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Liquid Fill Gauge

The Liquid Fill Gauge chart is a gauge that can represent the data labels in percentage values and numbers. The data is displayed with the water level along with animations. It has many liquid shapes like Circle, Ellipse, Square, and Diamond. The liquid fills up to the relevant value with water wave animation.


Liquid Fill Gauge Example

Design a Liquid Fill Gauge Scenario

From the Dashboard Toolbox, open the Data Visualization node and drag-drop the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario under Indicators, onto the design area.


Adding the scenario from the Dashboard Toolbox

Bind Dataset to Liquid Fill Gauge Scenario

With the scenario selected, from the Data Binding tab, select the dataset. Once the dataset is successfully loaded in the designer, the data binding panel automatically expands and displays the data attributes available in the dataset.


The following image shows the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario bound to the 'RetailDataset' dataset.


Adding a dataset to the scenario


On dragging and dropping the data attributes to the data binding area of the scenario, the liquid fill gauge is plotted accordingly, with a default title on the design area.


Scenario with bound attributes

Format Data Attributes

To format the data attributes and control the display of data, you can perform a variety of operations such as renaming, modifying data format and display unit, creating a hierarchy field, applying an aggregation method, etc.


For more information about these operations, see Data Attributes.


Click this iconClick 3 Dots next to the Actual Value, and you will get the following options Format Data and Display Unit. Using these options you can format the data and their display units for both the Actual Value and the Target Value.


In the following image, the data format for the data attributes is modified to Currency to display the actual and planned revenue in 'currency'.


Formatting fields in a gauge

Analyze Data

Wyn Dashboards scenarios support rich data analysis and exploration capabilities that can help analyze massive amounts of information and make data-driven decisions. For example, adding filters to the scenarios, applying conditional formatting, etc. Note that you can apply all these operations using the Action Bar corresponding to each scenario in the designer.


For more information, see Data Analysis and Interactivity in Dashboards.


In the following image, data is filtered to show the sales revenue for the year - 2018 for Australia.


Data Filtering in Gauge

Customize Appearance

You can customize the appearance of the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario using the Inspector Panel properties on the right side of the dashboard designer window, as shown below in the figure.


Liquid Fill Gauge Inspector Panel


You can click this icon3 Dots to Expand and Collapse Properties to expand or collapse all the properties.


Expand All the Properties


You can click on the particular property's arrow Expand Particular Properties Arrowto expand only that particular property.


Expand Particular Property


Inspector Panel Properties are described in the following tables.

Chart Style

You can customize the following properties under the Chart Style.

Customize Chart Style

Property

Description

Liquid Shape

To set the liquid shape in the chart, you can select any of the following shapes: Circle, Ellipse, Square, and Diamond. The default shape is Circle.

Wave Animation

Set this to True, to apply animation on the liquid wave.

Wave Time

To set the duration of a wave animation.

Rise Time

To set the wave rise time when updating the scenario.

Wave Number

To set the wave number in the container (from 1 to 3).

Peak Number

To set the peak number of each wave in the container (from 1 to 10).

Wave Height

To set the proportion of wave height in the container.

Wave Color

To set the color of the wave.

Background Color

To set the background color of the liquid shape.

Show Label

Set this option to True to display label text and label data value on the chart.

Label Space

To set the label space between the label text and label value. This option is enabled, when Show Label is set to True.

Animation

You can add the entrance animation to the Liquid Fill scenario under the Animation.

Customize Animation

Property

Description

Entrance Animation

You can set the entrance animation for the Liquid fill scenario from this dropdown list. By default, it is set to None.

Delay(s)

This property is displayed when the entrance animation is set to other than None. By default, it is set to 0 seconds. You can set the Delay here.

Duration(s)

This property is displayed when the entrance animation is set to other than None. By default, it is set to 1.8 seconds. You can set the loading Duration (in seconds) here.

Sub Title

You can customize the following properties under the Sub Title.

Modifying the Sub Title in the scenario

Note: Sub Title section is displayed only when the Show Label is set to True under Chart Style.

Sub Title Text

Property

Description

Show Sub Title

Set this option to True to show the sub title in the liquid shape.

Sub Title Text

Here, you can type the text for the Sub Title to be displayed, as per your requirement.

Font Setting

You can customize the font size, color, type, etc. for the Sub Title text using this property.

You can set the font size by selecting from the dropdown list and also you can specify the units of the size as well like 'cm' as shown below.


Modifying the Sub Title Text Font Size Unit

Comparison Label

This section will display the comparison between the actual and the target values. You can customize the following properties under Comparison Label.

Formatting the comparison label in the scenario

Note: This option is displayed only when the Show Label is set to True under Chart Style.

Comparison Label Text

Property

Description

Show Actual Value

Set this option to True to display the Actual Value (mentioned in the Databinding tab) in the liquid shape.

Show Target Value

Set this option to True to display the Target Value (mentioned in the Databinding tab) in the liquid shape.

