Show or Hide Data Items
Change the visibility of data items in your visual.
Overview
Sometimes, to avoid confusing your viewers, you may not want to include specific data items in your visual. For example, data items that have zeros and null (N/A) values often clutter your visual with unnecessary noise. Viewers may not trust your data when they see the presence of unknown and uncategorized items. Hiding these data items and values can give you more relevant, understandable data to analyze.
Zeros
Data items that do not have any subject members or event occurrences.
N/A
Data items that have a metric value that cannot be computed given the information available. N/A values will also appear when the analysis population does not meet the aggregate thresholds. For more information about why data items with N/A values appear in your visual, see Null Values in a Visual.
Unknown
Subject members or event occurrences will be counted in this data item when:
- Their attribute value does not exist
- Their attribute values is mapped to the special (unknown) dimension member in the analytic model
- Users don't have security access to their attribute value
Uncategorized
Subject members or event occurrences will be counted in this data item when their attribute value does not fall under any of the data items. This means the attribute value is not mapped in the analytic model.
Others
Subject members or event occurrences will be counted in this data item when their attribute value falls under one of the overflow data items.
Show/Hide data items
You can manage the visibility of the following data items in the Chart settings panel.
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Click the Settings button
on the Visual Actions menu. - In the Chart settings panel, under Manage Items, click the toggle buttons to show or hide specific data items.
Note: A message in the Info panel will inform users that some values are hidden from the visual.
Supported visuals
| Visual | Show Zeros | Show N/A | Show Unknown | Show Uncategorized | Show Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakdown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bubble Grid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Career Paths | |||||
| Collaboration Circle | |||||
| Contribution | |||||
| Distribution | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Drivers | |||||
| History | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Movement Summary | |||||
| Movement Breakdown | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Organization | |||||
| Pipeline Flow | |||||
| Pipeline Funnel | |||||
| Pipeline Trend | |||||
| Quadrant | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Relationship | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sourcing Paths | |||||
| Table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Trend | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Trend Breakdown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Note: In the History visual, you can also hide visual items (individuals and attributes) that did not experience any attribute value changes in the selected time period by clicking the Show unchanged values toggle. For more information, see Hide values from the History visual.