Various methods, systems and storage devices are provided for sequencing chart visualization optimizations that include reducing a chart visualization to a single displayed value. Various methods, systems and storage devices are also provided for creating and utilizing an interactive control that is dynamically created in response to one or more chart elements being removed from a chart visualization during optimization of the chart visualization and that is operable, when selected and expanded, for accessing the removed one or more chart elements. Later, the one or more chart elements are removed from the chart visualization again by collapsing the interactive control.