Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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Providing Flash Analysis and Interactivity: Widgets Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide
b Place at least one metric on the columns. The metric values are
displayed on the graph report’s Y-axis.
– If you include two metrics, a line graph and an area graph are
displayed together.
6 To allow users to use a selector to change the metric value displayed in
the widget:
a Insert a selector next to the widget. For steps to insert a selector, see
Methods to create a selector, page 117.
b Choose an attribute from the dataset that is not already in the Grid/
Graph and set this attribute as the Source of the selector. Do not
include this attribute in the Grid/Graph. It is used to populate the
selector.
c Set the Grid/Graph as the target of the selector.
7 It can be useful to drag the dataset report from the Dataset Objects
panel and place it beneath the selector. This allows users to see the
report’s values as they select different attribute elements from the
selector and see how their choices change the appearance of the widget.
To enable the widget to be displayed
8 View and test your results by selecting 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.
A Time Series Slider widget can be used as a selector. For an example and
more information, see Using a Time Series Slider widget as a selector,
page 362.
Creating a Waterfall widget
A Waterfall widget highlights the increments and decrements of the values of
metrics over time. Analysts can use the widget to identify aspects of their
business that are contributing to the fluctuations in the values. The widget
can also be used to perform “what-if” analyses.
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