Font Setting

To customize the font size, color, type, etc. for the Actual Value and Target Value text.

Note: You can set the font size by selecting from the dropdown list and also you can specify the units of the size as well like 'cm'.

Data Label

You can customize the following properties under Data Label.

Formatting the data label in the scenario

Note: This option is displayed only when the "Show Label" is set to True under Chart Style.

Data Label Text

Property

Description

Show Data Label

Set this option to True to display the data label in percentage or numbers, in the liquid shape.

Font Setting

To customize the font size, color, type, etc. for the data label text.

Decimal Places

You can set the decimal places for the data label.

Value Type

To set the ratio format of data label in Percentage or Number.

Range Color

To set the range color according to the ratio.

Border Style

You can customize the following properties under the Border Style.

Modifying the border style in the scenario

Property

Description

Border Gap

To set the gap from border to inner liquid shape(circle, Ellipse, Square, Diamond).

Border Width

To set the width of the border.

Border Color

To set the color of the border.

Dashed Length

To set the length of the dashed border.

Dashed Space

To set the space between the border dashes.

Interaction

You can customize the following properties under the Interaction.

Modifying the Interaction in the scenario

Property

Description

Scenario Name

Add a name to the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario using this property.

Cross Filter

To reflect the filtered data throughout the dashboard scenarios when a filter is applied on the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario, set this property to True. Cross filters provide a simplified and deeper analysis to your observation.

Jump To

To create a shortcut to another dashboard scenario, report, or URL, use this property.

Auto Refresh

Set None, Polling, or Real Time option from the dropdown to refresh the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario data. Dropdown options are described below,

None - Select None to disable auto refresh of the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario data.

Polling - Select Polling to enable auto refresh and set an interval to refresh chart data in the Refresh Interval property.

Real Time - Select Real-time to enable automatic refreshing of the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario in real-time.

Visible Menu Items

Select the filtering and sorting options you wish to display on the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario from the dropdown.

Pin Annotation

To pin the annotation to the chart scenario, set this property to True. By default, this property is set as False.

Context Menu Actions

Select multiple Context Menu Options from the dropdown. Context Menu Options include - Keep, Exclude, Jump, and Add Data Monitoring. .

Click Action

Select None, Keep, Exclude, or Jump options from the dropdown list to perform an action on click.

Title

You can customize the following properties under the Title.

Modifying the Title in the scenario


Shown below is the Title text in the liquid fill scenario.


Title Text

Property

Description

Show Title

To hide the title of the chart scenario set this property to False. By default, this property is set as True.

Title

Add or edit the title of the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario using this property.

Alignment

Select the Left, Center, or Right alignment of the title of the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario using the dropdown.

Title Font Setting

Set the family, size, color, weight, and style of the font of the Liquid Fill scenario title using the Title Font Setting options.

Padding

To create space around the title of the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario, use the Padding property. It supports Padding Left, Padding Top, Padding Right, and Padding Bottom. Their values can be different.

Note: You can set the font size for the Title by selecting from the dropdown list and also you can specify the units of the size as well like 'cm'.

No Data Content

You can customize the following properties under the No Data Content.

Modifying the No Data Content

Property

Description

Content

Set the display content in case no data is found in the Liquid Fill Gauge scenario.

Text Align

Select the Left, Center, or Right option from the dropdown to align the no data content text.

Vertical Align

Set the vertical alignment of the no data content using this property.

Font

Set the family, size, color, weight, and style of the font of no data content using this property option.

Background Image

Add an embedded, shared, or external image as a background image for the no data content.

Note: You can set the font size for the no data content by selecting from the dropdown list and also you can specify the units of the size as well like 'cm'.

Layout

You can customize the following properties under the Layout.

Modifying the Layout

Property

Description

X Position

Set the horizontal position of the Liquid Fill scenario using the X Position property.

Y Position

Set the vertical position of the Liquid Fill scenario using the Y Position property..

Width

Set the width of the Liquid Fill scenario using this property.

Height

Set the height of the Liquid Fill scenario using this property.

Appearance

You can customize the following properties under the Appearance.

Modifying the Appearance

Property

Description

Style Template

Select a template from the dropdown to apply a style to the Liquid Fill scenario.

Background Color

Set a background color of the Liquid Fill scenario using this property.

Padding

To create space around the Liquid Fill scenario, set a padding value.

Margin

Set the margin value for the Liquid Fill scenario using this property.

Visibility

To hide the Liquid Fill scenario from the dashboard scenario, set this property to False. By default, the Visibility property is set as True.

Background Image

Add an embedded, shared, or external image as a background image to the Liquid Fill scenario.

Border

Set the border type, border color, and thickness of the Liquid Fill scenario using this property.

Shadow

Create a shadow of the Liquid Fill scenario by setting the Shadow Type, Shadow Color, and thickness.