Metric and dimension menus

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The menus accessed by right-clicking the metric or dimension area within a visualization provide access to actions related to the metric or dimension in that visualization.

For more information about using these menu options with a particular type of visualization, see the appropriate visualization section within Analysis Visualizations.

The Metric menu

You access the metric menu by right-clicking any metric-related area within a visualization.

This menu provides you with different options depending on the type of visualization in which you are working. The following example shows some of the available menu options, while the following table lists all of the available menu options.

Menu Option Description
metric name

Heading for the following metric-related menu options.

Zoom to All

Returns to a display of all of the data within the graph. See Zooming in Visualizations.

Zoom to Selection

Zooms in on a selected subset of data in a line graph. See Zooming in Visualizations. For more information about selections, see Making Selections in Visualizations.

Metric Editor

Enables you to edit the definition of the metric identified by the metric name field. See Editing Existing Derived Metrics.

Metrics

Heading for the following metric-related menu options.

Add Metric

Adds a new metric to the visualization to the left of the selected metric.

Change Metric

Changes the selected metric in the visualization.

Remove Metric

Removes the selected metric from the visualization.

Layout

Heading for the following layout-related menu options.

Add Dimension

Adds another dimension to the visualization.

Move Metrics

Moves the selected metric to another axis in the visualization.

Use the dimension menu

You access the dimension menu by right-clicking any dimension-related area within a visualization.

This menu provides you with different options depending on the type of visualization in which you are working. The following example shows some of the available menu options, while the following table lists all of the available menu options.

Menu Option Description

Add Callout

Adds a callout for the selected element, which draws attention to that element. See Adding Callouts to a Workspace.

Rename Element

Renames the element. Click Revert to return to the original name.

dimension name

Heading for the following dimension-related menu options.

Sort

Sorts the elements of the selected dimension as desired.

Mask

Selects a subset of the elements in the selected dimension.

Label

Enables you to edit the label for the selected dimension.

Highlight Selected

Highlights the selected element of the dimension.

Clear Highlighted

Clears the highlighting from any element in the visualization.

Series Legend

Color-codes the elements within the selected dimension as a series. See Using Series Legends.

Add Visualization

Adds a visualization that uses the selected dimension.

Save Dimension

Saves the selected dimension from the visualization.

Hierarchy View

Changes the current page visualization into a page hierarchy visualization, which displays the pages in a site organized hierarchically by file name and sorted alphabetically. See Applying Hierarchy Views.

Layout

Heading for the following layout-related menu options.

Add Dimension

Adds another dimension to the visualization.

Change Dimension

Changes the dimension in the visualization.

Move Dimension

Moves the selected dimension to another axis in the visualization.

Remove Dimension

Removes the selected dimension from the visualization.

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