Lab-2-5a

Let's take a look at hierarchies. Sometimes you have a data set where you want to view related fields all in one chart. This makes it easier for your users to navigate through your data. Let's take a look. You can see I have a data set with a few related fields that are all subsets of one another. Segment is a subset of Category, Manufacturer is a subset of Segment, and Product is a subset of Manufacturer. We can create a hierarchy by dragging and dropping the fields into one another. So you can see here I've just created a hierarchy. Now if I need to rearrange them, I can simply right click and move them up or down. I can also right click and rename the hierarchy to whatever I want. Now I can hide the other fields so that they don't get in my way. Great. Now I've got a hierarchy. I can very easily create a visual and now if I want to drill in, I just press these arrows at the top of the visual and drill to the next level. So here I have the Segment and the Manufacturer and all the Products in one simple chart. If I want I can remove one of these fields so that my users don't even need to see it. And that's my hierarchy.