Creating Multi Dimension Charts

Multiple dimension charts can display multiple dimension and multiple measure data on a chart to compare categories.

Use the built-in system themes to differentiate the categories, or create your own theme.

Categorical Colours

Multiple Colours

More than one visualisation colour can be applied to a dashboard theme.

These help differentiate the categories on a dashboard.

  • Click the + sign to select additional colours

You will need to experiment with the choice of colours to ensure the Highlight colour stands out

Adding a visualisation to your Dashboard

  1. Click the plus Add Item icon to open the Tile Editor

You can move the Visualisations panel from right to left by clicking the icon.

  1. Click and select a visualisation type:
  1. Enter a Title

The fields in the panel will adjust to match the tile selected. For example, to display Total Bookings in the Teal Green Holidays demo system using a Number Card:

  1. Click + Measure to access and then Search data… or Browse data

To identify the total number of records in a table, use the Search option and type the table name – for example, in our demo system, this might be Bookings…People…Communications. You cannot select table items using Browse

Dimensions and Measures

Multi dimension charts can have a mix of dimensions and measures depending on the chart type.

See the Visualisations Library for more information and the types of charts available.

As you select a chart type, the tile editor will display the appropriate number of dimensions and measures, this also works the other way to filter the charts available depending on what you select.

2 - Dimensions and 1 - Measure

2 - Dimensions and 2 - Measures

For example if you complete the data selections above, you will no longer be able to select a single dimension chart.

Delete Data Option

You can delete data options to choose single dimension charts

 

 

 

  • Use the Swap order of dimensions switch to swap which dimension is used for the vertical grouping.

Swap order of dimensions

If you have selected Allow category display with a limit, the limit will apply to the first dimension. You may need to adjust the limit

Legend

  • Select the Show legend option to show the legend.

Show Legend

  • Click the icon to position the legend