Properties - Layers - Bulletchart

The Bulletchart layer is a powerful visual add-on to any KPI as it nicely captures targets vs current performance. This article contains details of the settings specific to the bulletchart layer. You can find more information on the shared settings for layers here.

This topic contains the following sections:

• Example

• Actual Value, Target Bar

• Performance Areas

• Bulletchart Settings

Example

Bullet charts compare a single, primary measure (e.g. current year-to-date revenue), to one or more other measures (e.g. a target), and display it according to ranges of performance (e.g. poor, satisfactory, and good). Bullet charts use only one data series, but a dashboard may contain several bullet charts at the same time. The example here shows the actual and target values measures against poor, acceptable and good performance areas.

Figure 1: Example

Actual Value, Target Bar

You can enter the Actual Value (Figure 2), set a Value Color, and choose an Actual Bar Height. You can also show a Target Bar, entering a Target Value, Target Color, Target Bar Thickness, and Target Bar Height.

Figure 2: Actual Value, Target Bar

Performance Areas

There are three performance areas defined in the bullet chart: Good, Acceptable and Poor. For a Good Performance Area (Figure 3), you can set the Value, Background Color and Background Bar Height.

Figure 3: Good Performance Area

If you show an Acceptable Performance Area (Figure 4), you can enter an Acceptable Area Value, choose the First Part of Target Color, and the First Bar Height.

Figure 4: Acceptable Performance Area

If you show a Poor Performance Area (Figure 5), you can enter a Poor Area Value, a 2nd Part of Target Color and a Second Bar Height.

Figure 5: Poor Performance Area

Bulletchart Settings

In Bulletchart Settings (Figure 6), you can enable Show Axis, and choose an Axis Color, Axis Position, Axis Font Color, and Axis Labels Font Size.

Figure 6: Bulletchart Settings

You can also choose to enable Show Value Label (Figure 7), and enter a Label of Actual Value, set the Actual Value Label Position, Value Label Font Color and Value Label Font Size.

Figure 7: Value Label