The summary table is a visualization that summarizes statistical information about data in table form. The information is based on one data table in the analysis. When configuring the summary table you can choose which measures to show (such as mean, median, and so on), as well as the columns on which to base these measures.

Read more about different measures that can be shown in Aggregations and statistical measures. To add or remove measures from the table, see Statistics table.

Change the width of an individual measure column by clicking the line between two headers and dragging the red line to a suitable width.

Select whether to show or hide cell borders under Appearance in the visualization properties.

As you change the set of filtered rows, the default configuration for the summary table is to automatically update the values shown to reflect the current filtering.

All visualizations can be configured to show data limited by one or more markings in other visualizations only (details visualizations). Summary tables can also be limited by one or more filterings. Another alternative is to configure a summary table without any filtering at all. See Adding data limitations for a visualization for more information.

You can rearrange the measures in the summary table by dragging them to the desired position, and sort them by clicking the header. The upward arrow shows that the measures are sorted in an ascending order, while the downward arrow shows descending order. Click the header once more to return the table to its default order. If categorization is applied, the values for the different categories are sorted within each measure column.

Adding or removing data columns and adding categorization

To get the statistics for more data columns in the summary table, you can go to the Data in analysis flyout and drag one or more columns to the summary table. Drop them on to show statistical measures for just those columns, or on to add them to the list of existing columns.

If you want separate statistics for different subsets of data, you can select a categorical column from the flyout and drop it onto one of the categorization drop-targets. To categorize by the selected column only, drop the column on , or drop it on to add this categorization to the existing ones. The column should not contain a large number of unique values, because it will be used to split the selected columns into categories.

Alternatively, use the Columns section in the visualization properties to add, remove or move columns in the summary table. You can use drag-and-drop to rearrange the columns in the visualization properties panel by clicking in front of the column names.

Use the Hierarchy section in the visualization properties panel to add a categorization (or the Categorization selector on the Columns page in the visualization properties dialog).