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title: "Change the layout of graphed data"
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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://1e2bd5aa-1ee2-4977-9038-258db2467c07)

To display these options, on the 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 Plot view.

The graph plot layout options enable you to do the following.

> Macro (toc)

## Choose graph plot components

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| ![image](media://d122c91c-c480-4a29-9441-dbfc1d95d383) | 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

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| ![image](media://8668bff0-5c93-4795-8fe1-6bc964e3a1cc) | From the **Subplot **list, select the required layout type:<br>- **Subplot Per Type** (the default layout type)
  - A subplot is created for each component of each channel type.
  - If multiple channels of the same type are active, each subplot will have one trace per channel.
- **Single Plot** mode
  - 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. |

## Choose number of columns

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| ![image](media://7e3aee1b-0545-476f-9eea-97b3def4b2d7) | From the **Subplot column** list, select the required number of columns used to lay out subplots (1 by default).  
If your layout mode is selected to **Single Plot**, this list is inactive. |