Manage segments
You can share, segment, tag, approve, rename, copy, delete, export segments and mark segments as favorite from a central Segment management interface. To manage segments:
- Select Components in the main interface, then select Segments.
Segment manager
The Segment manager has the following interface elements:
Segment list
The segments list 鉃 displays all the segments that you own, the segments that have been scoped to all your projects, and the segments that have been shared with you. The list has the following columns:
Show where segments are currently being used, and how many times they are being used in each area.
For example, if the segment is being used in 40 projects and 2 alerts, then the value of this column shows as 42 components.
Select the value in this column to see the breakdown of where the segments are being used (for example, Projects (40), Mobile Scorecards (2)). Furthermore, you can view the list of items where the segments are being used. For example, so see the list of projects where they are being used, select the Projects (40) link.
Each of the following areas shows the number of instances of segments being used in that area:
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Projects
Contains segments that were created in the segment builder and are available for all projects.
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Ad hoc components
Contains segments that were created as quick segments and are available only within a single project.
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Scheduled projects
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Mobile Scorecards
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Annotations
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Calculated metrics
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Report Builder
Selecting this option downloads a CSV file with the following columns of data:
- Report Builder Name
- Last accessed
- Last accessed IMS User ID
- Last accessed user name
This information helps you to determine whether a component is valuable to users in your organization, where the component is used, and if the component needs to be deleted or modified.
Consider the following when viewing this column:
- This information is available only to system administrators.
- The Used in column does not display by default. Use
- This information does not include usage from the API or Data Warehouse.
- If there is no data in this column for a given component but the component has a Last used date, the component might have been used in an analysis without being saved.
- Usage information is available starting in September 2023.
You can use the Data Dictionary along with this information to help you keep track of and better understand how components are being used in your organization.
Use
Action bar
You can action on segments using the action bar 鉃. The action bar contains the following actions:
(Copy)
.Filters List.csv
file.Active segment bar
The segment bar 鉃 shows the active segments applied from the segment panel to the list of segments (if any). You can quickly remove a segment using
Segment panel
You can segment the list of segments using the
See Filter the list of segments for more information.