NL insights
The NL insights visualization displays natural language insights and information about selected dimensions and measures.
NL insights uses Insight Advisor to generate natural language information about the dimensions and measure added to the chart. The chart updates the insights as selections are made in the app.
NL insights is a native chart type replacing the deprecated NL Insights control from the Dashboard bundle.
By default, NL insights generates insights for all analysis types supported for the selected fields. The classification of fields in your app logical model determines which fields are available as dimensions or measures. For more information on defining fields, see Definieren von Feldern und Gruppen.
When to use it
Use NL insights when you want to include a narrative or analytical summary of your data. For example, on a sheet focused on sales, you might want narratives summarizing key ranking, correlation, and comparison analyses for sales to complement your other visualizations.
It is also helpful to pair NL insights with another chart containing the same dimensions and measures. This provides additional context and information for the chart. To do this, configure the NL insights object to use an input chart that has already been created on the current sheet. The dimensions and measures from that input chart are used to generate the natural language insights, and the NL insights will update based on changes you make in the input chart.
Migrating from the Dashboard bundle to native object
NL Insights extension objects from the Dashboard bundle must be migrated to native charts if they appear on a public (base) sheet or published (community) sheet. To do this, follow the applicable steps to make the sheet private, then publish and/or make it public again.
Public sheets
Gehen Sie folgendermaßen vor:
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Open the app overview, or open Sheets from sheet view.
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Right-click the public sheet and select Unapprove.
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Right-click the community sheet and select Unpublish.
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Open the private sheet and ensure the chart has been migrated.
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Right-click the sheet and then select Publish.
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Right-click the community sheet and select Approve.
Published sheets
Gehen Sie folgendermaßen vor:
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Open the app overview, or open Sheets from sheet view.
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Right-click the community sheet and select Unpublish.
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Open the private sheet and ensure the chart has been migrated.
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Right-click the sheet and then select Publish.
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Right-click the community sheet and select Approve.
Creating NL insights
You need at least one dimension or one measure to create the chart. Combine dimensions and measures as needed. If you use an existing chart to generate the content of your NL Insights, the dimensions and measures from that input chart are used and will be dynamically updated if you change the input chart.
Gehen Sie folgendermaßen vor:
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From the assets panel, drag an empty NL insights chart to the sheet.
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Click Add chart to use natural language insights from an existing chart in the NL insights visualization. Choose from any of the supported charts in the current sheet.
Alternatively, click Add dimension or Add measure to add natural language insights from a dimension or measure into the chart.
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In the properties panel, add or remove dimensions and measures from the chart.
InformationshinweisYou cannot add or remove dimensions and measures if you have chosen to use insights from an existing chart.
When you have created the NL insights visualization, you might want to adjust its appearance and other settings in the properties panel. For information about how to style the visualization, see Styling NL insights.
Styling NL insights
Unter Darstellung im Eigenschaftsfenster sind mehrere Designoptionen verfügbar.
Klicken Sie auf Design unter Darstellung > Präsentation, um das Design des Diagramms weiter anzupassen. Das Designfenster enthält mehrere Abschnitte auf den Registerkarten Allgemein und Diagramm.
Sie können Ihre Designs zurücksetzen, indem Sie auf neben den einzelnen Abschnitten klicken. Wenn Sie auf Alle zurücksetzen klicken, werden die Designs für alle verfügbaren Registerkarten im Designfenster zurückgesetzt.
For general information about styling an individual visualization, see Applying custom styling to a visualization.
Anpassen des Texts
Sie können den Text für Titel, Untertitel und Fußnoten unter Darstellung > Allgemein festlegen. Um diese Elemente auszublenden, deaktivieren Sie Titel anzeigen
Die Sichtbarkeit der verschiedenen Bezeichnungen des Diagramms hängt von den diagrammspezifischen Einstellungen und den Anzeigeoptionen der Bezeichnungen ab. Diese können im Eigenschaftsfenster konfiguriert werden.
Sie können das Design des im Diagramm angezeigten Texts ändern.
Gehen Sie folgendermaßen vor:
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In the properties panel, expand the Appearance section.
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Under Appearance > Presentation, click Styling.
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Legen Sie auf der Registerkarte Allgemein die Schriftart, den Hervorhebungsstil, die Schriftgröße und die Farbe der folgenden Textelemente fest:
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Titel
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Untertitel
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Fußnote
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On the Chart tab, style the following text elements:
- Analysis type: Set the font, font size, and color of the headers displaying the analysis types of the insights.
- Style: Set the font, font size, and color of the narrative insights.
- Structure: Set how the narrative insights in the chart should be presented. Choose bullet points or sentences.
Customizing the background
You can customize the background of the chart. The background can be set by color and image.
Gehen Sie folgendermaßen vor:
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In the properties panel, expand the Appearance section.
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Under Appearance > Presentation, click Styling.
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On the General tab of the styling panel, you can select a background color (single color or expression). You can also set the background to an image from your media library or from a URL.
When using a background color, use the slider to adjust the opacity of the background.
When using a background image, you can adjust image sizing and position.
Customizing the border and shadow
You can customize the border and shadow of the chart.
Gehen Sie folgendermaßen vor:
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In the properties panel, expand the Appearance section.
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Under Appearance > Presentation, click Styling.
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On the General tab of the styling panel, under Border, adjust the Outline size to increase or decrease the border lines around the chart.
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Select a color for the border.
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Adjust the Corner radius to control the roundness of the border.
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Under Shadow in the General tab, select a shadow size and color. Select None to remove the shadow.
Adjusting the verbosity
You can control the verbosity of the natural language insights. Verbosity can be full or brief. Full verbosity groups natural language insights by analysis type. Brief verbosity displays all natural language insights as a list.
Verbosity can be configured under Appearance > Presentation in the properties panel.
Removing analysis types
You can remove unwanted analysis types from NL Insights under Appearance > Presentation in the properties panel.
Changing the language of the natural language insights
You can change the language of the generated natural language insights under Appearance > Presentation in the properties panel.
Considerations
The analysis types and number of narrative insights generated in the NL insights chart depend on the volume and variety of data that belongs to the fields selected. A limited number of analysis types and insights might be displayed in the following scenarios:
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The selected items use the same underlying field with aggregations or selections.
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The selected items include only measures and no dimensions.
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The selected items are mostly unrelated.
Limitations
The NL insights object has the following the limitations:
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You cannot use the following chart types for direct input into the NL insights chart:
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Animator
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Button
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Container
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Date picker
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Filter pane
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Text & image
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Video player
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The NL insights chart does not provide natural language insights for the following analysis types (even if it uses an input chart generated from these analysis types):
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Clustering (k-means)
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Overview
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Period changes
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Process control (rolling mean)
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Year to date
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Expressions with modifiers, either applied directly to the chart or via an input chart, might not provide correct values in natural language insights.
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The number format accompanying an expression is only applied to narrative statements generated using that expression. Additional narratives that are generated might not adhere to the expression's number format.
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When using an existing chart as the input for an NL insights object, certain actions taken on the input chart will not result in the natural language insights being updated automatically. Specifically, switching to alternative measures or dimensions, or customizations made through chart exploration in analysis mode, do not update natural language insights unless those changes are applied and made available for all users.
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Changing the number format of a measure might not always result in this formatting being changed in all available insights.