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Hi. I need to create a stacked bar chart of items sold per month; however, the data presented to me came with all the data in a single field. Any advice on how to get this into the correct format?
ex.
Date Order # / Item
2018-01-01 / 1 / Hamburger, Fries, Soda
2018-01-01 / 2 / Fries, Shake
2018-01-02 / 3 / Hamburger, Soda
2018-01-02 / 4 / Hamburger
On my report, I need to show that on
Jan 01, I sold 1 Hamburger, 2 Friest, 1 Soda, 1 Shake
Jan 02, I sold 2 Hamburgers, 1 Soda
Thanks!
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You want your SalesTable look like this:
1. Use Query Editor to re-format your source data. Steps:
- Split Colums by Delimiter /
- Split Columns by Delimiter ,
- Unpivot the last 3 columns (with Items)
- Adjust Data Type, etc
2. Add a measure
Count Items = COUNTROWS(SalesTable)
3. Visualize with Matrix or other chart
@Anonymous,
By the way, you may select Split into Rows directly.
@Anonymous,
By the way, you may select Split into Rows directly.
I've created the extra columns and it works...to a degree. I can't build charts that show % of Grand Total (because each column has it's own Grand Total). I tried creating a Grand Total of all items sold; however, I can't seem to get a % of Grand Total view still (could be a simple calc that I'm missing). My example was very simple. What if instead of months, it was a unique reference number (order #)? e.g. 10001, 10002, 10003 and the item sold had various items in the one field? And there millions of orders generated monthly? Thanks!
You want your SalesTable look like this:
1. Use Query Editor to re-format your source data. Steps:
- Split Colums by Delimiter /
- Split Columns by Delimiter ,
- Unpivot the last 3 columns (with Items)
- Adjust Data Type, etc
2. Add a measure
Count Items = COUNTROWS(SalesTable)
3. Visualize with Matrix or other chart
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