INTRODUCTION
Link analysis is a convenient functional for linking of charts / tables to control the filtering of one element by another. Such standard functionality has been in stories for a long time.
But in applications, until recently, it was possible to configure such a scenario only through scripts. Very well described in this
article by
prasadgurla
And now, since the release of
Q4 2021 / 2021.19, similar standard functionality is available in applications.
MAIN FEATURES
- Settings;
- Linked Analysis Diagram
SETTINGS
As in the stories, access to the settings is carried out through the additional widget menu:
Then we define the scenario and which components we will filter:
By default, both single selection and multi selection are possible:
LINKED ANALYSIS DIAGRAM
"The new linked analysis diagram allows application designers to get a visual overview of all the links among widgets, after they create a linked analysis or a filter line in their analytic application. In addition, application designers can also modify the existing relationships for each widget directly here."
There are two ways to switch to this mode:
- via the top menu
- via widget
TOP MENU
when you click the link to analyze diagrams, an additional tab will open:
a visual-graphic bundle of customized widgets appears with the ability to add new unlinked widgets:
when we select an inlink widget, we have a component outside the bundle and when we click on +, a pop-up opens with a choice of widgets for linking:
through the context menu, you can enable a menu with link management:
this tab (linked analysis diagram) can be left open and at any time you can go to it with switching between the main canvas:
WIDGET
you can go to the same tab through the widget and this diagram will open in the context of the selected widget:
option to display a diagram when connected to a link analysis input controls:
more examples of complex diagrams from the description of the functionality provided in the 2021.19 release by
janet.nguyen:
2022 RELEASE PLANS
- Ability to visualize and edit the cascading relationship between input controls in the Linked Widgets Diagram
- Renaming of the diagram from “Linked Analysis Diagram” to “Linked Widgets Diagram”
SUMMARY
Interactivity is a very important feature. Link analysis provides the functionality of this interactivity through linking widgets. With standard settings and linked visual diagrams, this process has become much easier, faster and clearer.