Creating a bar chart

Bar charts represent numeric values as bars, split across clear categories. Bar charts are very effective charts for comparing magnitudes, and spotting highs and lows in the data.

In this recipe, we will create a bar chart that shows the top 15 movies in 2007-2011 by Average Rotten Tomatoes Score.

Creating a bar chart

Getting ready

To follow this recipe, open B05527_01 – STARTER.twbx file. Use the worksheet called Bar, and connect to the HollywoodMostProfitableStories data source.

Getting ready

How to do it...

The following are the steps to create the top 15 movies ...

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