Interactions are used
to direct a report viewer’s attention to specific results in
a report. Interactions allow data to be subset to reduce the amount
of data, and enables users to understand it within a particular context.
The interaction view
in SAS Visual Analytics Designer enables report authors to specify
which interactions they would like to add to tables, graphs, and gauges
in a report.
There are two types
of interactions:
filter
is used to restrict
the data that is returned from a query to a data source. Filters are
simply a set of rules, or conditions, that you specify to subset the
data that is displayed in a table or graph. The goal is to display
only the data that you need to see to perform your analysis.
brush
is short for data
brushing, which enables you to show the same data selected
simultaneously in two or more tables, graphs, or both. Brushing highlights
a percentage that reflects the number of shared observations in the
data set. Brushing does not highlight a percentage that corresponds
to the aggregated value. The brushed data has the same appearance
in each object, which makes the data easily apparent to report viewers.
Tables, graphs, and
gauges can be the source of an interaction, with the exception of
scatter plots and time series plots. Controls that are used on the
report canvas can also be the source if an interaction. Controls that
are used as section prompts are treated as automatic filters and are
not displayed in the interaction view.
Objects that are imported
from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer cannot participate in interactions.