Virtuous Analytics offers robust editing, viewing, and publishing capabilities to both explorers and viewers. These options can be accessed on the bottom right-hand corner of the workbook.
Before diving into editing and publishing, here are a few important points:
- Creating a Report: Before you can edit or publish in Virtuous Analytics, you need to create a Virtuous Analytics report. For more details on how to create a report, please refer to Creating a Report.
- Admin Permissions: Only admin users have the permissions to edit and publish content.
Editing Options
When selecting the Editing button, several options will appear, including Preview as explorer, Preview as viewer, Go to published version, and Discard draft.
Preview as explorer: Allows explorers to access and review changes before making them live, ensuring accuracy before publishing.
Preview as viewer: Enables viewers to access published analyses or dashboards to view insights and data visualizations. Viewers cannot edit but can interact with published content including:
- Filtering: Users can apply filters to the data to narrow down the information displayed.
- Exporting: Users can export the data or reports for further analysis.
- Scheduling Reports: Users can schedule reports to be generated and sent at specific intervals.
Last published version: Reverts to the latest published version of the workbook by switching into Explore mode.
- Note: Your drafted changes are not lost in Virtuous Analytics when selecting this option. You can revisit the current draft anytime by clicking the Edit button on the bottom right-hand corner of the published version.
- Note: You may need to select 'reset' button, available in the bottom bar near the 'publish' and 'edit' options. Selecting this will reset the workbook back to is last published state in edit view.
- Discard draft: Removes all users' unpublished changes.
Publishing Changes
To publish your edits, click the blue Publish button located in the bottom right-hand corner of the workbook. This action publishes all drafted changes to the workbook.
| View Mode | Explore Mode | Edit Mode | |
| Purpose | Enables viewing of a workbook's published version. | Creates a separate area for changing published workbook content and doing quick analysis without altering saved or shared versions. | Offers a draft space with complete analytics tools, enabling editing and saving of individual or collaborative analyses. |
| Use Case |
Suggested for accessing prepared data and insights without conducting further analysis. Interact with published content in various ways:
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Useful when you want fast answers to business questions without saving or sharing the analysis for later. | Suggested for creating and sharing reports for future reference or sharing. |