Manage workspace, section, and panel settings in the W&B App, including layout and line plot configuration options.
Within a given workspace page there are three different setting levels: workspaces, sections, and panels. Workspace settings apply to the entire workspace. Section settings apply to all panels within a section. Panel settings apply to individual panels.
Workspace settings apply to all sections and all panels within those sections. You can edit two types of workspace settings: Workspace layout and Line plots. Workspace layouts determine the structure of the workspace, while Line plots settings control the default settings for line plots in the workspace.To edit settings that apply to the overall structure of this workspace:
Navigate to your project workspace.
Click the gear icon next to the New report button to view the workspace settings.
Choose Workspace layout to change the workspace’s layout, or choose Line plots to configure default settings for line plots in the workspace.
After customizing your workspace, you can use workspace templates to quickly create new workspaces with the same settings. Refer to Workspace templates.
Configure a workspaces layout to define the overall structure of the workspace. This includes sectioning logic and panel organization.
The workspace layout options page shows whether the workspace generates panels automatically or manually. To adjust a workspace’s panel generation mode, refer to Panels.This table describes each workspace layout option.
Workspace setting
Description
Hide empty sections during search
Hide sections that do not contain any panels when searching for a panel.
Sort panels alphabetically
Sort panels in your workspaces alphabetically.
Section organization
Remove all existing sections and panels and repopulate them with new section names. Groups the newly populated sections either by first or last prefix.
W&B suggests that you organize sections by grouping the first prefix rather than grouping by the last prefix. Grouping by the first prefix can result in fewer sections and better performance.
Set global defaults and custom rules for line plots in a workspace by modifying the Line plots workspace settings.
You can edit two main settings within Line plots settings: Data and Display preferences. The Data tab contains the following settings:
Line plot setting
Description
X axis
The scale of the x-axis in line plots. The x-axis is set to Step by default. See the proceeding table for the list of x-axis options.
Range
Minimum and maximum settings to display for x axis.
Smoothing
Change the smoothing on the line plot. For more information about smoothing, see Smooth line plots.
Outliers
Rescale to exclude outliers from the default plot min and max scale.
Point aggregation method
Improve data visualization accuracy and performance. See Point aggregation for more information.
Max number of runs or groups
Limit the number of runs or groups displayed on the line plot.
In addition to Step, there are other options for the x-axis:
X axis option
Description
Relative Time (Wall)
Timestamp since the process starts. For example, suppose start a run and resume that run the next day. If you then log something, the recorded point is 24 hours.
Relative Time (Process)
Timestamp inside the running process. For example, suppose you start a run and let it continue for 10 seconds. The next day you resume that run. The point is recorded as 10 seconds.
Wall Time
Minutes elapsed since the start of the first run on the graph.
Step
Increments each time you call wandb.Run.log().
For information on how to edit an individual line plot, see Edit line panel settings in Line plots.
Within the Display preferences tab, you can toggle the proceeding settings:
Display preference
Description
Remove legends from all panels
Remove the panel’s legend
Display colored run names in tooltips
Show the runs as colored text within the tooltip
Only show highlighted run in companion chart tooltip
Display only highlighted runs in chart tooltip
Number of runs shown in tooltips
Display the number of runs in the tooltip
Display full run names on the primary chart tooltip
Display the full name of the run in the chart tooltip
Section settings apply to all panels within that section. Within a workspace section you can sort panels, rearrange panels, and rename the section name.Modify section settings by selecting the action () menu in the upper right corner of a section.
From the dropdown, you can edit the following settings that apply to the entire section:
Section setting
Description
Rename a section
Rename the name of the section
Sort panels A-Z
Sort panels within a section alphabetically
Rearrange panels
Select and drag a panel within a section to manually order your panels
The proceeding animation demonstrates how to rearrange panels within a section:
In addition to the settings described in the preceding table, you can also edit how sections appear in your workspaces such as Add section below, Add section above, Delete section, and Add section to report.
Customize an individual panel’s settings to compare multiple lines on the same plot, calculate custom axes, rename labels, and more. To edit a panel’s settings:
Hover your mouse over the panel you want to edit.
Select the pencil icon that appears.
Within the modal that appears, you can edit settings related to the panel’s data, display preferences, and more.
