Finding outliers

Outliers are values ​​that differ significantly from other members of a statistical set. By analyzing outliers we can try to establish why they occurred in order to take some preventive or corrective actions. Using the example of sales analysis in the first four months of a year, you will learn how to detect exceptions and how to display them on a line chart.

Chart analytics

Right below the menu with visualization tools there is a set of three icons that allows us to enter one of the three menus that will be shown at the bottom of this panel. They are called Fields, Formats, and Analytics. First shows all the fields that affect appearance of a visual, second has options for its formatting and the third contains functionalities by which we can improve the chart: trend line, constant, minimum, maximum, average and forecast …