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Creating a Text View

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Text View visualization using a sample spreadsheet.

Visualization sample using text view

Key Concepts​

Text views display information in a key-value pattern, but they only display the first row of data paired with a column's label. You can, however, add filters to make sure Reveal displays the row you need.

Sample Data Source​

For this tutorial, you will use the Simple Series Charts sheet in the Reveal Visualization Tutorials.

Creating a Text View​

  1. Choose Edit in overflow menu.

Edit button in overflow menu

  1. Select the + Visualization button in the top right-hand corner.

    Add new visualization button

  2. Select your data source from the list of data sources.

    Selecting the data source from the list of data sources

  3. Choose the Simple Series Charts sheet.

    Simple Series Charts Spreadsheed in the data source

  4. Open the Visualization Picker and select the Text View visualization. By default, the visualization type will be set to Column.

    Text View in the chart types list

  5. The above text view, for example, displays the Population, Life expectancy and Fertility rate for a specific country. Drag and drop Country Name, Population, Life Expectancy and Fertility Rate into Columns.

    Organizing data in the data filter for text view

    And you will get the result: Text View Visualization

Changing the Selected Row​

Text View displays the first row of the sheet by default. You can add a filter to your data in order to change this. For example, let's make the text view display row 9 (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

  1. Drag and drop the Country Name field into Data Filters.

    Selecting an example for data filter for the text view

  2. Select Filter Type to enable the dropdown menu and then choose Select Values.

    Select Value option from the list of filter types

  3. By default, all values will be selected. Uncheck the All box and select only Bosnia and Herzegovina. Then, select Create Filter.

    Choosing country from the list of selected values

    And you will see the data updated: Text View Filtered