Systems and methods for making visual data representations actionable

The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for making visual representations actionable. This technology makes it possible to drill into data, identify records and take action directly, enhancing customized data visualization representations. The technology disclosed relates to a platform for ultra-fast, ad-hoc data exploration and faceted navigation on integrated, heterogeneous data sets. The disclosed systems and methods for adding and customizing quick actions make it possible for developers, admins, and ISVs to provide customized actionable visual data representations with direct linking for accessing data in a company's records and for linking to third party sites, without saving a new state on a server when dashboard elements are updated. The disclosed systems and methods for making data visualizations actionable in an analytics environment also make it possible to target multiple platforms-generating lenses and dashboards that let users take advantage and access data in a company's records and link to other websites.