# Focusing on visual elements (Author)

When viewing visuals, you can choose data that you want to focus on or exclude. To perform this choice, choose an element such as a bar or bubble, or a row or column header.

By focusing on or excluding data, you create a filter to show only the data that you selected.

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To remove the filter, choose Filters at left and then disable or delete the filter. You can also use Undo to remove a filter.

If your visual has a legend that shows categories (dimensions), you can click on the values in the legend to see a menu of available actions. For example, suppose that your bar chart has a field in the Color or Group/Color field well. The bar chart menu displays the actions that you can choose by clicking or right-clicking on a bar, such as the following:

* Focusing on, or excluding, visual elements
* Changing colors of visual elements
* Drilling down into a hierarchy
* Custom actions activated from the menu, including filtering or URL actions

The following screenshot shows how to use the legend for focusing on, or excluding, a dimension.

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