Indicator

An indicator reflects the value of a single key measure. It's used when a dashboard contains values that need to be monitored on a regular basis to understand the overall situation. These can be the number of incidents for the past day, plan performance, or a YoY increase in sales. Indicators are most often placed at the top or on the right side of a dashboard. Be sure there are no more than 6 indicators per screen so that they don't lose their urgency or confuse users. Using indicators of different sizes, you can build a hierarchy of the various metrics according to significance.

You can set up the size and color of an indicator.

Sections in the wizard

Section in the wizard	Description
Measure	Measure. One measure that determines the indicator value.
Chart filters	Dimension or measure. Used as a filter.

Creating an indicator

To create an indicator:

1. On the DataLens home page, click Create chart.
2. Under Dataset, select a dataset for visualization.
3. Select the Indicator chart type.
4. Drag a dimension or measure from the dataset to the Measure section. The value is displayed as a number.

You can also change the size and color of the indicator:

1. In the Measure section, click .
2. In the Metric settings window, select the size and color and click Apply.

Recommendations

• Use emojis when calculating indicator values to make them more informative.

  

  This indicator chart uses a calculated field with the formula IF([Average spend]>2200, CONCAT("✔️",STR(ROUND([Average spend]))),CONCAT("🔻",STR(round([Average spend])))).

• Describe the context to make it clear what indicators mean.