Drop Targets
In the Layout pane, the columns in a data view are displayed in drop targets. Drop targets indicate where a column can be inserted, moved to, or dropped. They represent a valid position for a column.
You use drop targets to modify the way data is arranged in a data view by dragging and dropping columns to different targets within the view.
Each data view contains the following drop targets:
<view-type> Prompts — Provides an interactive result set that enables users to select the data that they want to view. The values from the columns that are displayed in this drop target are used as the initial criteria. In a view, these values are displayed in a drop-down list for selection, which is often referred to as the "page edge."
Sections — Populates the areas that divide the view into sections. If you select the Display as Slider option in this drop target, then the values of the columns that are dropped in the Sections drop target are displayed as a section slider rather than as unique views.
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<view-type> area — Simulates the plot area or the body of the view itself and assists you in seeing what the view looks like.
For tables, this area contains the Columns and Measures drop target, which contains all the columns in the view. In tables, all measures are treated as columns.
For all other data views, this area contains the following drop targets:
Measures drop target — Populates the part of a view that contains summary data. Depending on the type of view, this area might include a single Measures drop target (for example, for pivot tables) or might contain subdrops targets (for example, the Bars (Y1-Axis) and the Lines (Y2-Axis) for line bar graphs). You drag and drop measure columns to these drop targets.
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Other drop targets — Used to summarize the columns in the measure drop target or targets. You generally drag and drop attribute and hierarchical columns to these drop targets.
The other drop targets that are displayed in a view depend on the type of view as described in Other Drop Targets in Data Views.
Excluded — Excludes columns from the view results but leaves the columns as part of the analysis. See "Columns in the Excluded Drop Target" for more information.
In addition, each <view-type> area, except for the Table area and the Trellis area, contains the Measure Labels element. The Measure Labels element represents the labels for all the Measures columns in the drop targets in the Measures area. You can modify how measure labels are shown in a view by dragging it from one drop target and dropping it in another. For example, in a vertical bar graph, you can show each measure label in a different color by dragging and dropping the Measure Labels element to the Vary Color By drop target.
In pivot tables, you can also edit the format of measure labels or hide them.
Other Drop Targets in Data Views
Short sentence or paragraph to describe the configuration table.
View | Drop Target or Targets |
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Pivot table | Includes these drop targets:
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Gauge | Rows — Shows the columns that are displayed in the gauges. |
Bar, line, area, line-bar, time series line, pareto, scatter, or bubble graph | Includes these sub-drop targets within the
main drop target (Bars, Line, Area, Bars & Lines, Line, Points
or Bubbles). Target names differ depending on graph type. For example,
Group By is Bubbles for bubble graphs and Points for scatter graphs.
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Radar graph | Radar Sections — Shows column values as points on each line along a radius of the circle. |
Pie graph | Includes these drop targets:
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Funnel graph | Stage — Shows each column value as a stage in the funnel. |
Trellis | Includes these drop targets:
Includes these sub-drop targets within the main drop
target Visualization for simple trellis views:
Includes these sub-drop targets within the main drop
target Visualization for advanced trellis views:
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