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A Table Block has two concerns that you or Ari can change independently: what it calculates and how it is presented. You can restyle a table without changing its numbers, or restructure its numbers without losing the surrounding presentation.

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What a Table Block calculates

Ask Ari to set:
  • Variables — which Variables appear, in what order, each becoming a row.
  • Dimensions and time — how to segment those Variables by one or more business categories, or by a Date grain such as month or quarter.
  • Window — the date range and grain a new table shows. Reconfiguring an existing table’s Variables leaves its window alone; change the window through presentation instead.
  • Transpose — flip rows and columns, useful for a database-style list of items with attributes across the top instead of a wide row of dates.
Ask Ari to check a table’s declaration for problems, like an axis pointing at a Variable that no longer exists, before assuming a blank result means something is wrong with the numbers themselves.

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How a Table Block is presented

Once a table calculates the right thing, ask Ari to adjust its presentation without touching the calculation:
  • Rename the block’s title.
  • Columns — widths and whether the formula column is visible.
  • Visibility — hide or show specific rows or columns without deleting them.
  • Window — change the shown date range or grain on an existing table.
  • Comparison — show another Scenario, or an earlier period, alongside the baseline. See Create and compare Scenarios.
  • Sort — order an axis ascending, descending, or in a manual order you specify.
  • Formatting — fill color, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and row indent, applied to a whole row, a whole column, or a specific cell.
  • Transpose — layout only, the same table read the other way.

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Copy a Table Block

Ask Ari to copy an existing table onto a new or different Page. The original is left alone, and the copy starts from the same Variables and Dimensions so you can reshape it independently.

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Custom visualizations

When a grid isn’t the right shape for what you want to show, like a trend line or a KPI scorecard, ask Ari to build a code block instead. A code block pulls live data out of your Model the same way a Table Block does, but renders it as a chart, scorecard, or interactive control.

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Inspect formulas and segments

Use Segment by to expose a Variable’s values by another Dimension. Use Drill in when you want to see the formula inputs behind a calculated result. These actions answer different questions: Segment by asks how a value is distributed, while Drill in asks which inputs produced it.