How can I create Gauges Visual in an IntelliFront BI Dashboard?

This article will help you to create a Gauges Visual dashboard item to data. A Gauges Visual is ideal for measuring the magnitude, amount, or contents of information.

Dashboard - Gauges Visual

When creating a dashboard item it is important to know what you want to display. We recommend having some questions in mind of what you want the dashboard to show before you start creating it.

The Dataset used in this dashboard is a sample of a Black Friday sales. The Dataset contains information about Age, Occupation, Gender, Marital Status, Purchased Items, Purchase Price, City of residence etc.

I would like to find out the following from the Dashboard:

1. Who spends more on Black Friday, Men or Women?
2. Does Marital Status have an effect on spending habits?

Below is an example of a Gauges Visual created based on the two questions above:

• To create this visual, begin by selecting Gauges.

Binding Menu

• Use the Click here to bring up the Binding Menu. The Binding Menu allows you to create and modify the data selected for the dashboard.

Gauges

• Gauges section contains the values used to calculate values displayed by gauges.You can add target in order to show differences between actual and Target values.

Target Values is optional.

In order to set up Delta Option and Scale Option, you may set values on Target section.

• Select the value for the information you are going to show.

For the example above I am going to show the Purchase.

• You may need to use a calculated field. To create a calculated field use the F+ button. You will need to use SQL Queries for this.

Please seek assistance from your IT department as we do not provide SQL Query support.

• In every Actual and Target value the following section will appear:

Actual

Binding

• Summary Type: Select which type of summary variable you would like.

Calculations

• In this section, it will automatically calculate the value by selecting one of the options.

Format

• In this section, you have the option to select the format type and unit to the value.

Target

Binding

• Select the value for the information you are going to show.

For the example above I am going to show the Target.

• You may need to use a calculated field. To create a calculated field use the F+ button. You will need to use SQL Queries for this.

Please seek assistance from your IT department as we do not provide SQL Query support.

• Summary Type: Select which type of summary variable you would like.

Calculations

Options

• Caption: This is the heading for the value selected. It is best to caption the visual with a variation of the question asked at the beginning of creating the dashboard.

Scale Options

• You can set up the minimum and maximum value for the gauge.

Delta Options

• Value Type: You can select which value should be displayed in the gauge.
• Result Indication: You can select the result type of the delta.
• Threshold type: The threshold is the neutral value of the delta column. You can set it up by Absolute or Percent value.
• Threshold Value: Set up the neutral value here.

Format Options

• You can change the format settings of each options here.
• Select the value and then click on the edit button.

Series

• The series section contains values that are used to label gauges.

Binding

• Select the value for the information you are going to show.

For the example above I am going to show the Is Married?.

• You may need to use a calculated field. To create a calculated field use the F+ button. You will need to use SQL Queries for this.

Please seek assistance from your IT department as we do not provide SQL Query support.

Options

• Caption: This is the heading for the selected series. It is best to caption the visual with a variation of the question asked at the beginning of creating the dashboard.

Data Shaping

• In this section, you can change the sort order of the value and enable or disable the coloring.
• Sort Order: You can select Ascending or Descending sort order.
• Sort By: Select the value you want to sort this data.
• Group Interval: You can set group intervals by alphabetical or none.

Top N

• In this section, you can customize the display number of values that correspond to the highest or lowest values of a particular measure.
• Enable this option by clicking ON.
• Mode: Specifies whether top or bottom values should be displayed.
• Count: The number of Values you want to display.
• Measure: The measure selected which the top or bottom values will be determined.
• Show "Others" Value: If enabled, all values that are not shown in the top/bottom ones will be displayed in the "Others" value.

Hidden Dimensions/Hidden Measures

• This section is used to utilize a field without displaying in the dashboard item. Adding the Hidden dimension or measure, you can sort any values in the data by that specific dimension/measure.
• This section is to sort or filter the visual dashboard in order to get more detailed analysis.
• You can use Hidden Dimensions/ Hidden Measures with the following sections:
• Data/Filtering
• Data Shaping
• Common
• Top N

In this example, we want to sort the individuals by their occupation.

• After the data is added in the Hidden Measure, select the argument and/or values you want to filter.

In this case, I want to sort Is Married? by Occupation. Select Series and select Genders and click Data Shaping. In Data Shaping, go to the Sort By section and select Occupation.

Interactivity Menu

• The interactivity features enables interaction between several variable in the Gauges Visual.

Master Filter Mode

• This mode allows you to use any data aware item ad a filter for other dashboard items.
• None: Disables master filtering.
• Single: Allows you to select only one element in the Master Filter item. When this mode is enabled, the default selection will be set to a Master Filter element. You can change this selection, but cannot clear it.

• Multiple: Allows you to select multiple elements in the Master Filter item. To reset filtering, use the Reset Multiple Selections button in the Gauges Visual.

Drill Down

• This mode allows you to change the detail level of the data displayed. Drill-Down enables users to drill down to display detail data, or drill up to view more general information.

Ignore Master Filters

• You have the option to enable or disable Master Filters.

Cross-Data-Source Filtering

• In this mode, when different items in a dashboard are bound to different data sources, you can specify that a particular Master Filter should be applied across data sources. This means that it will apply filtering to fields with matching names in all data sources.

Options Menu

• In this section, contains specific options and settings related to the dashboard item.

Style

• You may select the types of diagram for your Gauges Visual.

Common

• Show Caption: You can enable or disable the visual caption.
• Caption: This is the heading for the visual selected. It is best to caption the visual with a variation of the question asked at the beginning of creating the dashboard.
• Show Gauge Caption: You can enable or disables the series caption.

Layout

• In this section, you can specify how many Gauges you want in columns or row.
• Auto: Automatically place the gauge to fit in the visual.
• Fixed Rows: You can specify how many gauges you want in row using Line Count.
• Fixed Columns: You can specify how many gauges you want in column using Line Count.

Convert To Menu

• In this section, you have the option to convert or duplicate the current dashboard item.

Remove Button

• Click on the remove button to delete the current dashboard item.