Bars: Multiple Metric Charts

Multiple metric bar charts are based on multiple metrics and one attribute. They are supported by all Composer data connectors.

This topic describes:

• Configure Settings for a Specific Multiple Metric Bar Chart
• Configure Colors for a Specific Multiple Metric Bar Chart

Configure Settings for a Specific Multiple Metric Bar Chart

To change the settings for a specific multiple metric bar chart:

1. Edit the multiple metric bar chart you want to modify. See Edit Visuals.

2. If you are editing the visual in a dashboard, select Edit Visual from the chart drop-down menu. The sidebar menu for the visual appears.

   If you are editing the visual from the Visual Gallery, the sidebar appears to the right of the visual.

3. Select on the sidebar menu. The Bar: Multiple Metrics Settings sidebar for the visual appears.

   

4. Alter the settings as needed:

   Setting	Description
   Orientation	Select Horizontal or Vertical orientation for the bars.
   Labels	Slide the Show Labels, Absolute Values, and Relative Values sliders on (to the right) to enable these label options.
   Style	Specify the bar thickness for the chart.

5. Select to save the dashboard and the visual with its updated settings.

Configure Colors for a Specific Multiple Metric Bar Chart

To specify the color settings for a specific multiple metric bar chart using the Color sidebar:

1. Edit the visual you want to modify. See Edit Visuals.

2. If you are editing the visual in a dashboard, select Edit Visual from the visual drop-down menu. The sidebar menu for the visual appears. If you are editing the visual from the Visual Gallery, the sidebar appears to the right of the visual.

   Select on the sidebar menu. The Color sidebar for the visual appears.

3. Configure the color settings as described below. As you change the color settings, the legend at the top of the Color sidebar shows how the legend will appear on the visual. Supported color specifications are described in Specify Colors.

   Setting	Description
   Legend	Slide the bar to the right if you want the legend to be displayed on the visual or to the left to hide the legend.
   Color	Manually select the color for each metric using the color selector.
   <type> Color Palette	If a color palette is specified for this visual type in the data source defaults, select the color palette for this specific visual. If a color range is selected for visuals in the data source defaults, this setting is not available. (The actual title of this setting varies by the visual type you have selected.) Select the Inherit from theme checkbox to use the color palette specified by the theme.

4. Close the Color sidebar and the color settings are dynamically applied to the visual.

5. Select to save the dashboard and the visual with its updated settings.