Types of selections in visualizations
When you analyze your data, you have different ways of making selections. The charts and tables have different selection patterns. Some selection types are particularly useful for certain visualizations.
Information noteYou cannot make selections in Gauge, KPI, Waterfall chart, and Text & image visualizations.
The following table displays which kinds of selections that are supported in the visualizations.
Click selection | Draw selection | Range selection | Lasso selection | Legend selection1Legend selection is not available in a visualization when coloring by expression. | Label selection | |
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Bar chart | m | m | m2Range selection is only available on the dimension axis for stacked bar charts. | m | m | m |
Box plot | m | m | m3Range selection is only available on the dimension axis. | m | m | |
Combo chart | m | m | m4Range selection is only available on the dimension axis for stacked combo charts. | m | m | m |
Distribution plot | m | m | m | m | m | |
Filter pane | m | m | ||||
Gauge | ||||||
Histogram | m | |||||
KPI | ||||||
Line chart |
m |
m | m | m | m | m |
Map | m | m | m | m | ||
Pie chart | m | m | m | m | m | |
Pivot table | m | m | ||||
Scatter plot | m | m | m | m | ||
Table | m | m | ||||
Text & image | ||||||
Treemap | m | m | m | |||
Waterfall chart |
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