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Sample Mode

The Sample Mode feature allows you to design and modify visualizations without fully loading all the data. Instead, it retrieves a sample set of data, improving responsiveness and performance.

This feature is available for Views, Dashboards, and Reports.

When to use the Sample Mode​

  • Customizing visualization: Create or modify a visualization without needing the full dataset immediately.
  • Enhancing performance: Improve responsiveness while adjusting layouts, formulas, or settings by reducing data load.
  • Handling large datasets: Useful when working with extensive datasets where full data loading might slow down the process.
  • Development environment: Ideal in development environments or sandboxes where testing is focused on view configurations rather than full data analysis.

Open a visualization in Sample Mode​

  1. Locate the view, dashboard, or report you want to view in sample mode.
  2. Select Open in Sample Mode from the context menu.
  3. The visualization will open with a small portion of data.
  4. A banner at the top of the visualization will indicate that you are in Sample Mode.

Enable Sample Mode in the current visualization​

  1. Locate the view, dashboard, or report you want to open.
  2. Double-click it or select Open from the context menu.
  3. Click the Toggle Sample Mode icon in the Toolbar panel on the right. The visualization will reload using a small portion of data.
  4. A banner at the top of the visualization will indicate that you are in Sample Mode.

Disable Sample Mode in the current visualization​

  1. Click the Toggle Sample Mode icon in the Toolbar panel on the right to load the full dataset.
  2. The sample mode banner will be removed from the top of the visualization.