Creating navigation paths
A navigation path is a collection of non-measure columns that business users might associate for data exploration.
When a data module contains navigation paths, the dashboard users can drill down and back to change the focus of their analysis by moving between levels of information. The users can drill down from column to column in the navigation path by either following the order of columns in the navigation path, or by choosing the column to which they want to proceed.
About this task
You can create a navigation path with columns that are logically related, such as year, month, quarter, week. You can also create a navigation path with columns that are not logically related, such as product, customer, state, city.
Columns from different tables can be added to a navigation path. The same column can be added to multiple navigation paths.
A data module can have multiple navigation paths.
Procedure
Results
The navigation path is added to the data module and is available to users in dashboards and stories. If you select the option Identify navigation path members in the data module toolbar, the columns that are members of the navigation path are underlined.
What to do next
The modeler can modify the navigation path at any time, and re-save the data module.
To view the navigation path that a column belongs to, from the column context menu , click
. Click the navigation path name to view or modify its definition.To view all navigation paths in a data module, from the data module context menu , click
. Click the navigation path name to view or modify its definition. To delete a navigation path, click the remove icon for the path.