Visualizations: User Interface

Visualizations are available in the View Ribbon Tab:

• To toggle the display of visualizations for the current report on and off, use the Show Visualizations option.

• The Generate Silhouette option is used to add to the list of images available when adding silhouettes to metrics. See Silhouette Generator.

• To create a new visualization for a report, first run that report. Then click New Visualization, and select either chart or metric from the drop-down. The Visualization Designer will then open.

Visualization Designer

The Visualization Designer screen is customized depending on whether you selected a chart or metric after clicking New Visualization.

Elements common to both types of visualization are described here. See below for visualization-specific elements.

There are varying sections of the Visualization Designer. These can be expanded and contracted based on what the end user needs to see.

Common: Menu Icons

These icons, in the menu in the top left of the Visualization Designer window, are disabled until a chart/ metric has been sufficiently designed for a preview of a visualization to be generated.

The icons, from left to right, are as follows:

• Preview: Generates a preview of the visualization, which is displayed in the right-hand panel of the window.
• Save: Saves the visualization. The first time a visualization is saved, a Save As... dialog is displayed so that the visualization can be provided with a filename and a location for it can be selected (if the inquiry it is based on has not been saved, you will be prompted to save the inquiry first, also using a Save As... dialog).
• Save As: Opens a Save As... dialog. Used to save a visualization under a different name and/or to a different location.
• Refresh: Used to refresh the preview of a visualization after you have changed its settings.

Common: Properties Section

Common to both charts and metrics is the Properties section within the Visualization Designer.

This section contains two fields to update your visualization:

• Description: We highly recommended that you enter a useful description as this is a searchable field within Hubble Web. It is also displayed within the search, User Profile and Recommendation Pages.
• Tag: We also recommended populating this as it is used for searching within Hubble Web.

Common: Icon Header

This GUI is common to both metric and charts:

• Plus: Adds a new row to the section

• Up and down arrows:

  • First select a row by clicking on the small square.

  • Then use the up and down arrows to move the column up and down in the list.

    

• Trash can:

  • First select a column by clicking on the small square on the required row.

  • Then delete the column

• Undo/redo icons: Used to either undo/redo your actions.

  • This facility is only applicable to this part of the dialog.