Copy Visuals

This applies to: Visual Data Discovery

Make a copy of visuals in your dashboard to try alternate visualization scenarios by adding a copy of a local or shared visual gallery visual. You can also add a copy of a shared visual to the visual gallery from the dashboard or in the visual gallery to share with other users.

To control whether a visual can be copied, use the interactivity sidebar. See Control How Users Interact With a Visual.

Action	Description
Copy a local visual	Select Copy Visual from the visual drop-down menu. Symphony duplicates the visual on the dashboard as another local visual. The display name is incremented by 1.
Copy a visual gallery visual	Select Copy Visual from the visual drop-down menu. Symphony duplicates the visual on the dashboard as a local visual. The display name is incremented by 1.
Copy a visual gallery visual	Select Save As from the visual drop-down menu. Symphony duplicates the visual in the Visual Gallery. Unless you change the visual name, the existing visual name is incremented by 1. See Save Visuals With New Names. To copy visuals, you must be logged in as an administrator or as a user with the Create Visuals or Administer Visuals group privilege.

Action

Description

Copy a local visual

Select

Copy Visual from the visual drop-down menu. Symphony duplicates the visual on the dashboard as another local visual. The display name is incremented by 1.

Copy a visual gallery visual

Select Copy Visual from the visual drop-down menu. Symphony duplicates the visual on the dashboard as a local visual. The display name is incremented by 1.

Copy a visual gallery visual

Select Save As from the visual drop-down menu. Symphony duplicates the visual in the Visual Gallery. Unless you change the visual name, the existing visual name is incremented by 1. See Save Visuals With New Names.

To copy visuals, you must be logged in as an administrator or as a user with the Create Visuals or Administer Visuals group privilege.

Every stored setting for the visual is copied, including sort and limit options, filters, ruler properties and reference lines, colors, time bar options. and other visual information. Zoom levels for maps are not copied.