Adding Gauges to the Dashboard

One or multiple gauges can be added to the Dashboard section. For each gauge, you select actual and target fact values from the same section.

  To add a gauge to the Dashboard:

  1. Open a dashboard section in design mode.

  2. From the Elements, expand Gauges.

  3. Select a gauge and drag it to the Content pane.

    Available gauges include:

    • Bullet

    • Speedometer

    • Thermometer

    • Traffic Light

    The gauge object is added to the Content pane.

  4. Select the gauge object to launch the data layout.

  5. In the Elements pane, expand the Results or Table section.

  6. Drag a fact column to the (actual) Fact pane of the data layout.

  7. To apply a data function to the actual value in step 6, select the value in the data layout and on the shortcut menu, choose Data Function.

  8. Select the data function from the sub-menu.

    Available data functions are:

    • Sum (default function)

    • Average

    • Count

    • Maximum

    • Minimum

  9. Drag a fact column to the Target pane of the data layout.

    The Traffic Light gauge does not include a target range. As a result, no Target pane is available when the Traffic Light object is selected.

  10. To apply a data function to the target value in step 9, select the target value and on the shortcut menu, choose Data Function.

  11. Select the data function from the sub-menu.

    Available data functions are:

    • Sum

    • Average

    • Count

    • Maximum

    • Minimum

  12. To modify gauge properties, select the gauge object and on the shortcut menu, select Properties.

    For more information, see Gauge Properties .

  13. Associate the gauge with a Slider.

    For more information, see Adding a Slider to the Dashboard.

  14. To view the gauge, switch to the Dashboard section in run mode.