Hiding tables and columns
You can hide a table or column in a data module. The hidden tables or columns remain visible in the modeling interface, but they are not visible in the reporting and dashboarding interfaces. The hidden items are fully functional in the product.
About this task
Use this feature to provide an uncluttered view of metadata for the report and dashboard users. For example, when you hide columns that are referenced in a calculation, the metadata tree in the reporting and dashboarding interfaces shows only the calculation column, but not the referenced columns. When you hide the identifier columns used as keys for joins, the keys are not exposed in the dashboarding and reporting interfaces, but the joins are functional in all interfaces.
Procedure
Results
The hidden tables and columns are not visible in the reporting and dashboarding interfaces.