Focusing and Hiding Charted Data

A straightforward way to refresh your view of a chart is to single out items for closer focus or to hide some of the charted elements. This allows you to concentrate on particular items of interest.

Focusing redraws the chart report to show only the item you have chosen. This feature is only available for items on the x axis or z axis.

The Show All command updates the chart to include all items removed by focusing. Note that this command is available only when a Chart item has been focused.

Generally, you should only hide items on the x or z axis. Hiding the y axis causes the entire fact to be hidden.

The Show Hidden Items command restores any hidden item.

To focus on a chart item:

Select one or more item on which to focus.
The selected items are displayed with a dotted outline.
Select Focus on the shortcut menu.
The chart is redrawn to display only the chart item selected.

To show all items in a chart, select a chart item and choose Show Hidden on the shortcut menu.

To hide charted data:

In the Chart, select the objects to hide.
The selected item(s) are displayed with a dotted outline.
Select Hide Item on the shortcut menu.
The chart is redrawn to hide the item.

To show hidden items, select a chart item and choose Show Hidden on the shortcut menu.