# Relative importance analysis

Show the relative importance of dimensions contributing to a total.

Relative importance shows the size of dimension values that contribute to the whole. It can also be used to perform Pareto or 80-20 contribution analysis.

[Relative importance Analysis](https://play.vidyard.com/eGpYvpPZewAC2hpcEoqnGW)

Relative importance analyses

Relative importance analyses

Relative importance analyses ![Relative importance analysis showing the contribution of country to overall gross profit](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Resources/Images/ui_analysis-relative-importance.png)

## Creating relative importance analyses

Do the following:

1. In Assets, click Analysis.

2. Drag and drop Relative importance into the sheet.

3. Click Add dimension and select a dimension.

4. Click Add measure and a select a measure.

5. Optionally, under Analysis properties, adjust the Limits.

   Limits determines the grouping of items in the chart by their contribution percentage.

6. Optionally, in the properties panel, under Appearance, adjust the appearance of the analysis.

## Limitations

Relative importance analyses do not support master items.