Work with Linked Analysis Diagram
At design time, after creating linked analysis or filter line in your analytic application, you can open a diagram that offers a graphic view of all the relationships among widgets. You can also add or remove widgets directly on the diagram to modify the existing relationships for each widget.
Linked analysis diagram is a graphic representation of interaction among widgets, which you can drag, zoom in on and zoom out on to view how widgets affect each other. It helps to manage relationships especially when there’s many widgets in your application.
Currently linked analysis diagram can visualize the following cases:
- filter line linked to chart or table
- input control linked to chart, table, R visualization, geo map or value driver tree
- linked analysis among chart, table or geo map
- linked analysis from chart, table or geo map to R visualization
The links created via scripting and widgets without data source won't be shown on linked analysis diagram.
Unlike filer line and linked analysis, which can only set widgets to be affected, the diagram allows you to set all the linked widgets to a specific widget, which include:
- source widget, whose changes will affect other widgets to re-render
- target widget, which will be affected by changes in other widgets
- Time series chart, waterfall chart and histogram can only be target widgets.
- Filter line and input control can only be source widgets.
- Value driver tree doesn’t have target widgets, and only input controls can be its source widgets.
- R visualization doesn’t have target widgets, and filter lines can’t be configured as its source widgets.
To trigger linked analysis diagram, do either of the following:
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From Tools in the analytic applications toolbar, select Linked Analysis Diagram.
For the first time to open, you’ll see an overview page with all the linked widgets in your application. If you reopen the diagram, it’ll stay in the previous state.
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Select the context menu of a widget and then
Linked Analysis 
Diagram View.You’ll see all the linked widgets to the selected one.
Each widget on the diagram is represented by a node with widget icon and ID. When you mouse over a widget, you can see its ID and if applicable, full title, visibility status and filters in detail on its tooltip.
Invisible widgets can be shown on the diagram but are greyed out.
With linked analysis diagram, you can both view and modify the existing relationships.
To view linked widgets to a specific widget, you can directly select its ID from the dropdown. You’ll see all its source and target widgets on the diagram.
Then the widgets’ context menu allows you to do the following:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Manage Linked Widgets | (also available for all widgets in overview) Manage linked widgets to the selected central widget. A panel will open where you can add or delete its source or target widgets. |
| View Linked Widgets | (also available for all widgets in overview) Switch to the selected source or target widget to view its linked widgets. |
| Remove Link | Remove the selected source or target widget from the existing relationship. |
| Switch to Overview | Switch to overview to view relationships among all widgets in your application. |
Besides, when you mouse over a widget, you can select + icon on either side to directly add its source or target widgets. The dropdown also allows you to switch to overview or any widget for viewing and managing relationships.
Individual widget filter isn’t supported for adding or removing links.
In the relationships overview, you can check Include Unlinked Widgets to see whether any widgets need to be added to the existing relationships.
Note that when you open a popup, the Linked Analysis Diagram tab will disappear with Canvas tab, but it will reappear when you switch back to canvas.