What Is a Presentation Flow?
A presentation flow is the design that determines the workbook the end user interacts with. It's based on the design-time workbook, but you can modify it to hide design-side complexity and provide the workbook experience that your end users need to interact with their data.
By default Oracle Analytics creates a presentation flow based on the workbook that you design in Visualize. The first time you access the workbook in Present, it displays the default presentation flow, which is identical to the workbook you designed in Visualize. For example, the presentation flow contains all of the workbook's canvases, visualizations, filters, and so on.
If you preview the workbook from Visualize and are happy with the design and functionality, then you don't have to do anything else. But if you want to fine tune the end user workbook, you can use Present to modify the presentation flow to better suit your end user. Present provides flexibility for you as the author to find the right interactivity and provide the best workbook experience for your end user.
- Hide unfinished canvases.
- Hide visualizations.
- Provide more options on a visualizations toolbar or menu.
- Hide the workbook's filter bar.
- Change the order of the canvases.
Remember that if you want to change a canvas' content, for example add a new visualization, then you use Visualize. Any changes you make in Visualize are included in the presentation flow in Present. But when you use Present to polish the end user experience, any changes you make aren't applied to the workbook's design in Visualize.