Creating treemaps

Treemaps (previously called block charts in QlikView) are a good way to show how different parts combine to form a whole. To add more depth to the visualization, you can easily highlight areas of importance by adding color coding.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will make use of inline data loading, which provides product sales information. Load the following code into the data load editor:

LOAD * INLINE [
 Product Line, Product Group, Product Sub Group, Year, Sales, 
 Cost
 Drink, Beverages, Juice, 2015, 12000, 6000
 Drink, Beverages, Juice, 2014, 16000, 7000
 Drink, Beverages, Soda, 2015, 42000, 26000
 Drink, Beverages, Soda, 2014, 68000, 57000
 Drink, Beverages, Water, 2015, 18000, 8000
 Drink, Beverages, Water, 2014, 10000, 6000
 Drink, Dairy, Milk, 2015, 25000, 22000
 Drink, Dairy, Milk, 2014, 22000, 20000
 Food, Dairy, Cheese, 2015, 22000, 8000
 Food, Dairy, Cheese, 2014, 31000, 30000
 Food, Produce, Nuts, 2015, 50000, 30000
 Food, Produce, Nuts, 2014, 46000, 26000...