Describe a Line Chart
About the narrative
Details covered in the analysis
The length of the narrative and the level of detail the narrative contains depend on which Narrative length option is selected.
The line chart narrative includes:
descriptive statistics stating total values and outliers across time.
time-based variance analysis, i.e. comparison between time periods.
trend detection, i.e. trend over the smallest unit of the selected time dimension, provided there are at least 5 data points available in the underlying data.
correlation analysis over multiple measures, if multiple measures are selected.
The narrative wording depends on the selected aggregation types, referring, for example, to total, average, minimum or maximum values. For the Percentage
, Rating
and Ratio
entity types, total values are omitted from the narrative as it does not make sense to sum up non-additive measures.
Data requirements
All NLG apps have the same data requirements for field names and formats. See Data field names and formats for details.
In addition, each app has specific data requirements:
Dimensions and measures
The requirements for dimensions and measures are:
Minimum | Maximum |
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One measure and one time dimension. | Unlimited measures, four time dimensions, and two non-time dimensions. |
Aggregation and entity types
Not all combinations of aggregation and entity types are supported for measures. The Describe a Line Chart app can analyze the following combinations:
*Measures created in Tableau using an aggregate calculation are supported only if further aggregation by Sum or Average is valid.
Note
Entity types and other data attributes are set in Step 2 of the wizard.
Narrative options
You can configure these narrative options in Step 3 of the NLG apps wizard:
OPTION | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
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Narrative length | Summary: produces a narrative of filtered facts in a more concise way than the Important things option. Important things: produces a narrative of filtered facts based on Arria's ranking algorithm. Tell me everything: produces a narrative that includes every fact extracted from your data by Arria's algorithms. Default: Important things |