Gauge properties

You open the properties panel for a visualization by clicking Edit sheet in the toolbar and clicking the visualization that you want to edit.

If the properties panel is hidden, click  Show properties in the lower right-hand corner.

Data

Measures

On the Data tab, under Measures, click Add measure to open a list of available measures. Select the measure that you want to add to the visualization. If you select a field, you are automatically presented with some common aggregation functions that you can choose between for the measure.

If no measure is available, you need to create one. You can enter the expression directly in the text box, or click to create a measure in the expression editor.

You can edit a measure that is linked to a master item by updating the master item, or by unlinking the measure from the master item and editing only this instance.

If Add measure is dimmed, you cannot add more measures.

The following properties are available for measures:

• <Measure name>:
  • Measure: Only displayed for master items. To edit only this instance of the measure, click to unlink the measure from the master item.
  • Expression: Click to open the expression editor. The existing expression is displayed by default.
  • Label: Enter a label for the measure. Measures not saved in Master items are by default displayed with the expression as label.

  • Number formatting: Different options for formatting the measure values. If you want to change the number format at app level, and not just for a single measure, it is better to do that in the regional settings, that is, in the SET statements at the beginning of the script in the data load editor.

    The following number formats are available:

    • Auto: Qlik Sense automatically sets a number formatting based on the source data.

      To represent numeric abbreviations, the international SI units are used, such as k (thousand), M (million), and G (billion).

    • Number: By default, the formatting is set to Simple, and you can select the formatting from the options in the drop-down list. Click the button to change to Custom formatting, and use the Format pattern box to change the format pattern.

      Examples:  

      • # ##0 describes the number as an integer with a thousands separator. In this example " " is used as a thousands separator.
      • ###0 describes the number as an integer without a thousands separator.
      • 0000 describes the number as an integer with at least four digits. For example, the number 123 will be shown as 0123.
      • 0.000 describes the number with three decimals. In this example "." is used as a decimal separator.

      If you add the percent sign (%) to the format pattern, the measure values are automatically multiplied by 100.

    • Money: By default, the format pattern used for money is the same as set up in the operating system. Use the Format pattern box to change the format pattern.
    • Date: By default, the formatting is set to Simple, and you can select the formatting from the options in the drop-down list. Click the button to change to Custom formatting, and use the Format pattern box to change the format pattern.
    • Duration: By default, the format pattern used for duration is the same as set up in the operating system. Duration can be formatted as days, or as a combination of days, hours, minutes, seconds and fractions of seconds. Use the Format pattern box to change the format pattern.
    • Custom: By default, the format pattern used for custom is the same as set up in the operating system. Use the Format pattern boxes to change the format pattern.
      • Decimal separator: Set the decimal separator.
      • Thousands separator: Set the thousands separator.
      • Format pattern: Set the number format pattern.
      • Reset pattern: Click to reset to default pattern.

    • Measure expression: The format pattern is determined by the measure expression. Use this option to display custom number formatting for a measure in a visualization.

      Limitations:

      • Only works with visualizations that accept measures.
      • Does not affect the number formatting of the axis.

  • Master item: Create a master measure based on the measure expression by clicking Add new. If the measure is already linked to a master item, you can update the master item by clicking Edit. All instances of the linked dimension will be updated. .

    Reusing measures with master measures

Scripts

On the Data tab, under Scripts, click Add to create a chart script. You can add more than one chart script.

You can enter the chart script directly in the text box, or click to create a chart script in the expression editor.

Using chart level scripting in visualizations

Add-ons

• Data handling: Calculation condition: Specify an expression in this text field to set a condition that needs to be fulfilled (true) for the object to be displayed. The value may be entered as a calculated formula. For example: count(distinct Team)<3. If the condition is not fulfilled, the message or expression entered in Displayed message is displayed.

  A calculation condition is useful when a chart or table is slow to respond due to a large amount of data. You can use the calculation condition to hide an object until the user has filtered the data to a more manageable level by applying selections. Use the Displayed message property to guide the user to filter the data.

• Reference lines: Add reference line: Click to add a new reference line.

  • Show: When selected, the reference line is displayed.
  • Label: Enter a label for the reference line.
  • Color: In the color picker, select the color of the reference line and the label.
  • Reference line expression: Enter a value or an expression for the reference line. Click to open the expression editor.
  • : Click to remove the reference line.

Appearance

General

• Show titles: Select to enable or disable titles, subtitles, and footnotes in the chart.

  Enter Title, Subtitle, and Footnote. By default, the string is interpreted as a text string. However, you can also use the text field for an expression, or a combination of text and expression. An equals sign (=), at the beginning of a string shows that it contains an expression.

  Click if you want to create an expression by using the expression editor.

  Information noteTitles are displayed on a single line. If you inject line breaks they will be ignored.

  Example:  

  Assume that the following string is used, including quotation marks: 'Sales: ' & Sum(Sales).

  By default, the string is interpreted as a text string and is displayed as presented in the example. But if you begin the string with an equals sign: (='Sales: ' & Sum(Sales)), the string is interpreted as an expression instead. The output is then Sales: <value of expression>, where <value of expression> is the calculated value.

• Disable hover menu: Select to disable the hover menu in the visualization.

• Show details: Set to Show if you want to allow users to be able to choose to view details, such as descriptions, measures, and dimensions.

Alternate states

• State: Set the state to apply to the visualization. You can select:

  • Any alternate state defined in Master items.
  • <inherited>, in which case the state defined for the sheet is used.
  • <default state>, which represents the state where no alternate state is applied.

  For more information about alternate states, see Using alternate states for comparative analysis.

Presentation

• Range limits

  • Min: Set the minimum value for the gauge. Click if you want to create an expression.
  • Max: Set the maximum value for the gauge. Click if you want to create an expression.
• Radial/Bar: Select to display the gauge as a radial or as a bar.
• Orientation: Select vertical or horizontal orientation of the visualization. Only available for bar gauges.

• Use segments: When Use segments is not selected, a single color (by default blue) is used to illustrate the measure value. When Use segments is selected, and Use library is not selected, you can divide the gauge into segments with different colors. When segments are used, a pointer marks the measure value.

  Click Add limit to add a segment to the gauge. Use the slider or type an expression to set the limit. Click to create an expression. You can add several segments. Click the segment to change colors.

  You can click Remove limit to remove a selected limit.

  Select Gradient to use different shades of colors in the transition between the segments.

• Use library: You can use this option when a master measure used in the visualization has a color assigned to it. You can select to use the master measure colors or to disable the master measure color.

Measure axis

• Labels and title: Select what to display of labels and title.
• Scale: Set the spacing of the measure axis scale.

Properties panel