Customizing Downloads Settings

Several options may be managed from the Downloads menu, depending on the chart type of the visual. To see what options map to specific visual types, see the Visual Settings matrix.

To get to the options in the Downloads menu, follow these steps:

  1. On the right side of Visual Designer, click the Settings menu.

    Settings menu of Visual Designer
  2. In the Settings menu, click Downloads.

    Downloads settings
  3. Select one of the options:

Enabling CSV Download

You can enable or disable CSV data download for each visual by specifying if data may be downloaded from the visual to a *.csv file.

Availability Notes:
  • This setting is available on all visual types.
To enable CSV download, select Enable "Download as CSV/Excel" in the Downloads menu.
Enabling CSV download

To disable CSV download, de-select the Enable "Download as CSV/Excel" option.

Enabling Excel Download

You can enable or disable Excel data download for each visual by specifying if data may be downloaded from the visual to a *.xls file.

Availability Notes:
  • This setting is available on all visual types.
To enable Excel download, select Enable "Download as CSV/Excel" in the Downloads menu.
Enabling CSV/Excel download

To disable Excel download, de-select the Enable "Download as CSV/Excel" option.

Setting the Locale for CSV Downloads

By default, the locale settings for CSV download format match the system settings of the Internet browser. However, it is possible to specify a different locale for download.

Availability Notes:
  • This setting is available on all visual types.

To change the locale format for the CSV download, navigate to the Downloads menu, and change the Set "Download as CSV" Locale option.

CSV download locale option

Here, the default locale is en-US, and we use the Set "Download as CSV" Locale menu to select an alternate locale,Germany.

Changing locale to Germany