Creating a simple box plot

1. In the Chart Type section, click the Box plot icon.

   The canvas updates to display a box plot chart template.

2. Select one or more scale variables as the Columns variable.
   Note: The statistic for a dot plot is Box plot. You cannot change this setting.
3. Click the Save visualization in the project control. Select Create a new asset or Append to existing asset. Provide a Visualization asset name, an optional description, and a chart name.
4. Click Apply to save the visualization to the project. The new visualization asset is now available on the Assets tab.

Options

Columns

Lists variables that are available for the chart's X-axis.

Click Add another column to add more columns.

Split by

Select a categorical variable that creates a table of charts, with a cell for each category in the Split by variable. Like grouping, split by variables essentially add more dimensions to your chart by displaying information for each variable category.

Category order

Select the order in which variable categories are sorted.

As read

Variable categories are presented as they appear in the data set.

Ascending

Sort variable categories in ascending order.

Descending

Sort variable categories in descending order.

Strength holder of IQR

The strength holder of the inter-quartile range (N*IQR). The N default value is 1.5.

Normalize data

When enabled, this setting transforms data into a normal distribution compares data from multiple data sets or multiple columns. This setting creates 100% stacking for counts and converts statistics to percents.

Transpose

When enabled, the chart's X and Y axes are transposed.

Show the outlier

When enabled, outliers display on the chart.

Show extreme outlier style

When enabled, extreme outlier style displays on the chart.

Show label

When enabled, column labels display on the chart. Only scatter series data is supported.

Primary title

The chart title.

Subtitle

The chart subtitle.

Footnote

The chart footnote.

XAxis label

The x-axis label.

YAxis label

The y-axis label.