasonthelegendandthechartlabels.
Forexample,youareanalyzingapiechartrepresentingthesalesrevenuebetweenvariouscitiesin
theworld.IfyouclickthesectorforNewYorkitwouldbecomehighlightedalongwiththevaluelabel
andthelegendvalues.Ifchangeyourvisualization,thehighlightingandselectionarekepttohelpyou
followyourdata.
AnotherexampleiswhenyouperformakeywordsearchwithintheExplore:tab,anymatchestoyour
keywordswithinthesearchresultsarehighlightedwithinthefacets,thefilterpane,thelegend,andthe
visualization.
Thereisarelationshipbetweenthechartandlegendhighlighting.Thevalueswithinthechartarealso
highlightedifthevaluesinthelegendarehighlighted.
Datahighlightinghelpsyouranalysisbyprovidingaclearerviewofdataandexposingtherelationships
betweenvisualizationandvalues.
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