Special Purpose charts in Reports

Special Purpose charts enable you to report on multivariate data.

Available charts

Icon	Chart name	Description
	Funnel Chart	often used to represent stages in a sales process, and to identify potential problem areas in an organization's sales process
	Proportional Infographic	displays segments on an image, with the segment size representing metric value
	Comparative Infographic	displays a series of images sized to correspond with the values of a given metric
	Radar	displays multivariate data in the form of a two-dimensional chart of three or more quantitative variables on axes starting from the same point
	Waterfall	displays the cumulative effect of sequentially introduced positive or negative values
	Event	used to map the occurrence of events against the values of a numeric data set over time
	Week Density	used to display the density of an occurrence or metric value based on an hour, relative to other times in the same day of the week
	Digital Numeric Display	displays the value of a metric on a digital display
	Numeric Display	shows the total value of the field

When do you use them?

Proportional Infographic and Comparative Infographic use images to display metrics.
Event, Waterfall, or Week Density charts allow you to report on values of a numeric data set over a given period of time.
Radar charts are used for showing outliers, commonality, and ordinal measurements.

Example

Digital Numeric Display

Your organization is tracking project data and needs to determine the total number of key controls in the organization. Using a digital numeric display chart, you clearly demonstrate the number of key controls in the organization:

Chart configuration settings

Depending on the Special Purpose chart selected, settings may vary.

Note

The Reports interface prevents you from using data types that are unsupported and from building charts that do not include the mandatory settings.

On the Chart tab, configure the following settings:

Setting	Description
Horizontal Axis	the field to use as the basis for the chart's horizontal scale
Vertical Axis	the field to use as the basis for the chart's vertical scale
Color	the field represented by the third data dimension to the chart Adding a third data dimension can sub-divide Horizontal Axis categories. You can think of the Color field as a break field.
Size	the numeric field to use to determine the size of individual data points An increase in size indicates an increase in quantity or value.
Animation	the datetime field used to animate the chart Each value of the animation field generates a unique frame in the animation. Note To provide a label for each frame, format the chart title to display the animation field.
Image	the background image that you want to use to display your data
Measure	the series to be used for measurement
Tool Tip	the label to be displayed when you roll over your mouse on specific data points
Label	the label to be displayed when you roll over your mouse on specific data points
Radar	the category field used for the radar spokes
Events	binary values that signify if the event was occurring on each of the time values
Auto Refresh	turned on by default If you turn off this setting, you disable the chart preview and stop querying the database after each field change.