I could immediately create a customizable bar chart using the data from my table without needing to define the parameters for the x- or y-axis. This tiny pop-up is the Quick Analysis tool (which ...

You can create various types of charts (line plots, bar charts, scatter plots, histograms), customize chart appearance and ...

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