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Challenge #230: Take a Look, It's in a Book!

AYXAcademy
Alteryx
Alteryx

A solution to last week’s challenge can be found here.

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The pandemic has provided a great opportunity to sit at home and read without having to make excuses for why you don't want to attend someone's party. Looking for your next book? Look no further! In this challenge you'll create a reading recommendation report based on the books on the New York Times Best Sellers List from 2011- 2018.

 

Create a report with a bar graph displaying the top 10 authors based on the total number of weeks they were on the list, along with the number of books they had on the list (when a book has more than 1 author count each author separately). Then create a table with the top book for each year.

 

Visual Asset Citation: https://www.manassascity.org/2540/Library-Services-Facts

Designer Version Used to Create: 2018.4

Aaron_Harter
11 - Bolide

Time to crack open a book!

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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

The Interactive Tool Chart Tool is so much better than the old one.

 

Solution attached.

 

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johnemery
11 - Bolide

Fun challenge. Pay attention to the author field! I rendered the report as a PDF... not sure why the header and footer aren't showing there. They appear when viewing in Designer.

 

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 Solution video here:

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hanykowska
11 - Bolide

I think the output provided could use a little love... or more specifically a render or a layout tool to put it all together...

 

I almost overcomplicated this one but it proved pretty straightforward!

 

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Kenda
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula
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Didn't pretty it up, but it gets the job done. 

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ggruccio
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Great Challenge!

 

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phottovy
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

My solution:

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Blake
12 - Quasar

Working through my summer reading list.

 

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See a video solution below. 

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RolandSchubert
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula
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My solution.