# View in sheet

> Open the data behind any chart in a live, governed sheet — the seamless handoff from a dashboard to local verification and deeper analysis.

*[View this page in the Flax docs](https://flax-analytics.com/docs/exploring/view-in-sheet)*

A dashboard answers "what happened". Verifying and digging into it usually means
pulling the numbers into a spreadsheet. **View in sheet** does that in one click,
without breaking governance: the sheet is bound to the same query as the chart, so
it stays live, row-level-security-scoped, and never a stale copy pasted out of the
tool.

This is the bridge from **dashboard to local verification and insights**: see a
figure, open its data, reconcile it, and go further — calculated columns, cell
formulas, cross-sheet references — all in the [Sheets](/docs/sheets/overview)
workbook, still governed by the same access rules.

## From a chart

Hover a chart tile and open its **⋯ menu**:

- **View underlying data** — the detail rows behind the chart's current, filtered
  view (the same [drill](/docs/exploring/drill-down) modal a mark's menu opens).
- **View in sheet** — creates a new sheet bound to the chart's query and opens it.
  The grid computes from the warehouse on open, so it reflects live data.

The ⋯ menu is chart-scoped. To get a sheet of just *one value*, click that mark and
choose **View in sheet** from its menu: the new sheet is the chart's query narrowed
to the mark you clicked.

## From the underlying rows

When you're looking at the **underlying rows** of a drilled selection, choose
**View in sheet** there too. The new sheet is the chart's query narrowed to exactly
the slice you drilled into — for example the one region and month you clicked — so
you land on the records that make up the value, ready to work with.

## What you get

- A **governed, live** sheet: nothing is frozen. The grid re-derives from the
  warehouse under your identity and access filters, exactly like the chart.
- A normal [workbook](/docs/sheets/workbooks-and-tabs) — bind more models, add
  calculated columns and formulas, then share it with your team.

Because the sheet holds the query (not a snapshot), reopening it always shows
current data — no re-export when the numbers change.