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3.4 Graphical Data Visualisation Tool  
This section describes the features of the graphical visualisation tool for numeric data. Th e features 
are currently available for XLS (Excel) and CSV files, except for the selection of the sheet name which 
is applicable only for Excel files. 
Most GUI elements fro m the “Graph” tab (records selection, search box, filters and fields buttons) 
are also available on the “Grid” tab and work in the same way. 
 
3.4.1 How to visualize graphical data from a dataset resource 
As a result of a dataset search, the system displays on th e “D ataset” tab all distributions 
(resource/data files) that are part of the selected dataset. Each XLS or CSV distribution of the dataset 
can be further explored by clicking on “Open Visualization” under the “Options” button – if available.