Learn how to turn your charts into a data-driven narrative or dashboard that you can share with stakeholders.
Creating a new analysis
1. On the navigation bar, click Analyses.
2. In the upper-right corner of the Analyses room, click New analysis.
Result: The Analysis Editor appears.
3. In the Title box, type a title for your analysis. The title will appear in search results and analysis links.
4. In the Description box, type a subtitle or description for your analysis.
Note: You can also copy an existing analysis and use it as the basis of your new analysis.
Authoring content
Content is added as a series of cards. When authoring your analysis, imagine your content organized in a series of rows and columns. As you insert cards, horizontal dividers will appear separating content into different rows. When laying out your analysis, keep in mind that all cards within a row will be displayed on one slide in presentations and exports.
Insert a card
In a new analysis, click the Insert button (+) to insert a card in a new row.
Insert more cards
Additional cards can be inserted to create a new row or new column within the existing row.
To insert a card, hover over the location where you want to insert the card and then click the Insert button (+) when it appears. New rows can be inserted above or below existing rows while columns can only be inserted from the right side of a row.
Note: Additional cards cannot be inserted next to header cards because they span the entire width of the row.
Stack cards in columns
If the columns in a row have different heights, you can insert additional cards to stack cards on top of each other.
To insert a card, hover over the column where you want to insert the card and then click the Insert button (+) when it appears.
Note: To provide the best viewing experience when presenting or exporting your analysis, we recommend that you avoid creating columns that are too tall. This is because all content in a row will scale to fit on one slide.
Copy and paste cards
You can also copy and paste cards within the same analysis.
To copy a card, hover over the card you want to copy and then click the Copy button. To paste the copied card, hover over the location where you want to paste the card and then click the Insert button (+) > Paste button.
Delete cards
To delete a card, hover over the card you want to delete and then click the Delete button.
Card types
You can build your analysis by adding a combination of headers, charts, text, links, and images. This section describes the card types in detail.
Header
Header cards act as section dividers for your analysis:
Header cards span the full width of the row.
To insert a header card, click the Insert button (+) > Header button (H).
Note: Subheadings can be added by inserting a Text card and applying an H2 paragraph style to the text.
Text
You can insert text cards anywhere in your analysis to describe and provide guidance for your charts.
Text editing options include:
To insert a text card, click the Insert button (+) > Text button.
Chart
You can create charts from scratch or insert a previously saved chart.
To insert a chart card, click the Insert button (+) > Add a chart button and do one of the following:
Note: Use the advanced filters to find captures based on time, visual type, or metric.
To insert a new chart, click Create new chart.
1. Build your chart by:
2. When finished click Add and Close.
Note:
Edit the chart card
After a chart has been inserted, you can click the card to edit the chart. Change the visual type, metrics, group by, filters, chart title, description, and more.
Change the chart title, description, and analysis context token
You can change the chart title from the card by clicking it.
Once added, you can also change the chart description and analysis context token from the card.
Show a visual or metric summary
Chart cards can show a visual or metric summary, as shown in the following screenshot.
To change the view, hover over the Chart card, and then click the Display metrics button (123).
Show description
To provide viewers with additional guidance, you can show the chart description on the card. The description can be displayed above or below the visual or metric summary, as shown in the following screenshot.
You can add a description for your chart in the About tab of the Info panel.
To show the description, hover over the card, click the Edit card appearance button (pencil).
In the Edit card appearance dialog, click Show description and select the position you want the description to appear.
Show sparkline
For Trend charts, sparklines (tiny line graphs that illustrate a data trend) appear by default when they are set to show a metric summary. To turn off the sparkline, hover over the card, and click the Edit card appearance button (pencil).
In the Edit card appearance dialog, clear Show sparkline, and click Save changes.
Make the visual dynamic to the viewer
A dynamic visual uses dynamic elements like chart transformations to allow the visualization to adapt to the user viewing it.
Prerequisites: You must have the Visier AI Insights capability.
To make the visual dynamic, hover over the card and click the Make dynamic button (flow).
Carousel
Use the Carousel card to display two or more chart cards in a slideshow format that viewers can cycle through.
Note:
To insert a carousel:
Link
You can link to other analyses or external webpages that contain related content by inserting a link card.
To insert a link:
1. Click the Insert button (+) > Link button (paperclip).
2. In the Link dialog, do the following:
Note:
Image
You can add a JPG, PNG, or GIF image, such as your company logo, to your analysis by inserting an image card. Images must be smaller than 5 MB.
To insert an image:
To replace an image:
Changing the layout
You can customize the layout of your analysis by changing the width of the columns and rearranging the cards.
Resize columns
To resize columns, click the dotted line and drag it to the desired width.
Note:
• Chart cards will appear differently based on the width of the column. As the columns narrow, the cards will be optimized for readability:
o Legends will be hidden from visual cards.
o Some chart items will become hidden on visual cards.
o The names and values on metric cards will stack on top of each other.
• The minimum width of visual cards depends on the visual type that is displayed. For example, a Breakdown visual card has a smaller minimum width than an organization visual card.
Move cards
To move cards, do one of the following:
To Drag and drop - Hover over the card until the cursor changes to the icon. Then click and drag the card to the desired location.
Note: If you’re having trouble getting the Grip icon to appear, try moving your cursor closer to the Move button.
When moving cards, the blue horizontal and vertical lines indicate a drop zone and shows you where the card will be placed.
To Cut and paste - Hover over the card and click the Cut button (scissor). Hover over the location where you want to paste the card and then click the Insert button (+) > Paste button (clipboard).
Customizing viewer settings
Note: These settings determine how users can interact with your analysis.
When you've finished adding content, you can change the following settings to control whether viewers can change the analysis context.
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