Dimensions add headers | Measures add axes | Show Me automatically adds the field according to best practices |
Text Table | Adding a dimension first produces a text table (or cross-tab). All subsequent clicks on fields result in refinement of the text table. |
Bars | Adding a measure first and then a dimension produces a bar view. All subsequent clicks result in refinement of the bar view, unless a date dimension is added, at which time the view is changed to a line. |
Line | Adding a measure and then a date dimension produces a line view. All subsequent clicks result in refinement of the line view. |
Continuous Line | Adding a continuous dimension and then a measure produces a continuous line view. Subsequent dimensions result in refinement of the continuous line view. Subsequent measures add quantitative axes to the view. |
Scatter | Adding a measure and then another measure produces a scatter view. Subsequent dimensions result in refinement to the scatter view. Subsequent measures will create a scatter matrix. |
Maps | Adding a geographic field produces a map view with latitude and longitude as axes and the geographic field on the Level of Detail shelf. Subsequent dimensions add rows to the view while subsequent measures further refine the map by adding size and color encoding. |