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Several actions in the "Explore and select your data" view in Charts kicks you out and into Search, when using Data Modelling

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  • March 21, 2026
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When adding data in Charts via the “+Add data”→ “Add time series”→ “Explore and select your data” the behavior using classic vs data modelling is very different.  

By using a CDM extended data model we see that a series of actions related to Assets push you out of the “Explore and select your data” and into full Search. We do not see the same behavior when using classic data model.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of actions that kick you out of Charts

  • From an Asset, clicking on parent, an asset from the path, or children  from the “assets” reference 
  • From a File, clicking on any Asset reference
  • From an annotated file, clicking on the “Open” button on the popup when you click an Asset annotation
  • From an Activity or TimeSeries, clicking on Asset references
  • Clicking on any Asset in the “bread crumb” trail in the  “Explore and select your data” 
  • Clicking on the back button in the “Explore and select your data”, if the last item in the “bread crumb” is an Asset 

What does not kick you out:

  • Maneuvering the asset hierarchy using the “Tree view”
  • Clicking on any non-Asset links (what I’ve seen so far)
  • Clicking “Open” on the file link annotation from an annotated file
  • Clicking on Files in the “bread crumb” trail in the  “Explore and select your data” 
  • Clicking on the back button in the “Explore and select your data”, if the last item in the “bread crumb” is not an Asset 

Except using the “Tree view”, it seems like any Asset related action kicks you out. We do not see the same behavior using classic data model. 

If this is related to how we have extended our Asset, it would be good to have this documented so we can adjust our UI data model