Data layout

Hierarchy table

A table that records how items sit inside each other, usually with one row per item and a column naming its parent, such as team, department and division.

  • Data layout

Definition

A table that records how items sit inside each other, usually with one row per item and a column naming its parent, such as team, department and division. Treemaps, sunburst charts and drill-downs read from a hierarchy table.

Also called

Parent-child table

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