Creating animated visualizations
Animated visualizations are useful for spotting a measure in seasonal trends or simply observing measures over a period of time.
Let's use the sample file Sample – Coffee Chain (Access)
. Open a new worksheet and select Sample – Coffee Chain (Access) as the data source.
Once the data is loaded on the worksheet, perform the following steps to create an animated visualization:
- Click on the Show Me button to bring the Show Me toolbar on the screen.
- While holding the Ctrl key, click on Product from Dimensions and Sales from Measures.
- Click on the horizontal bars icon on the Show Me toolbar.
- Drag-and-drop Date from Dimensions into the Pages shelf as shown in the following screenshot:
- To show the graphs by quarters, drag-and-drop Date from Dimensions into the Pages shelf again.
- To play the animation, click on the play button from the Pages shelf as shown in the following screenshot:
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