Report Services Document Analysis Guide - MicroStrategy

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Analyzing Documents in MicroStrategy Web Report Services Document Analysis Guide
Analyzing a Thermometer widget
A Thermometer widget is a simple status indicator that displays a
thermometer set to a certain temperature level. The temperature level within
the thermometer is a visual representation of a single metric value. This type
of widget is ideal for tracking progress toward a goal.
In the image below, the thermometer level represents the number of units
sold.
The Thermometer widget is most useful when combined with a selector
because this allows you to selectively choose specific metric values to display
in the thermometer. For example, you could select the year 2008 from a
selector or a Grid/Graph report to display 2008 revenue in the Thermometer
widget.
Analyzing a Time Series Slider widget
A Time Series Slider widget is an area graph that allows you to choose which
section of the graph to view at a time. The widget consists of two related
graphs, one positioned above the other. The top graph is the controller, and
contains a slider. The bottom graph is the primary graph. Use the slider on
the controller to select some portion of the controller, which determines the
range of data visible in the primary graph. Time series datasets are often long
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