Visualizations → Percent Line

About a Percent Line visualization

A percent line visualization plots the percentage contribution of individual non-intersecting stacked colored lines in relation to all parts as a 100% running total, typically over a period of time. Each line represents a category of the whole where the lines are horizontally stacked and do not intersect. The y-axis is always on a scale of 100%. For example, you can use a percent line visualization to show the percentage breakdown of sales revenue for different products over years.

Although the percent line visualization does not depict absolute totals as a trend, it does highlight the comparison of relative contributions between nominal data and ordinal data especially over a period of time. Nominal data is categorical. The categories are arbitrary labels without numerical significance that function to describe calculated values. Ordinal data is the calculated percentage values of the categories. The visualization also offers two baselines, across the bottom and top, which makes it easy to gauge the contribution of an individual group.

The distinction between a percent line visualization and a percent line insight is that an insight is an instance of the visualization. As an instance, a percent line insight has unique configurations that a dashboard developer determines for displaying a percent line chart on a dashboard tab. Insight configurations affect the available user interactions for a dashboard consumer such as the ability to drill down into a grouping dimension and/or coloring dimension.

With three possible dimensions, a percent line visualization offers a dashboard developer the ability to create an insight that groups one or more aggregated values by one or more attributes. The result is a percent line chart on a dashboard tab that shows:

  • a grouping dimension as the labels along the x-axis (horizontal axis)
  • a coloring dimension as line colors
  • a measure as percentage along the y-axis (vertical axis)

Configurations for a percent line insight

A dashboard developer first selects a percent line visualization for an insight in the Analyzer. Using the Analyzer, a dashboard developer configures pill properties, filter properties, and insight settings. Insight settings and pill properties determine not only how the percent line chart appears as an insight in a dashboard tab, but also how a dashboard consumer can interact with the percent line chart.

The visualization selection in the Insight panel of the Analyzer determines the available trays. From the Data panel, a dashboard developer adds a column or a formula to a tray. A column or a formula in a tray is a Pill.

Each pill has configurable properties. The parent tray determines the available properties of a pill.

The available trays for a percent line insight are:

Important

A percent line insight requires at least one measure pill and one grouping dimension pill. Using a measure pill only without a grouping dimension results in an insight with one point that represents the percentage for this measure.

Note

The Coloring Dimension tray is not available when there are two or more measure pills.

Grouping Dimension

From the Data panel, you can add a column or a formula to the Grouping Dimension tray. The percent line insight plots the first pill in the Grouping Dimension tray on the x-axis.

Each pill in the Grouping Dimension tray is a filterable column for the insight. The pill ordering in the grouping dimension tray defines the following:

  • the first pill is the initial grouping dimension
  • the other pills define an order of user interactions that allow a dashboard consumer to drill down into the next grouping and/or coloring dimension and in doing so, also create one or more dashboard runtime filters

Coloring Dimension

The Coloring Dimension tray is only available when there is only one measure pill.

From the Data panel, you can add a column or a formula to the Coloring Dimension tray. A coloring dimension is a third dimension that colors the lines in the chart. Each pill in the Coloring Dimension tray is a filterable column for the insight.

A defined coloring dimension introduces a Filter by menu as a user interaction for the percent line chart. With the Filter by menu, a dashboard consumer selects to filter the dashboard by:

  • a grouping and a coloring dimension
  • a grouping dimension
  • a coloring dimension

The pill ordering in the coloring dimension tray defines the following:

  • the first pill is the initial coloring dimension
  • the other pills define an order of user interactions that allow a dashboard consumer to drill down into the next grouping and/or coloring dimension and in doing so, also create one or more dashboard runtime filters

Measure

To create an aggregation or calculation, you can add a column or a formula from the Data panel to the Measure tray.

A percent line insight shows the increments of the total percentage for the measure pill on the y-axis. A percent line insight with two or more measure pills does not support the definition of a coloring dimension.

