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Curation - Variwide Chart

Intended audience: end-users analysts developers administrators

AO Platform: 4.5

Overview

This section offers an overview of the Variwide Chart. A Variwide Chart (also known as a variable-width column chart) is a powerful visualization that extends the traditional bar or column chart by incorporating a third dimension: the width of the columns.

Example

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Configuration of Variwide Chart

DATA Properties

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Label

UI Widget

Default

Description

  • Category Field

Dropdown w/Expression option

 

The Category Field dropdown allows the user to select the category.

  • Value Field

Dropdown w/Expression option

 

The Value Field dropdown allows the user to select a value.

  • Size Field

Dropdown w/Expression option

 

The Size Field dropdown allows the user to select a size.

  • Color

Text Field w/Color Palette option

 

The Colors allows the user to select which color to use for the Pie of the chart. See Curation - Field Properties - Data Styles | Selection of Color.

  • Max no. of records 

Number Field

 

Option to set a Max number of records to be used by the Chart.

  • Sort By Field 

Dropdown w/Expression option

 

The Sort By Field option allows the user to select a field to sort the data and also provides the flexibility to define a custom expression for more advanced sorting criteria.

  • Sort Direction 

Dropdown

 

Option to set the Sort order for data in the chart to either Ascending or Descending.

  • Apply when shown from a Connected MSO

ON/OFF Toggle

OFF

The Apply When Shown from a Connected MSO ON/OFF Toggle determines whether the settings or actions are applied specifically when data is displayed through a connected MSO.

  • ON: The feature or behavior is applied when the data originates from the connected MSO.

  • OFF: The feature or behavior is not applied, regardless of the connected MSO.

  • Apply Curation Data Size Rules for the App Data

ON/OFF Toggle

OFF

If enabled, the Record Count rules will be applied. The series will not be shown if the Record Count rules are not met.

  • Additional Tooltip Data Properties

Display Name - Text Field

MSO Property - Dropdown

 

The Additional Tooltip Data Properties allow the user to select one or more MSO Field Properties to display their values in the tooltip when the user hovers over a data point.


AXIS Properties

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Label

UI Widget

Default

Description

  • Show Axis Titles

ON/OFF Toggle

OFF

If enabled, titles can be added to both the X-Axis and Y-Axis. If disabled, the X-Axis and Y-Axis will not have titles.

  • X-Axis Label Rotation

Text Field


Enter a rotation value to influence how the axis labels are displayed.

  • Axis Properties

Key / Value - Text Fields


Optional Axis Properties - expressed as a Key/Value pair. For instance, to change the linewidth to 10 for the Axis, add the following values:

  • Key: linewidth

  • Value: 10


DATA LABELS Properties

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Label

UI Widget

Default

Description

  • None/Percentage/Value

Dropdown w/Additional Properties option

Show Percentage

Optional Additional Properties - expressed as a Key/Value pair.

… Additional Properties

 

 

Optional Additional Properties - expressed as a Key/Value pair.

  • Data Label JS Function

Text Field w/Search

 

The Data Label JS function allows the user to search for and define JavaScript functions that control the display or behavior of data labels in a chart.

  • Lazy Load Data Labels

ON/OFF Toggle

OFF

If enabled, in the bar chart curation controls whether data labels are loaded gradually as the chart is interacted.

  • Enable Drilldown

ON/OFF Toggle

ON



EVENTS Properties

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Label

UI Widget

Default

Description

  • On Click JS Function

Text Field w/Search



  • On Double Click JS Function

Text Field w/Search



  • Data Param JS Function

Text Field w/Search




TOOLTIP Properties

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Label

UI Widget

Default

Description

  • Show Tooltip

ON/OFF Toggle

ON


  • Show X-Axis Name in Tooltip

ON/OFF Toggle

OFF

If enabled, the tooltip displayed when hovering over data in the App will include the X-Axis name. If disabled, only the data value will be shown, without the X-Axis name

  • Additional Tooltip Properties

Key / Value - Text Fields

 

Optional Additional Tooltip Properties - expressed as a Key/Value pair.


ZONE Properties

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Label

UI Widget

Default

Description

  • Zone Axis Properties

Dropdown w/Additional Properties and Expression options

 

The Zone Axis Properties dropdown allows the user to configure different zones within the chart, which is often used for visual emphasis or categorization, eg. select Temperature and create functions for values (celcius) identifying the following thresholds: less than 0 = black, 0-9.9 = blue, 10-19.9 = green, 20-24.9 = orange, and 25 and above = red.

… Zone Color

Text Field

 

The Zone color refers to the color applied to different zones within a chart or graph.

… Additional Properties

Key / Value - Text Fields

 

Optional Additional Tooltip Properties - expressed as a Key/Value pair.


STYLES Properties

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Label

UI Widget

Default

Description

  • Disable Animation

ON/OFF Toggle

OFF

The Disable Animation toggle refers to turning off any animated transitions or effects that occur when the chart or visualization is rendered or updated.

  • Use Series Field to Apply Data Styles

ON/OFF Toggle

OFF







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