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Vega-Lite: Encoding

Documents mapping data fields to visual encoding channels and automatic generation of scales and legends for encoded fields.

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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

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Data visualization Choose Data visualization when the user's primary task is seeing a pattern, relationship, trend, distribution, ranking, magnitude, or anomaly. Each visible mark is derived from the current dataset, filter scope, aggregation, and scale; visual marks and table values must agree. Vega-Lite documents mapping data fields to visual encoding channels.

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