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Domenick's avatar
Domenick
Helper IV
6 years ago

Button to Change or Hide Visual?

I want the user to be able to decide whether to see a line chart over time or year-over-year. Since it requires changing the data inputs, I need to create two separate charts that are too similar to ...
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Domenick's avatar
Domenick
Helper IV
6 years ago

I think these are all good solutions. I'm going to try creating two pages with a bookmark like CoreyP suggested and hiding the other page so that they can only access it through the bookmark. That should work, right?

  • MFelix's avatar
    MFelix
    Super User
    6 years ago

    Hi Domenick ,

     

    No need to create two pages, you can create two visual on the same page and using the bookmarks and the selection pane show/hide the visual you need.

     

    Regards,

    MFelix

    • jshutters's avatar
      jshutters
      Resolver I
      6 years ago

      I agree with MFelix that there is no need to create 2 pages. In fact, 2 pages leads to more overall maintanance (and slower performance because another page needs to be loaded). When you create the 2 visuals keep in mind the following suggestions:

      + Overlay one chart visual on top of the other, with the backgrounds turned on so they are not transparent.
      + Create 2 buttons/images. One saying, "Show Timeline" and the other saying "Show YOY" (or whatever makes sense for your context).  Again, these buttons/images can be overlayed to create a toggle effect.
      + In the Selection Pane, rename the visuals and buttons to something that helps you identify with them e.g. "Button Show Timeline", "Line Chart YOY"
      + Set the action of one button/image to be a bookmark that hides one chart visual & button while making the other chart visual & button visible. And vice versa.

      I hope this helps.