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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Change Field Options for Visualizations

Change Field Options for Visualizations

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You can change field names and how Workday displays summarization data for fields in your viz. You can also change the display name of drop zones and reset to the default name.
For Waterfall viz types, click
Viz Options
 to configure the display name.
For KPI viz types, you can change the display names in the
Configuration panel
.
  1. (Optional) On the
    Builder panel
    , access the drop zone menu, select
    Field Options
     and update the
    Field Display Name
    . Select
    Reset to default name
     to revert to the original display name.
    You can enter a unique display name for these viz types:
    Viz Type
    Drop Zones
    Area Chart
    X-Axis, Y-Axis
    Bar Chart
    X-Axis, Y-Axis
    Bubble Chart
    X-Axis, Y-Axis
    Chart
    X-Axis, Y-Axis
    Donut Chart
    Angle, Color
    Heatmap
    X-Axis, Y-Axis, Color
    Line Chart
    X-Axis, Y-Axis
    Scatterplot
    X-Axis, Y-Axis
  2. (Available for all viz types except KPI and Waterfall.) Select a field in a drop zone and select
    Field Options
    .
  3. (Available for Pivot Table vizzes.) From
    Field Options
    , in the
    Display As
     drill down menu, you can display the summarization field as a percentage of a total.
    Overall Total
     is unavailable when the pivot table includes rows only.
  4. (Optional) In the
    Field Display Name
     field, enter a unique display name.

This content is not part of the Workday Administrator Guide.