Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide Providing Flash Analysis and Interactivity: Widgets 5
– The third metric determines the length of the performance
measure bar in the bullet microcharts. The bar represents the
actual metric value.
– The fourth metric determines the maximum possible values in the
bullet microcharts.
– The fifth metric determines the right-most boundary of the first
color band, Band 1, in the bullet microcharts.
– The sixth metric determines the right-most boundary of the
second color band, Band 2, in the bullet microcharts.
– The seventh metric determines the value of the vertical reference
line in the bullet microcharts, which is typically the target value for
the metric.
– Any additional metrics are displayed in the columns of the widget,
after the microcharts and their associated metrics.
• If you want to display the widget in ticker mode, add metrics with the
following information in mind. One of two tickers is displayed,
depending on the values, as described below:
– Ticker 1 is displayed when the third metrics’ (the performance
metric) values are equal to or greater than the target values
represented by the seventh metric.
– Ticker 2 is displayed when the third metric’s values are less than
the target values represented by the seventh metric.
• If you want to display rows as a list of KPIs:
– Place at least one metric on the columns. By default, each metric is
calculated and displayed as an individual row in the widget.
– To display all three microcharts types, place at least seven metrics
on the columns as described above.
To enable the widget to be displayed
7 View and test your results in one of two ways:
• Select Flash Mode from the Home menu.
– If Flash Mode is not available in the Home menu, you must make
Flash Mode available in the document. For steps, see Determining
the display modes users can choose to work in, page 56.
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