Chart Tools

At the top right of all chart cells, you will see two buttons (although they can be configured to not show).

The first button will display the chart in full screen mode and the second opens a chart tools menu with additional options.

The icons in the chart tools menu are explained in more detail in the following table.

Icon

Meaning

Icon

Meaning

Drill up to the top level of the chart

Drill up one level of a chart

Display the chart in full screen mode

Refresh the chart

Close the Chart Tools menu

Opens the chart information panel, this will show the name of the chart used, the Data Source that the chart was built from and the category that the chart belongs to along with notifications about any filters and whether the chart contains any drill down levels

Scheduler button, this will only be displayed if your licence permits it

Edit chart – opens the Edit chart screens

Used to create a temporary filter on the selected chart

Create a new chart

Splits the current chart cell horizontally

Splits the current chart cell vertically

Removes the current cell – any charts that were in the cell will still be available in the Chart Library

Opens the Chart Library

Used to download data as a .csv file – useful for large data tables

Download the selected chart as a PDF file

Download as an Excel file

Download as a Word document

Download as a PowerPoint file

The items that are visible in the Chart Tools menu are linked to user privileges, if you can’t see some of these options, they may not be available for the user role that you have been granted.