Databases Reference
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The boundaries that we've defined in our example may appear
arbitrary. In a real-world situation, ideally we would be setting
these boundaries based on targets set by the business.
Let's continue setting up our gauge.
1.
Still on the
Presentation
tab, enable the checkboxes corresponding to
Show
Scale
,
Show Labels on Every Major Unit
,
Hide Segment Boundaries
, and
Hide Gauge Outlines
.
2.
Set the value of
Show Scale
to
6 Major Units
, set the value of
Show Labels
on Every
to
1 Major Unit
.
3.
Click on
Next
three times, until you get to the
Number
dialog window, set
the format to
Integer,
and mark the checkbox corresponding to
Show in
Percent (%)
.
4.
Click on
Next
to open the
Font
dialog window and set the
Size
to
8
.
5.
Click on
Finish
to create the chart.
The result should be the following gauge chart:
As at this point it's hard to see what exact number the chart is presenting, we'll
add a
Text in Chart
attribute to show the corresponding result value using the
following steps:
1.
Bring up the
Properties…
dialog window again by right-clicking on the
Gauge chart
option and activating the
Presentation
tab.
