Bar Chart as a Gauge

[dafnis14]

Hi,

I wanted to modify the bar chart from the Executive Dashboard to my needs, but not sure how..

for example: Revenue vs Last year

The current expressions are based on ratios.

The green bar:

=Sum({<[Fiscal Year]={$(=vYTDYear)}, FiscalMonthNum={"<=$(vCurrentMonthNum)"}>}[Sales Price]*[Sales Quantity])/Sum({<[Fiscal Year]={$(=(vYTDYear)-1)}, FiscalMonthNum={"<=$(vCurrentMonthNum)"}>}[Sales Price]*[Sales Quantity])

The Grey bar:

1.5 - [Revenue vs Last Year]

The presentation line (Target)

0.65*Sum({<[Fiscal Year]={$(=vYTDYear)}, FiscalMonthNum={"<=$(vCurrentMonthNum)"}>}[Sales Price]*[Sales Quantity])/Sum({<[Fiscal Year]={$(=(vYTDYear)-1)}, FiscalMonthNum={"<=$(vCurrentMonthNum)"}>}[Sales Price]*[Sales Quantity])

In my case, the target has to be the revenue of last year .

Any idea how I can achieve this with the current barchart?

Thanks!

[sunny_talwar]

Not entirely sure what you have and what you are looking to change? Can you may be share a sample and elaborate with an example from the sample?

[dafnis14]

Hi Sunny,

In the current gauge, The bars are based on ratio, and the target is calculated as a percentage of the the ratio between the revenue of  periods: current year (YTD) and previous year (PYTD):

0.65*114

In my case, the target should be the revenue of the previous year period (PYTD).

That means that I should also change the expression of the bars (from ratio to the revenue sum)?

If it's still not clear, i'll create a sample.. 🙂

Thanks!

[dafnis14]

Hi,

I think that what I should do is replace the expression of reference line to 1 (100%).

To represent a ratio of 1 between the 2 periods..

[sunny_talwar]

I am not confident that I understand what you are looking to do.

[dafnis14]

I wanted to use the bar chart to compare revenues in 2 periods (current and previous).

The green bar shows the ratio of the revenues.

I was struggling with the reference line to display the target, which is to have the same revenue as the previous period.

(or a ratio of 1). So i figure the reference line should be 1 (or 100%).

The left bar chart in my screen capture (Revenue vs Budget) shows it.

But i'm not sure that a bar chart is really needed in such a case, i.e., when the target is 100%.

Thanks....