You can select the measure pill to open the Properties panel. In the Properties panel, you can configure various properties such as the Aggregation and Format properties.

Individual Filter

To filter individual lines for the percent line insight, define an individual filter for the insight. You can add a column or a formula to the Individual Filter tray from the Data panel.

You can select the individual filter pill to open the Filter panel. Using the Filter panel, you can specify the filter operator, one or more filter values, or the filter expression itself with the Formula Builder. You can also disable the individual filter.

To learn more about filter expressions for an individual filter, review Concepts → Individual Filter.

Aggregate Filter

You can define a filter expression that contains an aggregation or calculation using the Aggregate Filter tray.

Note

The Aggregate Filter tray is not available for a percent line insight with one or more coloring dimension pills.

To create a filter expression, you can add a column or a formula to the Aggregate Filter tray from the Data panel. You can select the aggregate filter pill to open the Filter panel.

Using the Filter panel, you can specify the aggregation, the filter operator, one or more filter values, or the filter expression itself with the Formula Builder. You can also disable the aggregate filter.

To learn more about filter expressions for an aggregate filter, review Concepts → Aggregate Filter.

Pill properties

The parent tray determines the available properties of a pill. There are various possible configurations for each pill type:

You can edit the properties of a grouping dimension, coloring dimension, or a measure pill with the Properties panel for a percent line insight.

In order to create a filter expression, you can edit the properties of an individual filter or aggregate filter pill with the Filter panel.

In the case of the Filter property of a measure pill, you can open the Filter panel from the Properties panel in order to create the filter expression.

To open the Properties panel or Filter panel, select the pill arrow.

Grouping dimension pill properties

Here are the properties for a pill in the grouping dimension tray in a percent line insight:

PropertyControlDescription
Column fully qualified namelabelThe fully qualified name of the selected column. This property is available only when you edit the properties of a column in the tray. When you select the information icon (i), you can select the copy icon to copy the column name, view the column data type, function, and sample data.
Formulatext boxWhen you select Formula, it invokes the Formula Builder to create the formula expression you want. This property is available only when you edit the properties of a formula added to the tray.
Data → Column Labeltext boxEnter the label for the grouping dimension column or formula pill. The label of the first pill will be the x-axis title.
Data → Date Partdrop down listWhen the selected column is a date or timestamp, select the part of the date used. The options are:

  ●  Full (default)
  ●  Year
  ●  Quarter
  ●  Month
  ●  Day
Data → HierarchytoggleEnable this property to specify the level of data in the hierarchy that you want to include in the insight for the respective column.
This option is available only for columns from objects with data hierarchy; that is, physical schema objects with self-join.
Hierarchy → Leveltext boxEnable Hierarchy to configure this property.
Enter a numeric value that represents the level of data you want to include in the insight. Leave blank or enter -1 to include all levels.
Data → Sort Bydrag and dropDrag and drop a column or formula to sort the x-axis labels by
FormatselectSelect the format of the formula or date column. This option is available only when you edit the pill properties for a date column or a formula
Format → Date Masktext boxEnter a customized date format or select a predefined one to appear in this text box
Drill Down → Dashboards Drill DownlinkSelect + Add Dashboard to select a dashboard tab to drill down to when the user selects a grouping dimension value in the insight
Add Dashboard → Include Runtime FilterstoggleEnable this property to pass the applied filter, if any, from one dashboard to another
Add Dashboard → Search Dashboardtext boxEnter a search string to filter the dashboard tree. From the results, select a dashboard tab to drill down to.

Coloring dimension pill properties

The parent tray determines the available properties of a pill. Select the arrow to the right of the pill name to open the Properties panel and configure the related properties.

