Summary
With Flex Data Hub you can review your core space metrics and KPIs in pre-built dashboards. Using our many filters, you can drill down the data, compare it to previous periods and make informed decisions for your future goals.
In this article, you'll learn more about:
- How to expand the visible space to see more of the dashboards
- Filters
- Download Data From The Entire Dashboard
- Download Data From a Single Widget
- Select & Zoom
- Expanded View
- Drill Data
- Grid Options
Expand The Visible Space
When you are working with charts and data, one of the most important things is space. You need to clearly see the amounts, percentages and comparisons. This is how you can create additional space.
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Minimize the navigation menu - you can minimize the navigation menu to see more of the data.
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Hide the Filters - you can click on the
button in the right end of the filters section to hide the filters and see more data.
Filters
Each dashboard has a set of different filters that are specific to it. Use them to narrow down data in the widgets. They filters are available on top of the dashboard. Using them is straightforward. Choose your set filters and click Refresh to update the results.
The action buttons on the right of the top bar let you refresh the widgets , show or hide the filters
, and access a menu
with options to download data from the entire dashboard and reset the filters:
Download Data From The Entire Dashboard
Data from the entire dashboard can be exported in PDF or CSV file format. PDF export lets you choose the document properties - paper size, show all rows, and arrange tiles in a single column.
Download Data From a Single Widget
Click on the Tile Actions button to the right of any widget and choose Download data from the menu. The Download data dialog opens with several options to format the exported data according to your needs:
The following file formats are offered:
- TXT (tab-separated values)
- Excel Spreadsheet (Excel 2007 or later)
- CSV
- JSON
- HTML
- Markdown
- PNG (Image of visualization)
You can also specify a custom range of rows and columns to export data from. Up to 5000 rows can be downloaded.
Select & Zoom
Click and drag inside a widget to zoom in on a particular part of the chart. Click on the Reset zoom button to restore the original view.
Expanded View
Each widget can be opened in Expanded View. Click on the Tile Actions button and select View>Expanded.
Drill Data
Some widgets let you click inside the chart to 'drill' into a particular period for a given topic. For example, here we can drill into the total bookings duration report for Feb 2024 by start date or date of the week:
The drilled information can be presented in an expanded chart or table view. Both can be exported and downloaded in the file formats listed under the Download Data section.
Grid Options
Some dashboards contain grids instead of widgets. Hover and click on the Tile Actionsbutton in each grid to access the following options:
- Download exported data
- Autosize all columns
- Reset all column widths
- Open the grid in Expanded view
Download Data
The Download data dialog lets you choose several options to format the exported data according to your needs.
The following file formats are offered:
- TXT (tab-separated values)
- Excel Spreadsheet (Excel 2007 or later)
- CSV
- JSON
- HTML
- Markdown
- PNG (Image of visualization)
You can also specify a custom range of rows and columns (up to 5000 each) to export data from:
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