The following settings are available for configuration when you create a Metric view:
Title and Description
Click the pencil icon and specify the following:
- View Title: Enter a title for the view.
- Description: Enter a description for the view.
- Keywords: Keywords are important to help other users find your view in a search. When users enter these keywords into the view search, your view is included in the search results.
Time
- Date Field: Select the date field type in the drop-down list. The date field types that are available depend on the data source for your view.
- Time Unit: Select the time unit used for grouping date values together, for example, week, month, or year.
- Time Period: Select the time period for which you want to include data.
- Show Another Year: Select an option in the drop-down list and the view shows a comparison against a previous year.
Filters
Click the pencil icon and then click Add Filter. You can configure the following options for a filter:
- Field: Select the field by which you want to filter the data. The list includes all fields available in the data source you selected for the view.
- Comparator: Specify the comparator to use for the filter.
- Filter: Specify the value for the filter.
Headers and Footers
Click the pencil icon to open the editor and enter a header or footer for your view. Headers and footers can include links to external websites, images, and tables.
Metric Options
You can specify the following options for a metric view:
- Maximum Limit, Second Limit, First Limit, and Minimum Limit: Enter values that you want to show as the limits in the metric. In the example below, the maximum limit is 50,000, the second limit is 40,000, the first limit is 30,000, and the minimum limit is 0.
- Second to Max Color, First to Second Color, and Min to First Color: Select the colors to be shown between each of the limits. In the example below, the second to max color is red, the first to second is yellow, and the min to first is green.
Available Fields
Find fields to include in your view by entering terms in the search field or filtering by field type.
- Numeric Values: Drop fields in the Numeric Values area that will be shown as numeric values in the table. In the Average FTE Salary example below, the Average Full Time Salary field is the numeric value.