Gauges
The Gauge View is a simple tool to display critical and important values that are often displayed in
Dashboards. This useful tool helps define the gauges appearance and offers a variety of features to
customize the content and the layout of your gauge.
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General |
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Type |
To select the type of gauge. |
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Border |
To turn the border option on or off. |
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Auto-fit |
When this option is activated, the size of each individual gauge is automatically adjusted to fit in the number of columns defined. |
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Reverse Data |
To reverse the data of the gauge for displaying purposes (reverses positive and negative values). |
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Size (if auto-fit deactivated) |
To enter a fixed size for each individual gauge. |
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Show First |
To determine how many gauges will be displayed based on a specific amount of records retrieved. |
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Theme |
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| Select a theme. | |
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Labels & Tooltips |
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Visible |
To view the label (group information) of every gauge. |
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Location |
To choose between top or bottom. |
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Font Size |
To choose a text size and color for the label. |
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Group Color |
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Header and Footer |
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Visible |
To display or hide the header or footer. |
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Text |
To enter header/footer information to display. |
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Font Size |
To choose a text size and color for the header/footer. |
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Color |
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Legend |
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Location |
To select where the legend is displayed (top or bottom). |
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Visible |
To display or hide the legend of every gauge of this view. |
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Background color |
To choose a text and background color for the legend. |
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Font Color |
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Scale |
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Auto scale |
To automatically calculate the scale for every gauge, filling in the minimum and/or the maximum values for the scale when this option is On. |
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Field |
If Auto-scale is turned off, choose a field for the max value of the gauge, the subsequent scale will be calculated, thus creating a dynamic limit making it easy to visualize other Fields as a percentage of the chosen Field. |
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Major Ticks |
Number of ticks after the zero. Major ticks have a label with abbreviated values. |
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Minor Ticks |
Number of spaces between two major ticks. Minor ticks are shorter than the major ticks and do not have labels. |
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Font Size |
Font size of the scale labels. |
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Location |
To display inside or outside the gauge (Circular Gauges only). |
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Ranges |
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Width |
To enter a value between 1 and 30 that defines the width of the gauge itself. |
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Range 1-5 |
To define up to 5 ranges around the gauge. Choose the color of these ranges in these properties. |
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Max |
The Max value for each range is the higher end of the range expressed in percentage of the gauge. The highest range should have a 100% max value, and it is set within less than 5 ranges, the following ones are ignored. |
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Indicators |
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Auto Scale |
To automatically calculate the scale for every gauge when this option is On. |
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Limits Visible |
Toggle on or off. |
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Value |
To select the appropriate value. |
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Show as Percentage |
Toggle on or off. |
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Abbreviate |
Toggle on or off. |
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Show Needle |
Toggle on or off. |
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Auto Refresh |
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Groups |
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