Analytics > Create chart

If you want to compare total and weighted counts, the Leverage data option is for you. After you click the Leverage data tile, the chart creation window opens.

Here you can:

• Edit the chart’s title – next to the title, click the Edit  icon. To confirm your changes: Press Enter.

• Add a description to your chart – under the title, click Add description. To confirm your changes: Press Enter. To modify your description: Click the Edit  icon.

• Pin your chart to the dashboard – by default, this checkbox is checked, and all new charts are pinned to the dashboard. If you don’t want to show your new chart on the dashboard, clear this checkbox.

• Share your chart with others – if you want to send your chart to other users, in the top right corner of the window, click the Share link.

  The Who do you want to share with? dropdown appears:

  

  Choose a group or a person you want to share your chart with and click outside the dropdown to save your changes. The numbers visible next to the Share link shows how many people you are sharing your chart with. For example, if a group you selected has 17 members, the number next to the Share link will be 17.

• Choose your source data – choose between Words and Characters.

• Choose a date range – click the dropdown and choose a time span for your chart.

  Want to use specific dates? Click Custom at the end of the column, and choose a start and an end date from the two date selectors as needed.

• Decide how you want to show the data – select the radio button depending on how you want to visualize your data:

  Grouped

  Under Chart type - choose the chart type that best fits your data and needs. You can choose from Bar chart (Grouped) and Bar chart (Stacked).

  Under Grouping: Choose a criterion by which you want to group values on the X-axis of your chart. To clear the criterion, click the X icon next to the selected value.

  Under Filtering: Choose an option from the dropdown list to narrow displayed data based on the specified criteria. To clear the criterion, click the X icon next to the selected value.

  Choose the values you want to show in the Add filters dropdown. To remove a value, click the X icon on its label.

  To add another criteria for filtering, click Add new filter.

  Timeline

  To present your data by its timeline, first choose the correct Segmentation – By year, By quarter, or By month.

  Under Chart type - choose the chart type that best fits your data. You can choose from Bar chart (Grouped), Bar chart (Stacked), Line graph (Standard), and Line graph (Aggregated).

  Under Filtering: Choose an option from the dropdown list to narrow displayed data based on the specified criteria. To clear the criterion, click the X icon next to the selected value.

  Choose the values you want to show in the Add filters dropdown. To remove a value, click the X icon on its label.

  To add another criteria for filtering, click Add new filter.

• Check how your chart will look - in the middle of the window, click the Preview chart button.

• View changes you made when editing data - in the middle of the window, click the Refresh preview link.

• Confirm and save changes - click the Save button.

• Go back to the All Charts tab without saving changes - click Cancel.

If you want to create detailed graphs on quantitative data, the Volume data option is for you. After you click on the Volume data symbol, memoQ will automatically redirect you to the chart creation window.

Here you can:

• Edit the chart’s title – next to the title, click the Edit  icon. To confirm your changes: Press Enter.

• Add a description to your chart – under the title, click Add description. To confirm your changes: Press Enter. To modify your description: Click the Edit  icon.

• Pin your chart to the dashboard – by default, this checkbox is checked, and all new charts are pinned to the dashboard. If you don’t want to show your new chart on the dashboard, clear this checkbox.

• Share your chart with others – if you want to send your chart to other users, in the top right corner of the window, click the Share link.

  The Who do you want to share with? dropdown appears:

  

  Choose a group or a person you want to share your chart with and click outside the dropdown to save your changes. The numbers visible next to the Share link shows how many people you are sharing your chart with. For example, if a group you selected has 17 members, the number next to the Share link will be 17.

• Choose your source data – choose source data from the dropdown list depending on what you want to show in your chart.

  

• Choose your chart type – choose the chart type that best fits your data and needs. You can choose from Bar chart (Grouped), Bar chart (Stacked), Line graph (Standard), Pie chart, and Table chart.

• Choose a date range – under the Time dropdown, choose a time span for your report.

  Based on date range you selected, memoQ displays time segmentation radio buttons – By year, By quarter, or By month. Select one that best fits your needs. Make sure to double-check your selection, as the initially selected start and end date can change with this setting.

  Want to use specific dates? Click Custom at the end of the column, and choose a start and an end date from the two date selectors as needed.

  To confirm: Click outside of the date selector.

• Under Grouping: Choose a criterion by which you want to group values on the X-axis of your chart. To clear the criterion, click the X icon next to the selected value.

• Under Filtering: Choose an option from the dropdown list to narrow displayed data based on the specified criteria. To clear the criterion, click the X icon next to the selected value.

  Choose the values you want to show in the Add filters dropdown. To remove a value, click the X icon on its label.

  To add another criteria for filtering, click Add new filter.

• Check how your chart will look - in the middle of the window, click the Preview chart button.

• View changes you made when editing data - in the middle of the window, click the Refresh preview link.

• Confirm and save changes - click the Save button.

• Go back to the All Charts tab without saving changes - click Cancel.