7 - Adding a Histogram Board

📖 Task Introduction

Histograms are commonly used in Contour to quickly visualize frequency distributions along one variable. Let's dig deeper into the flight route data.

🔨 Task Instructions

1. Click on the Visualize category in the action ribbon.
2. Choose the Histogram board.
3. Under the Y-AXIS column, click the dropdown menu.
4. Select the route column.
5. Click Compute. You'll now see a count of flights by route.

📚 Recommended Reading

The histogram is one of the simplest ways to filter, and is a good option if you are not familiar with a dataset and want to explore it visually. Learn more about the histogram board by diving into the documentation.

• Histogram Board Description
• Filtering Data with the Histogram Board