Show/Hide a series when visualizing a Line/Bar chart

[gtnx]

The idea is to allow users to hide or show one or several series when visualizing a Line or a Bar Chart. Of course, this can be done when editing a viz but the idea is to be able to do it on a dashboard page.

For instance, Highcharts implements it by clicking on the legend.

In our usecase, there are two kind of users:

• One who builds a dashboard
• One who reads and exploits it.

This latter might have to analyze a line chart displaying three series with one with significantly greater values that the others. As the Y axis is scaled to this series with big values, it's impossible to see variations of the other twos. In that case, he might want to hide the series with big values to focus on the others without changing the dashboard.

[timroes]

I think that's a common and reasonable request (though can't find a duplicate issue right now). I think we should totally think about what we want to do on the legend in our new chart implementation. @markov00 we already talked that we already have two interactions sitting on the legend (color chosing and filtering for that value). We def need to get some input of the design team here, and ideally do some usability tests, how we could properly design interaction on the legend in the long run (also if we want to add showing/hiding as a third interaction).

[markov00]

Yep, the legend should be treated as a basic set of tool for the readers to analyse and explore the data.
I will setup a call with the design team to start a discussion on that.

[gtnx]

Hello, any news about this matter?

[timroes]

It's logged as an enhancement request, but there is no timing for when this will exactly be implemented. We're working on a new chart component that might have that feature initially or at some later point.

[markov00]

The hiding/showing of series is available from the legend (with shift+click you can also invert the selection)