Adding a Visually-Formatted Subseries
To add a visual-formatted subseries to an existing chart, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the chart to select it. This opens the Data panel and Binding panel.
2. Drag the desired subseries field from the Data panel to one or more of the fields in the 'Visual' region of the Binding panel.

The 'Color' field distinguishes the subgroups by color. The 'Shape' field discriminates the subgroups by data point shape or fill pattern. The 'Size' field discriminates the subgroups by the thickness (bar and line) or size (point) of the representation element. The 'Text' field discriminates the subgroups by placement of appropriate text labels.
3. Click the appropriate 'Edit' button ('Edit Color', 'Edit Shape', 'Edit Size', 'Edit Text'), and select the desired representation. For more information, see Representing Data With Color, Representing Data With Shape, Representing Data With Size, and Representing Data With Text.

Ranking requires a measure to be defined.
4. Click the 'Edit Dimension' button, and select the desired ordering and ranking for the subseries values. (See Editing Dimensions and Measures for more information.)

When you create a sub-series, this creates a corresponding legend as well. For information on controlling the legend display, see Legend Property. For information on further modifying the visual format of the subseries, see Representing Data with Visual Formats.
In this example, you will plot 'Total Purchased' vs. 'State' for a particular dataset. Additionally, you will break down the sales in each region according to 'Category'. Therefore, 'State' will be the main grouping, represented by the labels on the X-axis, and 'Category' will be the subseries.
Follow the steps below:
1. Click the Chart element in the Toolbox panel to add a new chart to the report.
2. Click on the chart to select it. This opens the Data panel and Binding panel.
3. In the Data panel, expand the 'Orders' data source and the 'All Sales' query.
4. From the Data panel, drag the 'Company' field onto the 'X' region in the Binding panel.
5. From the Data panel, drag the 'Total' field onto the 'Y' region in the Binding panel.
6. Click the 'Edit Dimension' button next to the 'Company' field. Under Ranking, select the “Top 5 of Sum(Total)” to select just the top five companies.

7. From the Data panel, drag the 'Employee' field onto the 'Color' region in the Binding panel.

This will create an 'Employee' subseries, differentiating the employees with color, and will automatically create a corresponding legend.
8. Click the 'Preview' button to display the resulting chart.

Notice that data for the four different employees is now distinguished by four different colors.
See Also
Adding a Non-Formatted Subseries, for information on subseries without format.
Legend Property, for information on controlling the legend display.
Representing Data with Visual Formats, for information about ordering styles.
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