C : category

category

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One of the discrete values that organizes the data on an area, bar, bubble, column, line, step, or stock chart axis. A category axis does not use a numeric scale. Typically, category values appear on the x-axis of a chart. In a pie chart, category values define which sectors appear in a pie, as shown in Figure G-10.

Figure G-10  Category data
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In Actuate Analytics Cube Viewer and Actuate e.Analysis, a set of values that can be organized into a hierarchy, as shown in Figure G-11.

Figure G-11  Category containing a hierarchy
Related terms

Actuate Analytics Cube Viewer, Actuate e.Analysis option, chart, data, hierarchy, row, value

Contrast with

Actuate Analytics option, series


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