# Using Heavy Immerse

The Heavy Immerse user interface is largely familiar and intuitive, but some capabilities might not be immediately apparent. This topic walks through some of the features of Heavy Immerse in context.

## Building a Dashboard <a href="#building-a-dashboard" id="building-a-dashboard"></a>

Connect a data table and add charts to create a dashboard to quickly scan your HeavyDB information in a variety of contexts.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlHgV3yvOM>" %}

## Filtering Your Data <a href="#filtering-your-data" id="filtering-your-data"></a>

HeavyDB and Heavy Immerse not only process billions of records; filters provide a way to focus on the exact records that meet your business needs at a particular time.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11WSX09JLH0>" %}

## Custom Measures and Dimensions <a href="#custom-measures-and-dimensions" id="custom-measures-and-dimensions"></a>

You can use custom measures and dimensions to communicate richer relationships between the elements in your dataset at a glance.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E43QGKrdsU>" %}

## Zoom and Selection <a href="#zoom-and-selection" id="zoom-and-selection"></a>

Map and scatter plot charts provide zoom and selection tools that let you focus on the data of most interest to you and your collaborators.

### Zoom

Zoom in for a closer look at clusters or outliers, or zoom to a specific geographic location by name.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ht8eTh4-k>" %}

### Pointmap Selection

Use the Circle, Polygon, and Lasso selectors to trace geographic regions of interest in your point map.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr7ndu3zPS0>" %}

### Scatter Plot Selection

Use the Circle, Polygon, and Lasso selectors to choose interesting datapoints in your scatter plot charts.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMCc1iGae94>" %}


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