Intro
Gauges are simple charts that indicate progress towards meeting a target. A Radial Gauge is similar in appearance to a speedometer in a car, with a “needle” that moves to indicate the proximity of the current value to the goal. Radial Gauges can include up to six ranges.Power a Radial Gauge
A Radial Gauge requires only two columns or rows of data from your DataSet—one contains categories, and the other contains the values. This creates a “bare-bones” Radial gauge without ranges. You can specify up to six different ranges in a Radial gauge in Chart Properties. For more information, see Understanding Chart Data. The maximum value of a Radial gauge is automatically determined based on the current value. For example, if your current value was 80, the maximum value would be set to 100. If the current value was 155, the maximum value would be set to 200. However, you can set custom minimum and maximum values by specifying ranges. The minimum value of your first range is the minimum value of the gauge, and the maximum value of your last range is the maximum value of the gauge. By default, all of the values in your values column are summed to produce the final value for the chart, even when you select No Aggregation in the value aggregation menu. This is because the General > Value chart property for this chart type is set to Sum by default. This property performs a second aggregation on the chart value in addition to the one selected in the value aggregation menu.Note: Because having two aggregations in a chart is usually undesirable, select No Aggregation in the value aggregation menu, then select your desired aggregation in the General > Value menu in Chart Properties.
Unique Properties — Radial Gauge
You can customize the appearance of a Radial gauge by editing its chart properties in Analyzer.
Property | Description |
|---|---|
General > Style | Set the style for the gauge. The default is Legacy . |
| General > Value indicato r | Specifies the type of indicator used to show the position of the value. |
| General > Value indicator color | Sets a color for the value indicator. |
| General > Major tick width percent | Sets the percentage width for the major ticks. Valid values are between 5 and 50. |
| General > Tick color | Sets a color for the ticks on the gauge. |
| General > Tick alignment | Sets the alignment for the ticks within the ring of the gauge. |
| General > Major segments | Specifies the number of segments the gauge will be divided into. Setting this to 0 will turn off major ticks. |
| General > Minor segments | Specifies the number of segments the gauge will be divided into, between major ticks. Setting this to 0 will turn off minor ticks. |
| General > Major tick width | Sets the width for the major ticks. |
| General > Minor tick width | Sets the width for the minor ticks. |
| Add in the other unique properties | |
Range 1-6 > Minimum Value | Specifies the minimum value for the selected range. |
Range 1-6 > Maximum Value | Specifies the maximum value for the selected range. |
Range 1-6 > Color | Selects a color for the selected range. |