Trellis Charts

Summary of Content

Trellis Chart Types
Trellis your Data
Trellis Formatting
      Axis and Legend Sharing
Related Resources

Requirements

• To create a data element, you must have Can Edit access to the individual workbook and be in Edit mode.

• Many exploratory actions are also supported in Explore mode; see Workbook modes.

Trellis Chart Types

Sigma supports trellising for the following chart types:

• Bar charts
• Line charts
• Area charts
• Scatter charts
• Donut charts
• Pie charts

Trellis your Data

Before you start: This action uses the editor panel. If you have not done so already, open the editor panel from either Explore or Edit mode; see Workbook modes.

1. In the editor panel under MARKS, click TRELLIS.
   
2. Add column(s) to the TRELLIS ROW and/or TRELLIS COLUMN fields.
   • Click the plus (+) button to the right of the field label, and select a column from the popup list, or
   • Drag and drop a column from the COLUMNS list onto the field label. 
     

Trellis Formatting

Edit Axis and Legend Sharing

Before you start: This action uses the editor panel. If you have not done so already, open the editor panel from either Explore or Edit mode; see Workbook modes.
Note: The chart must have at least one value plotted under MARKS > TRELLIS.

1. In the editor panel, click the paintbrush () button.
2. Click TRELLIS.
3. Use the checkboxes under SHARE to make your share selections for X-Axis, Y-Axis, and Color Legends. 
   
   
   

Edit Axis Label / Title Formatting

Before you start: This action uses the editor panel. If you have not done so already, open the editor panel from either Explore or Edit mode; see Workbook modes.

Note: The chart must have at least one value plotted under MARKS > TRELLIS.

1. In the editor panel, click the paintbrush () button.
2. Click TRELLIS.
3. Use the checkboxes and dropdown menus under COLUMN and/or ROW to define your titles and labels. 
   
   

Related Resources

Intro to Building Visualizations