Detail Views
A detail view is a view that listens for and responds to master-detail events sent by a master view on a specified channel. A view becomes a detail view, when you set up the view to listen to master-detail events.
- Be on the page edge or the section slider of the detail view. Whether a detail column is displayed on the page edge or a section slider, depends on the type of view:
For pivot tables and tables, it must be on the page edge
- For graphs and gauges, it can be on the page edge, or on the section sliderNote: If a detail column is on a section slider and a page edge is present, the detail column is not updated by the information in the master-detail event. For example, if the information in the event is Region=CENTRAL and Year=2009, and the page edge of the detail view has Region and the section slider has Years, then only the Region is updated.
Match a column in the master view
When a detail view contains multiple detail columns, it is listening for and responding to master-detail events on multiple channels.
Graph
Funnel graph
Gauge
Table
Pivot table
Trellis (only the outer edges, not the inner visualizations)
A detail view:
Can listen for master-detail events from multiple master views
Can be in the same analysis as the master view or in a different analysis
Cannot act as a master to another view
How Does Master-Detail Linking of Views Work
When a master view and a detail view are linked and a user clicks a cell (or item) in the master column, a master-detail event is generated on the designated channel and the master-detail event information is passed to the detail view.
The detail view (which is listening on the designated channel for master-detail events) receives the event and the master-detail event information. It reviews the master-detail event information to determine which column in this information matches the detail column. When it finds a match, it takes the column values in the master-detail event information, updates the detail column, and then refreshes the entire detail view.