You may find it useful to hide dataset fields that are not typically used for
visualizations to prevent unintended bias in BI and analytics, or even to obscure confidential
data. In CDP Data Visualization, you can do this by turning off the default visibility option of
a particular dataset field.
The following steps demonstrate how to prevent data fields from appearing in visualizations
and applications of dataset World Life Expectancy [data source
samples.world_life_expectancy]. The fields comments,
lat, and lng are empty, so they are good candidates for
this operation.
On the main navigation bar, click Data.
The Data view appears, open on the Datasets tab.
In the left navigation menu, click samples.
In the Datasets area, select World Life
Expectancy(samples.world_life_expectancy).
In the Dataset Detail menu, select
Fields.
In the Fields interface, select Edit
Field.
Under Dimensions, find the field
comments.
Click (eye) icon on the comments
line.
The icon next to the comment field changes to (slashed
eye).
Under Measures, find the fields
lat and
lng, and hide them.
Click Save.
In the updated Fields interface, Dimensions
table has a total of 11 fields and Measures table
lists a total of 7 fields, as before.
However, when using Visual Designer, the hidden fields do not
show.
The number of Dimensions is 11. This is calculated as All
Dimensions (11) - Hidden Dimensions (1) + Segment (1).
The number of Measures is 6. This is calculated as All Measures
(7) - Hidden Measures (2) + Record Count (1).
