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.

 

General



Type

To select the type of Gauge.

Border

To turn the border option on or off.

Auto-fit

When this option is activated, the size of each individual Gauge is automatically adjusted to fit in the number of columns defined.

Reverse Data

To reverse the data of the Gauge for displaying purposes (reverses positive and negative values).

Size (if auto-fit deactivated)

To enter a fixed size for each individual Gauge.

Show First

To determine how many Gauges will be displayed based on a specific amount of records retrieved.



Theme



Labels



Visible

To view the label (group information) of every Gauge.

Location

To choose between top or bottom.

Font Size

To choose a text size and color for the label.

Group Color

 



Header and Footer



Visible

To display or hide the header or footer.

Text

To enter header/footer information to display.

Font Size

To choose a text size and color for the header/footer.

Color

 


Legend



Location

To select where the legend is displayed (top or bottom).

Visible

To display or hide the legend of every Gauge of this view.

Background color

To choose a text and background color for the legend.

Font Color

 


Scale



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.

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.

Major Ticks

Number of ticks after the zero. Major ticks have a label with abbreviated values.

Minor Ticks

Number of spaces between two major ticks. Minor ticks are shorter than the major ticks and do not have labels.

Font Size

Font size of the scale labels.

Location

To display inside or outside the Gauge (Circular Gauges only).



Ranges



Width

To enter a value between 1 and 30 that defines the width of the Gauge itself.

Range 1-5

To define up to 5 ranges around the Gauge. Choose the color of these ranges in these properties.

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.



Indicators



Auto Scale

To automatically calculate the scale for every Gaugewhen this option is On.

Limits Visible

Toggle on or off.

Value

To select the appropriate value.

Show as Percentage

Toggle on or off.

Abbreviate

Toggle on or off.

Show Needle

Toggle on or off.



Auto Refresh



Groups