Customizing a Gauge Chart

A gauge is a simple chart that allows you to display basic KPI values. You can choose to display these values with a standard or simplified dial graphic, or alone, as text only. The default, simple, gauge type is shown in the following image.

You can change the gauge type from the display options, above the buckets on the Settings tab. Use the default, Simple option to show a simple gauge dial, use the Circular option to show a gauge dial with a pointer and tick marks, or use the KPI option to show text only.

When you create a gauge, the Gauge Properties option becomes available on the Format tab. You can change the following properties of the gauge label and value text:

• Label
  • Show label. Select this check box to show the name of the measure field represented by the gauge. This text only displays when using the Circular or KPI display options. For example, the following image shows a KPI gauge with the label position set to Top.

    
    

    The following image shows a KPI gauge with the label position set to Bottom.

    
    

  • Position. You can choose to place the measure label above or below a circular or KPI gauge.
  • Font. Change the typeface, font style, size, and color of the label text as it displays in a circular or KPI gauge.
• Value
  • Show value. When creating a circular gauge, select this check box to show the gauge value as text, or clear it to hide the text and only show the value graphically. The simple and KPI gauge types always show the value text.
  • Font. Change the typeface, font style, size, and color of the value text as it displays in the gauge. When using the simple gauge type, you can also leave the Enable font autosize check box selected to have the value text automatically resize to fill the inside of the gauge, or clear the Enable font autosize check box to set a consistent font size for the value text.