Which type of chart can you create without using a dimension?

Question

Options

• AStacked bar
• BHighlight table
• CBar
• DTreemap

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  7% (4)
• C
  73% (41)
• D
  16% (9)

Explanation

A bar chart (C) is the only option here that can be built using just a measure with no dimension - for example, dragging SUM(Sales) to a shelf produces a single bar representing the aggregate total. That's a valid, renderable chart.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• Stacked bar (A): Stacking implies segmenting a bar into parts, which requires at least one dimension to define those segments.
• Highlight table (B): A highlight table is essentially a crosstab with color encoding - it needs dimensions to form the rows and columns of the grid.
• Treemap (D): Treemaps divide space into labeled rectangles; without a dimension, there's nothing to split the space into distinct tiles.

Memory tip: Think "a single bar just needs a height (measure), but anything that splits, stacks, or tiles needs categories (dimensions)." Bar is the one chart that can stand alone with just a number.

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