Create a Presentation Column

Manually create a presentation column when you can't drag and drop a column from the logical layer to the presentation layer.

You can select the Hide if field and write an expression to hide a presentation column. See Write an Expression to Hide a Presentation Object.

1. On your home page, click Navigator and then click Semantic Models.
2. In the Semantic Models page, click a semantic model to open it.
3. Click Presentation Layer .
4. In the Presentation Layer pane locate and double-click the presentation table that you want to add a column to.
5. In the presentation table, click Columns and then click Add Column .
6. In the New Column table row, enter a name for the column and press Enter.
7. Confirm that the new column is highlighted in the table, and then click Detail view.
8. Optional: In the Description field, enter a description that is displayed when a user creating visualizations or analyses hovers over the column in the subject area.
9. Go to Logical Column, click Select, and select which logical column to associate the presentation column with.
10. Optional: Select the Hide if field and provide an expression that controls whether this column is available to users when they create visualizations and analyses.
11. Click Save.