Using tables as visuals

Use a table visual to see a customized table view of your data. To create a table visual, choose at least one field of any data type. You can add as many columns as you need, up to 200. You can also add calculated columns.

Table visuals don't display a legend. You can hide or display the title on a table. You can also hide or display totals, and choose to show totals at the top or the bottom of the table. For more information, see Analytics formatting per type in QuickSight.

The icon for a table is as follows.

To create a table visual

1. Open Amazon QuickSight and choose Analyses on the navigation pane at left.

2. Choose one of the following:

   • To create a new analysis, choose New analysis at upper right. For more information, see Starting an analysis in Amazon QuickSight.

   • To use an existing analysis, choose the analysis that you want to edit.

3. Choose Insert from the file menu and then Add Visual.

4. At lower left, choose the table icon from Visual types.

5. On the Fields list pane, choose the fields that you want to use. If you want to add a calculated field, choose Insert on the file menu and then Add Calculated Field.

   To create a nonaggregated view of the data, add fields only to the Value field well. Doing this shows data without any aggregations.

   To create an aggregated view of the data, choose the fields that you want to aggregate by, and then add them to the Group by field well.

To show or hide columns on a table

1. On your visual, choose the field that you want to hide, then choose Hide column.

2. To display hidden columns, choose any column, then choose Show all hidden columns.

To transpose columns to rows and rows to columns

• Choose the transpose icon ( ) near the top right of the visual. It has two arrows at a 90 degree angle.

To vertically align columns

1. On your visual, choose the Format visual icon ( ) near the top right of the visual.

2. In the Properties pane, choose Table options, and choose your table's vertical alignment.

To wrap the text for headers

1. On your visual, choose the Format visual icon ( ) near the top right of the visual.

2. In the Properties pane, choose Table options, and select Wrap header text.

To rearrange columns in a table chart

1. Open the analysis with the visual that you want to sort. Visuals pane will be open by default.

2. Do one of the following:

   • Drag and drop one or more fields in Field wells to rearrange their order.

   • Select a field directly in the table and choose the left or right arrow on Move column.