Interact with Grids and Charts

Some grids and charts may be designed to accept user input by allowing interaction through:

Sort and Resize Grid Columns

  1. To sort grid columns in ascending or descending order, click the column header.
  2. To remove the sorting and return to the original order, right-click the column header and select Remove sorting from the menu.

  1. To resize grid columns, right-click the header of the column you wish to resize, and select Autosize column, or move your cursor over the right side of the column header you wish to resize to display a double-headed arrow. Pull and drag the column to the desired width. Your settings will automatically be saved for this dashboard for the next time you open it.

Hierarchical Grid Displays

Some grids may be designed to display data hierarchically as shown below.

  1. Click the plus icon to expand an item.
  2. Use the minus item to collapse a node.

Drill-downs in Cells

Grids can be configured to drill-down when you double-click any cell below a column header that is marked by a blue dot. You can also drill-down from a series in a Chart by double-clicking on the series. Drill-downs can take you to SysTrack Resolve, SysTrack Site Visualizer, another SysTrack Dashboard, or a custom URL. In the example below, double clicking in the ID column of the highlighted row, displays detail on the particular bug. For more information on how to create a drill-down in Dashboard Builder see Defining Drill-downs.

Some visualizations may include drop-down lists to allow the user to specify which data to display as shown in the example below.

Focus Bars

Some graphs and charts may include a Focus Bar which allows you to narrow the range of focus and display a narrow range of data as shown in the example below.

  1. Click and drag the focus bar to select a range.
  2. If a range is selected you can drag the entire range to move it, or you can resize it from the left or right.
  3. To revert from the focus area to the original display, click anywhere within the focus bar.

Filter Data Using Legends or Sliders

For charts with legends, you can click one or more series in the legend to remove them from the display. Click on any deselected items to redisplay them.

For dashboard objects with range sliders, you can drag the sliders to narrow or enlarge the range of data to display. In some instances, as shown below, a range slider may control the color coding.