Categories Panel

The Categories panel lists category sets and the categories within sets. There are certain situations in which it is very important to list the valid values for an attribute, and this panel is the place to do it.

You can Create a New Category Set and Apply It to an Attribute or you can ask Fathom to Create a Category Set from Existing Values. (To do it by hand, click <new> in the Set column and type the name for the new set. Then press Tab or click in the empty Categories cell and type the categories you want, separated by commas. To use the new category, you must assign it to one or more attributes in the Details pane of the Cases panel.)

How do I change the column widths and row heights?

In the column or row header area, drag the boundary between columns or rows.

How can I delete a category set?

Right-click (Win) Ctrl-click (Mac) on the name of the category set you wish to delete. Choose Delete Set, and the selected set will go away.

How do I change the order of categories?

You can do this by editing in the Categories column, but it is much easier to do this with a bar chart. See Reorder Categories in a Category Set.

How do I enter a category that has a comma in it?

You can’t. Fathom will interpret the comma as a separator between categories. Instead, you can create an attribute and give it one value for each desired category, including categories that have commas in them. Then use the Generate from Values command in the Cases panel to get the set you want. See Create a Category Set from Existing Values.

Is the name of the set important?

No, except that each set has to have a name that is distinct from all the other set names.