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title: "Change the layout of graphed data"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Shogun112/31239870/Change%20the%20layout%20of%20graphed%20data"
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In the Graph Plots view, the graph plot layout options in the toolbar control the way in which data is displayed.

![image](media://98e2ffd9-ee6c-439e-b601-b627223d5ce7)

To display these options, at the top right of the toolbar, select **Show advanced** > Macro (inline-media-image)

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> ⚠️ **Note**   
> ⚠️ Changing the layout options affects the display of all graphs within that view, so if you want a different layout for different channels, open another Graph Plots view.

The graph plot modifiers enable you to interact with the layout of the graphs in the following ways.

> Macro (scroll-only)
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> > Macro (toc)

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

## 
    Choose graph plot components


> Macro (scroll-tablelayout)

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| ![image](media://f7e889a9-5080-4fa6-aee8-d6ca6d2440b2) | From the **Components** list, you can choose which components to display.<br>- Select or clear the check box on a channel type to show or hide all components of that channel.
- Select or clear the check box on a component to show or hide that component. |

## Choose subplot layout type

> Macro (scroll-tablelayout)

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| ![image](media://fb22d988-c214-46e7-9ee6-4efa1d1d0cca) | From the **Subplot** list, select the required layout type:<br>**Subplot Per Type** (the default layout type)<br>- A subplot is created for each component of each channel type.
- If multiple channels of the same type are active, each subplot has one trace per channel.<br>**Single Plot** mode<br>- All traces are added to a single plot.
- If different channel types are plotted in this mode, the axis label shows only common information (if any), such as the units. |

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

## Choose number of columns

> Macro (scroll-tablelayout)

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| ![image](media://a436bf8a-8568-4290-b3bf-3972bdd65adb) | From the **Subplot column** list, select the required number of columns used to lay out subplots (1 by default).  
If your layout mode is **Single Plot**, this list is inactive. |