Currently the Change Data Source facility in SAS Visual Analytics affects all objects using that Data Source in a given Report.
I think that the Change Data Source facility should be amended so that it can be applied to individual objects within a Report, not just the entire Report.
I propose that when a user invokes the Change Data Source facility, a dialog box is presented to the user that lists all objects in the current report and, alongside each object, its data source. The user can then choose the individual objects that they want the data source change to apply to, or they can choose a Select All option, which is what they get at present.
The workarounds and wasted effort currently required to simply change the data source used by a given object, say a Cross Tab within a Report, is just another reason for people to avoid using SAS Visual Analytics. It makes life too hard for a new starter and just puts them off. Fixing this anomaly will get more people to love VA......even more 😎.
Cheers,
Downunder Dave
Wellington
