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# Explore a First-Order Insight for a Numeric Variable

When you select a numeric explanatory variable, Einstein displays a bar chart with the numeric variable along the horizontal axis.

The following example shows a descriptive insight with a numeric explanatory variable.

![Descriptive bar chart, showing two numbered elements](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_edd_insight_variable_numeric.png)

To help orient you to what this chart reveals, refer to the headline on the left. In the chart, generally look for blue bars, starting from left to right.

**Chart Axes**

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          <colgroup>
            <col style="width:18.281535648994517%">
            <col style="width:81.71846435100548%">
          </colgroup>
          <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
            <tr class="">
              <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d122729e58">Axis</th>
              <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d122729e61">Description</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr class="">
              <td data-label="Axis" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e58 ">Horizontal</td>

              <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e61 ">
                <p>Explanatory variable (number) for this insight. Each bar represents a value
                  (or bucket) of the explanatory variable. Values are sorted numerically from left
                  to right.</p>
                <p style="margin-bottom:0;">A numeric variable with low cardinality (10 or fewer observations) is
                  converted to a text variable. Einstein Discovery displays this value along the
                  x-axis rather than in a range (bucket).</p>
              </td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td data-label="Axis" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e58 ">Vertical</td>

              <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e61 ">Outcome variable for this model.</td>

            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

**Chart Elements**

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          <colgroup>
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            <col style="width:16.750418760469014%">
            <col style="width:74.87437185929649%">
          </colgroup>
          <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
            <tr class="">
              <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d122729e111">Number</th>
              <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d122729e114">Element</th>
              <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d122729e117">Description</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr class="">
              <td data-label="Number" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e111 ">1</td>

              <td data-label="Element" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e114 ">Global Average</td>

              <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e117 ">The orange line represents the global average of
                all variables.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td data-label="Number" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e111 ">2</td>

              <td data-label="Element" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e114 ">Bucket of the Explanatory Variable</td>

              <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122729e117 ">
                <p>Each vertical bar represents a value or bucket (range) of the explanatory variable.</p>
                <ul>
                  <li>Blue indicates a bucket that is statistically significant.</li>
                  <li>Gray indicates a bucket that is statistically insignificant.</li>
                  <li>The height of the bar shows the average outcome variable for this bucket
                    relative to the global average.</li>
                </ul>
                <p>Hover-over details:</p>
                <ul>
                  <li>Explanatory Variable and bucket</li>
                  <li>Total: Sum of all outcome variables for this bucket.</li>
                  <li>Count: Number of observations in this bucket.</li>
                  <li>Difference from Average: How much this bucket’s average differs from the
                    global average (average - global average).</li>
                  <li>Outcome Variable: Average outcome variable for this bucket (total /
                    count).</li>
                  <li>Global Average: Global average of all variables.</li>
                </ul>
              </td>

            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>