# Range Plume: 9 how-to guides (named ranges, outliers…)

> Create named business ranges, remove outliers, read a skewed distribution, fix the scale and avoid constant recalculation: step-by-step guides for Range Plume.

- Language: English
- Web page: https://plumevisuals.com/en/tutorials/range-plume-cas-pratiques
- Published: 2026-10-14
- Visual: Range Plume, technical reference: https://plumevisuals.com/ai/visuals/range-pulse.md
- If an option name in this tutorial differs from the technical reference, the reference is right (it is generated from the visual's code).

These recipes assume you already have a Range Plume in place. If not, start with [getting started](/en/tutorials/filtrer-une-plage-numerique): the examples use its data. Features marked ★ are premium: they work without a license, with a watermark.

## How do I create named business ranges? ★

Your teams talk about "studios", "apartments" or "family homes", not square meters: give them buttons with those names.

1. Drag `Area (m²)` into **Numeric field** (instead of `Price`).
2. In **Format › Presets › Custom ranges ★**, type:

   ```text
   Studio: -30; Apartment: 30-80; Family: 80-140; Large: 140-
   ```

3. If needed, turn off the other presets (**"Without outliers"**, **"Top 10%"**).

Result: four buttons, "Studio", "Apartment", "Family", "Large"; "Studio" keeps everything under 30 m², "Large" everything above 140 m². Without a license key, a "Premium preview" watermark appears.

> **Warning:** **Warning**: the hyphen separates the minimum from the maximum. This means you can't write a negative bound in this field.

## How do I remove outliers in one click?

A €1.15M villa pulls the average up and squashes the histogram.

1. In **Format › Presets**, leave **"Without outliers"** on.
2. Set **Share removed on each side (%)** to *10*.
3. In the visual, click the **Without outliers** button.

Result: the 10% cheapest and the 10% most expensive rows are excluded. The range is fixed: if the data changes, click the button again to recalculate it.

> **Tip:** **Tip**: for the report to open directly without outliers, choose *Without outliers* in **Format › Preselection › Shortcut (no DAX)** (free). With **Apply** = *Reapply on every display*, the range is recalculated every time the page is displayed.

## How do I read a very skewed distribution?

When a few very high values push all the bars to the left.

1. In **Format › Histogram**, set **Horizontal scale** to *Logarithmic* (or leave *Auto*, which switches on its own when the distribution is very skewed).
2. If small bins are still invisible, set **Bar height** to *Square root (softens peaks)*.
3. Turn on **Mean marker** to compare it with the median.

Result: typical prices use the full width, and the gap between median and mean shows the effect of the outliers.

## How do I stop a large model from recalculating on every move?

On a large model, every time you release a handle, all the visuals on the page are recalculated.

1. In **Format › Behavior**, set **Apply the filter** to *With an "Apply" button*.
2. Adjust the range, then click **Apply** in the visual.

Result: the other visuals only update when you click **Apply**; **Cancel** goes back to the previous range.

## How do I keep only listings below a price cap?

The buyer has a maximum budget: only the upper bound matters.

1. In **Format › Behavior**, set **Style** to *Less than or equal to*.
2. Drag the single handle to the cap you want, or type it in the input box.

Result: the filter sent is "Price ≤ 300,000", like the style of the same name in the native numeric slicer. *Greater than or equal to* does the opposite (a minimum floor area, for example). This style is free.

## How do I set a fixed scale, from 0 to 1 million?

By default, the scale starts at the smallest value in the data; for a monthly report, you want the same ruler from one month to the next.

1. In **Format › Behavior**, type `0` in **Fixed lower bound**.
2. Type `1000000` in **Fixed upper bound**.
3. If values beyond a handle left at the end of the scale should be excluded, turn off **Open-ended at the extremes**.

Result: the scale always goes from 0 to €1M, whatever data is filtered.

## How do I show numbers next to the slicer that follow the range?

The impact box is useful, but your readers want a big, easy-to-read number.

1. Create the `Median price` and `Listing share` measures from the ["The data to provide"](/en/tutorials/filtrer-une-plage-numerique#the-data-to-provide) section.
2. Add two native **Card** visuals, one with `Median price`, the other with `Listing share` (percentage format: **Measure tools › Format › Percentage**).
3. Choose a range in Range Plume.

Result: both cards update with the range, like every other visual on the page.

## How do I keep the range in a bookmark or across several pages?

1. Choose a range, then **View › Bookmarks › Add**. The bookmark remembers the range.
2. To share the range across pages: copy the visual to the other page, then **View › Sync slicers** and check the pages you want.

Result: recalling the bookmark or switching pages restores the same range.

## How do I filter amounts with cents without slowing down the report?

1. Create a rounded calculated column, for example `Rounded amount = ROUND ( Orders[Amount], 0 )`.
2. Drag `Rounded amount` into **Numeric field** instead of `Amount`.

Result: far fewer distinct values, a faster visual, and no more limit warning.

## Learn more

- [Getting started with Range Plume](/en/tutorials/filtrer-une-plage-numerique): the data to prepare and a first visual, step by step.
- [Range Plume: all fields and settings explained](/en/tutorials/range-plume-champs-et-reglages): every field well and every setting.
- [Getting started with Plume visuals](/en/tutorials/bien-demarrer-visuels-plume): installation, license, styles and settings shared by all visuals.
- The visual's page: [Range Plume](/en/visuals/range-pulse). A question? [Support](/en/support).