Providing Data

This topic describes how to bind a Choropleth Map dashboard item to data using the Dashboard Designer.

The Dashboard Designer allows you to bind various dashboard items to data in a virtually uniform manner (see Binding Dashboard Items to Data for details).

The only difference is in the data sections that these dashboard items have.

Data Sections

 

The Choropleth Map has the Attribute and Maps data sections.

Delta

The Choropleth Map allows you to indicate the difference between the actual and target values of a particular parameter. This difference is called delta.

Delta Options

 

To specify delta indication settings, click the Options button next to the data item container.

This invokes the Choropleth Map Options dialog. When the map type is set to Delta, this dialog contains the following settings.

  • Value type

    You can specify which values to display within map tooltips. Use the Value type combo box to select the value that will be displayed as the delta value.

    Actual value

    Absolute variation

    Percent variation

    Percent of target

  • Result Indication

    You can specify the condition that will be used to select the indicator color. To do this, use the Result indication combo box.

    Greater is good

    Less is good

    Warning if greater

    Warning if less

    No indication






  • Threshold type and Threshold value

    You can specify that a required indicator should only be displayed when the difference between the actual and target values exceeds a specified value. For instance, the actual value exceeds the target value by 10%, or by $2K.

    Use the Threshold type combo box to select whether you wish to specify the threshold in percentage values or in absolute values. Then use the Threshold value box to specify the threshold value.