[/map {"- map/map "}) [/map/title {"- topic/title "}) Adding and Configuring Components (title] [/map/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Adding and Configuring Components (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Adding and Configuring Components (linktext][/map/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) On each page in a project, you add and configure components. Components provide tools to explore and analyze the data. (shortdesc] (topicmeta][/map/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Adding and deleting components on a page (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Adding and deleting components on a page (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) If you are able to edit a project, then you can add and delete components. The components provide functions to display and create different visualizations of the project data. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Renaming components (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Renaming components (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) After you add a component to your project, you can rename it to reflect your own terminology or the content being displayed. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring components (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring components (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) You can customize components to determine details for the displayed data and formatting. Many components have a workable default configuration, while others require you to provide a specific configuration. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Selecting and configuring the data displayed on a component (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Selecting and configuring the data displayed on a component (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) Most components display data from a specific view. You select the view to use, and then select and configure values from that view. (shortdesc] (topicmeta][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Selecting the view to use for a component (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Selecting the view to use for a component (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) When configuring a component, you select the view to use for the component data. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Selecting the attributes to use on a component (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Selecting the attributes to use on a component (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) For many components, you need to select the attributes to use for the component. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Selecting the aggregation method to use for a metric (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Selecting the aggregation method to use for a metric (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) For metrics other than system metrics or predefined metrics, when you first select a metric to add to a component, Big Data Discovery uses the default aggregation method for that attribute. You can then select a different aggregation method. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring the format of values displayed on a component (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring the format of values displayed on a component (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) For values displayed on a component, you can configure the display format. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring component actions (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring component actions (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) Part of configuring a component is configuring any available fort that component, such as refining data and displaying details. Some actions are specific to a displayed value, while others may apply to the entire component. (shortdesc] (topicmeta][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring the Actions menu for a component (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring the Actions menu for a component (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) A component Actions menu contains options that apply either to the entire component or to selected items from the component. (shortdesc] (topicmeta][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) About the component Actions menu (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) About the component Actions menu (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) A component can include an Actions menu to allow end users to perform component-level actions such as printing the component and exporting data. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Selecting the actions to include in the Actions menu (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Selecting the actions to include in the Actions menu (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) On the Actions tab of the component edit view, you use the Actions menu list to select the available options in the Actions menu. For some actions, you can only enable or disable them. For other actions, you can add one or more instances to the menu. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring a Pass Parameters Actions menu action (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring a Pass Parameters Actions menu action (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) For a Pass Parameters option in a component Actions menu, you can configure the URL and whether to display it in a new browser window. You can also include attribute values as POST parameters. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring a Refinement Actions menu action (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring a Refinement Actions menu action (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) For a Refinement option in a component Actions menu, you can configure the attributes to use for the refinement and the page on which to apply the refinement. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring actions for displayed values (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring actions for displayed values (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) For many components, you can allow users to click displayed values in order to refine data, display record details, or navigate to a specified page or external URL. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Selecting the target page for a refinement or hyperlink (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Selecting the target page for a refinement or hyperlink (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) You can configure refinement actions to display a different page. You can also create hyperlink actions that navigate to a different page. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring cascading for dimension refinement (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring cascading for dimension refinement (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) When users refine by dimension values on a component, you can configure the dimension to use cascading. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring hyperlinks to external URLs (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring hyperlinks to external URLs (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) Components can include hyperlinks to external URLs, which can present security risks. (shortdesc] (topicmeta][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) About component hyperlinks (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) About component hyperlinks (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) Some components can include hyperlinks from the displayed records to external URLs. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Indicating whether to encode inserted attribute values (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Indicating whether to encode inserted attribute values (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) When you insert an attribute value as a URL parameter, you can specify whether Big Data Discovery encodes the value before inserting it into the URL. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) About using non-HTTP protocol links (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) About using non-HTTP protocol links (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) While Big Data Discovery does not prevent you from inserting links that use a non-HTTP protocol, such as file:// or ftp://, using these types of links is not recommended. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Recommendations for attribute values that are complete URLs (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Recommendations for attribute values that are complete URLs (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) It is possible that your source data contains complete URLs (including the protocol, host, port, and path) that are ingested when the data is loaded. For example, company data could include links to pages on the company web site. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref] (topicref] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Configuring pagination options for components (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Configuring pagination options for components (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) For components that allow end users to page through the displayed data, you can configure the number of results to display per page, and whether to allow end users to change that number. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Previewing a component (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Previewing a component (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) When configuring a component, once the minimum configuration is established, a preview of the end user view is displayed. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Summary of available components (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Summary of available components (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) Here is a brief overview of each of the components. The components are grouped by the type of function they provide. (shortdesc] (topicmeta][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Containers (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Containers (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) Containers allow users to group components on the page. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Data record displays (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Data record displays (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) Data record displays allow users to view lists of records. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Charts (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Charts (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) Big Data Discovery provides several types of charts to use to visualize data and the distribution of data values. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Other data visualizations (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Other data visualizations (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) In addition to charts, Big Data Discovery provides data visualizations for generating more detailed or alternate views of the data. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref {"- map/topicref "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta {"- map/topicmeta "}) [/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/navtitle {"- topic/navtitle "}) Web-based content (navtitle][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/linktext {"- map/linktext "}) Web-based content (linktext][/map/topicref/topicref/topicref/topicmeta/shortdesc {"- map/shortdesc "}) These components are used to display web-based content on a page. The content may be custom HTML content created and stored in Big Data Discovery, or may be content from external URLs. (shortdesc] (topicmeta] (topicref] (topicref] (topicref] (map]