Report Services Document Analysis Guide - MicroStrategy

Report Services Document Analysis Guide Analyzing Documents in MicroStrategy Web 3
In the image below, the location of the needle in the gauge represents the
amount of revenue generated (the Revenue metric).
A Gauge widget is usually combined with an interactive selector so you can
choose an attribute element, and the metric value for the element is
displayed in the gauge. For example, you can select the Southwest region to
have the Gauge widget display the Revenue value for Southwest.
Analyzing a Graph Matrix widget
A Graph Matrix widget allows you to quickly analyze various trends across
several metric dimensions. You can use the widget to assess questions such
as “How are sales comparing vs. forecast, by time and region?”.
The Graph Matrix widget consists of several area graphs that display current
values. Each area graph also has a line graph above it to show forecasted
values. One graph is displayed for every combination of elements from the
attributes on the rows and columns of the Grid/Graph report that contains
the widget. For example, in the widget below, the rows of the report contain
the Category attribute elements and the columns contain the Region
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