What functionality can charts have?

Dashboards provide multiple charts that can provide functionality. For example, values can be filtered to adjust the chart accordingly, or elements of a diagram can be separated to focus on them.

The functionality available depends on how dashboards and charts are configured. The following description shows examples of the functionality that can be available. The list considers the charts of the delivered default dashboards of the United Motor Group database.

Separate or select diagram element

You can click a chart element to separate and select it. The coloring is changed. If it can be separated, it will be isolated.

Separate chart element

Click in the chart background to reintegrate the separated chart element.

Reintegrated chart element

Display information

Move the mouse pointer over a chart element to get detailed information. Depending on the chart type, the chart element for which the information is displayed is indicated by a dot or enlarged.

Chart information Chart information

Use the chart menu

A Down arrow down arrow indicates that a chart menu is available for a chart. To open the chart menu, click the Down arrow down arrow.

Chart menu

Clear selection

Click Clear selection to reintegrate or deselect the chart element.

Pause

Click Pause to interrupt data reception for the chart. Click Resume to allow data reception for the chart again.

Refresh

Click Refresh to update the chart with the current data.

Save as CSV

Click Save as CSV to save the data of the chart to a Comma Separated Values file. You can use this file to pass the chart data to other applications.

Filter chart values

You can filter chart values, for example, by period or quantity.

Restrict time

Complex filtering

You can limit the values for all charts of a dashboard simultaneously using the filter panel.

Dashboard filter pane

Sort list entries in ascending and descending order

You can click the column headers to sort entries in ascending and descending order. The order is indicated by an arrow. The up arrow shows the ascending order, the down arrow the descending order.

Sort order

Dynamic adjustment of the connection display

You can use the slider to adjust the connections displayed and thus reduce or enlarge the number of displayed objects. If connections are faded out or displayed, the corresponding objects are also faded out or displayed.

Chart slider

Warning display

If no complete values could be determined that are required to display a correct result, a warning icon is displayed. Move the mouse pointer over the warning icon for detailed information.

Separate chart element

Threshold display

You can display the current value and the threshold to which the value is compared.

Chart threshold

Data range selection

You can select a data range to restrict the data displayed to a specific period.

Date range

See also

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