13. Data selection

Analytics+ offers you multiple data selection features to emphasize specific data points:

• Single click action: Highlight any particular data point by clicking on it.

• Lasso: You can use drag selection to analyze a specific range of information, such as the profits generated over the last quarter of the year.

• Reverse lasso: Similar to the lasso feature, you can use drag selection to exclude a certain range of data from your analysis. For example, exclude the months with the maximum revenue and focus on the months with low performance.

• Legend-based: Use this option to emphasize the data for a specific category. Click on the relevant category in the legend to highlight it.

• Sync highlight: Analytics+ visuals can talk to each other - if you have multiple Analytics+ visuals on the same page, data selections in one visual will be reflected in the others as well.

• Zoom: Drag and select any section of a chart to zoom in. Zooming can be horizontal, vertical, or in both directions.

• Drilldown for hierarchical charts: Choose to enable cross-highlighting in other visuals, focus solely on drilldown, or combine both.

• Data selection for trellis: Select row or column dimension categories to highlight data in other Analytics+ visuals on the same page.

Data selection is possible only in reading mode.

Data selection options

1. Single click action:

In the area chart, when we select the July data point for 2022 Actuals, notice the effect on the rest of the data points and measures.

Single click on an area chart

2. Lasso:

We've used lasso selection to drag and highlight the data for May, June, and July. Notice how the data labels are displayed only when the data point has been selected.

Lasso selection

3. Reverse lasso

We've used reverse lasso selection in this case, to highlight the data excluding the April - July range.

Reverse lasso

4.Legend-based

We can highlight a particular category - in this case, we've clicked on the 'Mineral Water' category in the legend to highlight it in all the trellis panels.

Legend based selection

You can also include and exclude data categories with legend-based selection. Navigate to Legend settings > Data selection to set the type of selection.

Include/Exclude option in Legend setting

When you choose the Include option, Analytics+ plots only the selected data categories. The reverse happens when you choose Exclude. To exclude multiple categories, ctrl + click the categories.

Include legend categories in selection

Exclude categories in selection

5. Sync highlight

When we use the sync highlight option - the data points selected in one Analytics+ visual will be mirrored in other Analytics+ visuals and small multiple panels in the same visual. Notice how the June data point selection has been reflected in all the cards.

Sync highlight

Analytics+ supports cross-highlighting in other visuals when you select parent or child nodes in visuals with hierarchical axis data. This is supported irrespective of whether category grouping is enabled or disabled.

6. Zoom

Click the icon if you want to zoom in on a particular region of the chart by dragging and selecting that part. Learn more about vertical and horizontal zoom. Click the icon to reset the zoom level.

Zooming in

7. Drildown and selection for hierarchical charts

Your analytics and visuals can work together seamlessly. The new Drilldown Type option for hierarchical charts like Treemap and Sunburst gives you greater control over how users interact with your reports—choose to enable cross-highlighting in other visuals, focus solely on drilldown, or combine both.

The animations show how each drilldown type works.

Selection:

Drilldown type - Selection

Drilldown:

Drilldown type - Drilldown

Selection + Drilldown:

Drilldown type - Selection + Drilldown

8. Data selection for trellis/small multiples

Selecting the trellis categories in rows or columns will automatically cross-highlight data in other visuals on the same page.

Cross highlighting by selecting trellis row or column categories