Controls allow users to dynamically modify data displayed within a dashboard. When controls are set to ‘Put on: Columns/Rows’, they let users alter the x and y axes of a chart. The ‘Put on: Split’ setting allows to add a third dimension to the chart. This functionality lets users customize their charts by choosing particular variables or attributes.

This control-widget interaction is straightforward: select a control and connect it with a chart choosing ‘Put on’ in the command panel on the top left-hand side of the chart.

By selecting a specific data attribute using the control, users can customize how the data is organized and visualized on their chart. This provides flexibility in chart construction, enabling users to focus on specific data points or compare attributes more effectively.

We have a Brand Awareness Trend chart and want to let users selectively display specific data waves on the Y-axis. This allows users to examine trends across one or multiple waves. Main steps:

We can add multiple controls that simultaneously operate on the columns, rows and/or split and switch different KPIs (e.g. brand awareness, brand consideration, and brand usage) on the axes. See the clip below for an example of two controls assigned to the columns (Y-axis) and rows (X-axis) of a chart:

If your chart is based on a grid-request, a Variables/Features assignment is available instead of Columns/Rows. The principle is the same, only for grid requests, you must place the full variable into the control before putting it on as 'Variables'.(use option selection ‘All’).