Hiding chart items
If you are working on a complex chart, you might want to show or hide subsets of the data. Hiding chart items is useful if you want to emphasize areas of your chart or temporarily remove data that is irrelevant or inappropriate for certain audiences.
About this task
Analyst's Notebook typically treats hidden items as if they do not exist on the chart:
- Hidden items are not included in any selection, for example Select All.
- All links to a hidden entity are also hidden.
- Hidden items are unaffected by chart operations, for example layouts.
- Hidden diverted event frames do not cause the theme line to which they are linked to be diverted.
- Hidden items are only listed in the List Items and List Cards windows when the Hidden Items option is selected.
Hidden items are removed from view, but are not deleted, so you can reveal them on the chart when required. Revealing hidden items causes them to become visible temporarily, but they retain their hidden status. You can make items fully visible or visible with a grayed out appearance by using the Reveal options on the View tab. To remove hidden item status, you must show the items rather than reveal them.
For some chart operations, for example Visual Search, you can choose to include hidden items and reveal them as part of the operation by selecting Reveal Hidden in the appropriate window.