Cards and Shelves

Every worksheet contains a variety of different cards that you can show or hide. Cards are containers for shelves, legends, and other controls. For example, the Marks card is where you control mark properties. It contains the mark type selector along with controls for Color, Size, Label, Detail, Tooltip, Shape, and Angle. The controls that are available depend on the mark type.

Cards can be shown and hidden as well as rearranged around the worksheet.
The following list describes each card and its contents.

• Columns Shelf – contains the Columns shelf where you can drag fields to add columns to the view. See Columns and Rows Shelves.
  
• Rows Shelf – contains the Rows shelf where you can drag fields to add rows to the view. See Columns and Rows Shelves.
  
• Pages Shelf – contains the Pages shelf where you can split a view into several pages based on the members of a dimension or the values in a measure. See Pages Shelf.
  
• Filters Shelf– contains the Filters shelf; use this shelf to specify the values to include in the view. See Filters Shelf.
  
• Measure Values Shelf – contains the Measure Values shelf; use this shelf to blend multiple measures on a single axis. This shelf is only available when there is a blended axis in the view. See Blended Axes.
  
• Color Legend – contains the legend for the colors in the view and is only available when there is at least one field on Color. See Color.
  
• Shape Legend – contains the legend for the shapes in the view and is only available when there is at least one field on Shape. See Shape.
  
• Size Legend – contains the legend for the size of the marks in the view and is only available when there is at least one field on Size. See Size.
  
• Map Legend – contains the legend for the symbols and patterns on a map. The map legend is not available for all map providers.
  
• Quick Filters – a separate quick filter card is available for every filter in the view. Use these cards to easily include and exclude values from the view. See Using Quick Filters.
  
• Parameters – a separate parameter card is available for every parameter in the workbook. The parameter card contains controls for changing the parameter values. See Parameter Controls.
  
• Marks – controls the mark properties in the view. There is a mark type selector where you can specify the mark type (e.g., bar, line, area, etc.). In addition, the Marks card contains controls for Color, Size, Label, Text, Detail, Tooltip, Shape, Path, and Angle. The availability of these controls is dependent on the fields in the view and the mark type.
  
• Title – contains the title for the view. Double-click this card to modify the title.
  
• Caption – contains a caption that describes the view. Double-click this card to modify the caption.
  
• Summary – contains summary of each of the measures in the view including the Min, Max, Median, Sum, and Average.
  
• Current Page – contains the playback controls for the Pages shelf and indicates the current page that is displayed. This card is only available when there is at least one field on the Pages shelf.
  

Each card has a menu that contains common controls that apply to the contents of the card. For example you can use the card menu to show and hide the card. Access the card menu by clicking on the arrow in the upper right corner of the card.