Treemap Charts

A Treemap visualizes your data as nested rectangles sized by value. Use it to quickly compare proportions within a hierarchy.

Chart setup to build a treemap chart

1

Axis

Drag the dimension to plot on the axis (e.g., Sub Category).

2

Values parameter

Drag the measures to analyze (e.g., Actuals, Plan).

3

Chart type

Select Treemap from the Hierarchy section of the Chart Type dropdown menu.

Treemap charts visually represent the proportions of different categories as nested rectangles and are ideal for hierarchical data. Explicit measure configuration is not required.

Treemap chart

1. Drill down for treemap charts

You can add more than one dimension to the Axis parameter and group categories to create a hierarchy. You can then drill down to view the chart at a higher granularity.

Sub category level

Sub category + Sub region level

2. Customization and formatting under Canvas settings

2.1. Tile

You can choose from a range of built-in tile layouts.

Treemap tile layouts

2.2. Expand all level

This option is applicable only when there is more than one axis dimension. When this option is enabled, clicking the individual drill-down icon will drill display all the categories in the next lower level of the hierarchy.

Expand all level option

In the gifs below, notice how the treemap is rendered for all the Subregions across all Subcategories when Expand all levels is enabled. When this option is disabled, the treemap is rendered for the specific category on which we perform individual drill-down i.e. when we click the individual drill-down icon for Mineral water, the treemap is rendered for Mineral water only.

Drill down and roll up with Expand all level enabled

Drill down for a specific category with Expand all disabled

2.3. Measure grouping

When you render multiple measures in a treemap, you can segregate the measures into separate category groups by enabling the Measure grouping option.

Treemap with measure grouping enabled

Treemap with measure grouping disabled

When measure grouping is enabled, additional options are available to customize the header.

Header customizations

2.5. Inner padding

You can regulate the padding between the measures for a particular category.

Inner padding

2.6. Outer padding

You can set the padding between different category groups.

Outer padding

Additional formatting options

Here are the other settings that help you refine your Treemap chart.

Feature	Description	Link
Number	Configure number formatting (decimals, units)	Charts - number settings
Legend	Show/hide and customize the legends	Charts - legend settings
Data Label	Show exact values for each data point	3.6. Data label customizations
Trellis	Create small multiples using category split	6. Trellis customizations
Conditional Formatting	Apply color rules to highlight values	9. Conditional formatting
Sorting	Sort axis order	Sorting data
Ranking	Limit to top/bottom N categories	Ranking for charts