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Heat mapedit

Display graphical representations of data where the individual values are represented by colors. Use heat maps when your data set includes categorical data. For example, use a heat map to see the flights of origin countries compared to destination countries using the sample flight data.

visualize heat map example

Build a heat mapedit

To display your data on the heat map, use the supported aggregations.

Heat maps support the following aggregations:

Change the color rangesedit

When only one color displays on the heat map, you might need to change the color ranges.

To specify the number of color ranges:

  1. Click Options.
  2. Enter the Number of colors to display.

To specify custom ranges:

  1. Click Options.
  2. Select Use custom ranges.
  3. Enter the ranges to display.
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