Focus on Selected Data

You can focus your exploration by changing the view to include only specific data from an existing table or chart.

Required Editions

Available in Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience.
Available with CRM Analytics, which is available for an extra cost in Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions. Also available in Developer Edition.
User Permissions Needed
To view visualizations: Use CRM Analytics
  1. Select the data you want to focus on by clicking datapoints in a chart or rows in a table.

    For multiple selections, continue clicking, or click and drag to use a selection box. To deselect datapoints or rows, click them. To undo all selections, click the space just outside the datapoints or table.

    Note
    Note Focus selections are not available in values tables.
    horizontal bar chart with three bars selected
  2. To open the Drill Into This By... menu, right-click the data or click Drill button icon.
    horizontal bar chart with three bars selected and drill menu
  3. To view only the selected data, click Focus.

    A new table or visualization based on the selected data appears in place of the previous table or visualization.

    horizontal bar chart showing only the 3 selected bars

    To return to the previous table or visualization, click explorer undo button.