Global visualization preferences

You can override the default settings for titles, range slider, grid lines, and mouse tracking for all visualizations of a data asset. You can also specify a different color scheme template. Color theme templates are useful for data with groupings or stacking variables.

With the Tools options, you can use a Range Slider to control how much data you want displayed in a chart or to add options such as zoom, save as image, restore, select data, and clear selection. The Aria option when enabled, makes web content and web applications more accessible.

To change the default settings for all visualizations for a data asset:

  1. On the Visualization tab, After right-clicking a data node and selecting View Data, click the Global visualization preferences control in the Actions section.
    Figure 1. Global visualization preferences control
    Global visualization preferences control

    1. The Global visualization preferences dialog provides the following settings. These settings are applied to all visualizations for the current asset.

      Titles
      Provides global chart title settings.
      Global titles
      Enables or disables the global titles for all charts.
      Global primary title
      Enables or disables the display of global, primary chart titles. When enabled, the top-level chart title that you enter here is applied to all chart's, effectively overriding each chart's individual Primary title setting.
      Global subtitle
      Enables or disables the display of global chart subtitles. When enabled, the chart subtitle that you enter here is applied to all chart's, effectively overriding each chart's individual Subtitle setting.
      Default titles
      Enables or disables the default titles for all charts.
      Title alignment
      Provides the title alignment options Left, Center (the default setting), and Right.
      Tools
      Provides options that control chart behavior.
      Range slider
      Enables or disables the range slider for each chart. When enabled, you can control the amount of chart data that displays with a range slider that is provided for each chart.
      Grid lines
      Controls the display of X axis (vertical) and Y axis (horizontal) grid lines.
      Mouse tracker
      When enabled, the mouse cursor location, in relation to the chart data, is tracked and displayed when placed anywhere over the chart.
      Toolbox
      Enables or disables the toolbox for each chart. Depending on the chart type, the toolbox on the right of the screen provides tools such as zoom, save as image, restore, select data, and clear selection.
      ARIA
      When enabled, web content and web applications are more accessible to users with disabilities.
      Filter out null
      Enables or disables the filtering of null chart data.
      X axis on zero
      When enabled, the X axis lies on the other's origin position. When not enabled, the X axis always starts at 0.
      Y axis on zero
      When enabled, the Y axis lies on the other's origin position. When not enabled, the Y axis always starts at 0.
      Show xAxis Label
      Enables or disables the xAxis label.
      Show yAxis Label
      Enables or disables the yAxis label.
      Show xAxis Line
      Enables or disables the xAxis line.
      Show yAxis Line
      Enables or disables the yAxis line.
      Show xAxis Name
      Enables or disables the xAxis name.
      Show yAxis Name
      Enables or disables the yAxis name.
      yAxis Name Location
      The drop-down list provides options for specifying the yAxis name location. Options include Start, Middle, and End.
      Truncation length
      The specified value sets the string length. Strings that are longer than the specified length are truncated. The default value is 10. When 0 is specified, truncation is turned off.
      xAxis tick label decimal
      Sets the tick label decimal value for the xAxis. The default value is 3.
      yAxis tick label decimal
      Sets the tick label decimal value for the yAxis. The default value is 3.
      xAxis tick label rotate
      Sets the xAxis tick label rotation value. The default value is 0 (no rotation). You can specify value in the range -90 to 90 degrees.
      Theme
      Select a template to change the colors that are used in charts that have a grouping or stacking variable. Any element attributes defined in the selected template file override the default template settings for those element attributes.
  2. Choose the settings that you require. The settings that you select are applied to all charts.
  3. Click Apply to save your settings or Cancel to disregard the changes.

The Global visualization preferences are applied to all visualizations for the current data asset.

For a list of chart types, see Chart types.