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Overview of the Legend chart element.
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Legends are a part of data visualization,
too.
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We're not talking about Babe Ruth,
Paul Bunyan, or Will Smith.
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We're talking about the element of a chart
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that shows the names of
each of the data series.
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In our COGS chart,
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we already have a legend in the chart
area, right here at the bottom.
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You can choose to put your legend
on either side of the plot area or
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have it overlap with the plot area itself.
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Let's take a look at that right now.
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So you can see, you can have it to
the right, move it to the top, left,
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and then with more legend options.
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There's an option to show the legend
without overlapping the chart.
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So I wanna unclick that, and
I'm gonna move it to the top.
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And you can see that now,
the legend is in the plot area.
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I generally like to put my legend
at the bottom of the chart area,
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not overlapping the plot area.
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Sometimes, you don't even need a legend if
the chart only includes one data series,
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for example.
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Your chart title may suffice.
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