Zooming and panning can help you focus on specific areas of a data-dense visualization, such as when you want to highlight a portion of your data or review more granular details.
When the Zoom option is enabled for a Cartesian chart, you can zoom in to magnify a portion of that chart. After you zoom into a chart, you can also pan on that chart to view all the data that is present.
In this article:Enable zoom and pan for a chart
To enable zooming and panning on a chart, follow these steps:
- Edit your report.
- Select a chart from among the supported chart types.
- Scroll to the bottom of the Setup tab of the properties panel.
- In the Chart interactions section, select Zoom.
- Navigate to the Style tab of the properties panel. Under Zoom, select an option:
- Click and drag to zoom: Zoom by clicking and dragging to select the portion of the visualization that you want to magnify.
- Scroll to zoom: Zoom by scrolling with your mouse.
- Optionally, for the following chart types, select the Pan/Zoom X-axis only checkbox to allow zooming and panning only along the X-axis:
- Area charts
- Scatter and bubble charts
- Time series charts
Repeat these steps for each chart for which you want to enable zooming and panning.
Visualization support for zoom and pan
When the Zoom option is enabled, the following Cartesian chart types support zooming and panning along the X-axis, the Y-axis, or both the X-axis and the Y-axis:
| Chart type | Axis support for zoom and pan |
| Area | Support for pan and zoom along both the X-axis and the Y-axis |
| Bar and column | Support for pan and zoom along the X-axis for bar charts and along the Y-axis for column charts |
| Line and combo | Support for pan and zoom along the Y-axis |
| Scatter and bubble | Support for pan and zoom along both the X-axis and the Y-axis |
| Time series | Support for pan and zoom along both the X-axis and the Y-axis |
Zoom in and out of a section of a chart
To zoom in and out of a chart:
- View the chart.
- You can zoom in on the chart in one of the following ways:
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Click and drag to zoom: Zoom by clicking and dragging to select the portion of the visualization that you want to magnify.
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Scroll to zoom: Zoom by scrolling with your mouse. You can then pan on the chart to view more data points.
The zoom options for each chart can be configured in the Zoom section of the Style tab of the properties panel.
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- To zoom out and reset the visualization to its default view, select the Reset Zoom button. If you are zooming in by scrolling, you can also use your cursor to scroll in and out of the chart without having to select Reset Zoom.
Pan on a section of a chart
To pan on a section of a chart:
- View the chart.
- Hold down the shift key and drag your cursor to pan on a selection of the chart.
- To zoom out and reset the chart to its default view, select the Reset Zoom button.