When you have a big table of data or want to compare data in a specific way, you might want to visualize each row or column of the table in an individual plot. Instead of creating lots of individual visualizations from the single table filtered on the row/column you want, you can create all of the charts within one visualization output using a small multiple visualization. This is sometimes referred to as a "Facet" or "Panel" chart.
This article describes how to use a single table, like this example that shows brand personality associations with soft drinks:
to create a single output with lots of small charts - one for each brand, like this:
This functionality is available for Area Charts, Bar Charts, Bubble Charts, Column Charts (as in the example here), Geographic Maps, Line Charts, Radar Charts, and Scatter Plots.
Requirements
- A table that has more than one column or row (used as the series) to chart.
Method
- From the toolbar, go to Visualization
> Column > Small Multiples Column (or any of the specific types listed below).
- In Properties, under Data > Data Source > Data, select the table that you want to chart, or
- Under Data > Data Source > Variables, select the variables you want to chart. There are some caveats if you are using this method.
Notes
| Example | Path within the Visualization menu |
| Area > Small Multiples Area | |
| Bar > Small Multiples Bar | |
| Bubble > Small Multiples Bubble | |
| Geographic Map > Small Multiples Geographic Map | |
| Line > Small Multiples Line | |
| Radar > Small Multiples Radar | |
| Scatter > Small Multiples Scatter |