Repeater

Repeaters allow users to create customizable tables by specifying an attribute to generate rows and selecting various metrics, facts, or attributes for columns. Each cell in a repeater can display data as numbers, bar charts, or line charts, and includes support for rich text content such as images and links.

Repeater visualization showing product categories listed in rows and corresponding metrics displayed as a combination of line charts, numerical values, and vertical bar charts in columns.

Line and Bar Charts

In addition to numerical data presentation, repeaters can visually represent data using line or bar charts.

Side-by-side comparison of two repeater views: the left shows raw numerical values in table cells, and the right shows the same values represented as small line charts in each row.

Steps:

  1. To set up, drag the desired attribute into the Rows bucket, a fact or metric into the Columns bucket, and an attribute or date object into the View by bucket for chart visuals.

    Analytics Designer interface showing the configuration of a repeater with Product category in the Rows bucket, Product category and Sum of Order unit quantity in the Columns bucket, and a date field in the View by bucket.

  2. For the selected metric or fact in the Columns bucket, use the Display as toggle to switch between numerical, line chart, and bar chart views.

    Analytics Designer showing the Display as toggle located in the lower section of the Columns bucket, with options to switch between numerical display, line chart, and bar chart.

Repeaters can also integrate hyperlinks as clickable elements within the table, allowing for custom link text.

Side-by-side comparison showing string URLs listed in the repeater on the left and formatted hyperlinks with custom link text on the right.

Steps:

  1. In the logical data model, assign an attribute label with the type Hyperlink to the attribute containing URL data.

    Dataset details page showing the Product image attribute with an assigned label of type Hyperlink selected in the label type dropdown.

  2. Within the Display as settings, choose the hyperlink label.

    Analytics Designer showing the Columns bucket with the Product image field selected, and the Display as setting opened to choose Product image web as the display type.

    The URLs are now converted to hyperlinks.

    Repeater table showing column values rendered as clickable hyperlink text instead of raw URLs, with each hyperlink labeled Link to image.

  3. Optionally, custom text can be assigned to these hyperlinks for clarity or aesthetic purposes.

    Display as setting expanded for the Product image field, with a text input field labeled Hyperlink text showing the value Link to image.

Images

Repeaters can images directly from URLs specified within the data.

Side-by-side comparison showing image URLs listed as plain text on the left and the corresponding product images displayed directly in the repeater on the right.

Steps:

  1. Ensure the attribute that holds the image URLs is labeled as Image in the logical data model.

    Dataset details panel showing the Product image attribute with a label type of Image selected from a dropdown for the field Product image web.

  2. Select this image label in the Display as setting.

    Analytics Designer displaying the Product image attribute in the Columns bucket with the Display as setting expanded and Product image web selected as the display type.

    The images are now displayed.

    Repeater table showing product images rendered in a column, each image corresponding to a row based on product image web values.

Configuration

Enhance the clarity and usability of your repeaters with further customization options.

Two repeater visualizations comparing default and customized settings: the top view shows compact rows, left-aligned text, and standard colors; the bottom view shows wider rows, centered text, and customized chart colors.

Available settings:

  • Modify Colors in charts for visual impact.
  • Adjust Row height to fit content or improve readability.
  • Set Vertical alignment for text and images to match layout preferences.
  • Choose between Text wrapping options: wrap (extend cell size to fit text) or clip (cut off overflowing text).
  • Adjust Image display modes: fit (resize to fit within the cell) or fill (expand to cover the cell width).
Configuration panel showing color assignments for Revenue, Average unit price, and Units returned, and canvas settings including row height, vertical alignment, text wrapping, and image fit mode.
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