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summary: Fundamentals for new users and Sigma Visualizations
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summary: Fundamentals for new users and Sigma Charts
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# Fundamentals 3: Working with Visualizations v2
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# Fundamentals 3: Working with Charts v2
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## Overview
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This QuickStart is part of a series of QuickStarts designed to instruct new users how to use Sigma to explore and analyze data using Visualizations (**Viz**).
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This QuickStart is part of a series of QuickStarts designed to instruct new users how to use Sigma to explore and analyze data using Charts (**Viz**).
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We will be working with some common sales data from our fictitious company `Plugs Electronics`, reusing content we created in the QuickStart fundamentals 1 and 2.
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## Chart Basics
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Our starting point is the workbook created in the QuickStart, [Fundamentals 2: Working with Tables](https://quickstarts.sigmacomputing.com/guide/fundamentals-2-working-with-tables-v2/index.html?index=..%2F..index#0)
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