Here are the properties for a pill in the coloring dimension tray in a percent line insight:

PropertyControlDescription
Column fully qualified namelabelTThe fully qualified name of the selected column. This property is available only when you edit the properties of a column in the tray. When you select the information icon (i), you can select the copy icon to copy the column name, view the column data type, function, and sample data.
Formulatext boxWhen you select Formula, it invokes the Formula Builder to create the formula expression you want. This property is available only when you edit the properties of a formula added to the tray.
Data → Column Labeltext boxEnter the label for the coloring dimension column or formula pill
Data → Date Partdrop down listWhen the selected column is a date or timestamp, select the part of the date used. The options are:

  ●  Full (default)
  ●  Year
  ●  Quarter
  ●  Month
  ●  Day
Data → HierarchytoggleEnable this property to specify the level of data in the hierarchy that you want to include in the insight for the respective column.
This option is available only for columns from objects with data hierarchy; that is, physical schema objects with self-join.
Hierarchy → Leveltext boxEnable Hierarchy to configure this property.
Enter a numeric value that represents the level of data you want to include in the insight. Leave blank or enter -1 to include all levels.
Data → Sort Bydrag and dropDrag and drop the column or formula to sort the legend categories and their related lines
Format → Format Color PalettetoggleEnable this property to display the color palette, which allows you to change the color of a category

Measure pill properties

The parent tray determines the available properties of a pill. Select the arrow to the right of the pill name to open the Properties panel and configure the related properties.

Here are the properties for a pill in the measure tray in a percent line insight:

PropertyControlDescription
Column fully qualified namelabelThe fully qualified name of the selected column. This property is available only when you edit the properties of a column in the tray. When you select the information icon (i), you can select the copy icon to copy the column name, view the column data type, function, and sample data.
Formulatext boxWhen you select Formula, it invokes the Formula Builder to create the formula expression you want. This property is available only when you edit the properties of a formula added to the Measure tray.
Data → Column Labeltext boxEnter the label for the measure pill. The label of the first pill will be the y-axis title.
Data → Date Partdrop down listWhen the selected column is a date or timestamp, select the part of the date used. The options are:

  ●  Full (default)
  ●  Year
  ●  Quarter
  ●  Month
  ●  Day
Data → Aggregationdrop down listSelect the aggregation option for the measure values. The available options vary. The options are:

  ●  Average
  ●  Count
  ●  Distinct
  ●  Median
  ●  Min
  ●  Max
  ●  Sum
  ●  Formula
  ●  None
Data → Scaledrop down listSelect the chart scale. The options are:

  ●  None
  ●  Percent (%)
  ●  Thousands (K)
  ●  Millions (M)
The default is None.
Data → Running TotaltoggleEnable this property to display the measure values as a running total
Data → Filterdrag and dropDrag and drop a column or formula to filter the measure
FormatselectSelect the format of the measure (e.g. Dollar Rounded)
Format → Decimal Placestext boxThis property appears when you select Decimal, Dollar, Euro, Yen, or Percent as the Format. Enter the number of decimal places to display for the measure value
Format → Thousands SeparatortoggleThis property appears for all Format options, except No Format. Enable this property to include a comma separator for values of 1000 or greater
Format → PercentagetoggleEnable this property to view the percentage value of the columns
Format → Prefixtext boxEnter value to add a prefix and create a custom format. The value of the prefix field cannot contain single quotes.
Format → Suffixtext boxEnter value to add a suffix and create a custom format. The value of the suffix field cannot contain single quotes.
Format → Abbreviate on HovertoggleEnable this property to abbreviate the measure value upon hover
Format → ColorselectSelect a color for the measure value
Drill Down → Dashboards Drill downlinkSelect + Add Dashboard to select a dashboard tab to drill down to when the user selects the measure value in the insight
Add Dashboard → Include Runtime FilterstoggleEnable this property to pass a filter from one dashboard to another
Add Dashboard → Search Dashboardtext boxEnter a search string to filter the dashboard tree. From the results, select a dashboard tab to drill down to.
Advanced → Base Fielddrag and dropDrag and drop a column to join two tables that are not directly joined. To learn more, review Concepts → Base Table.
Advanced → Query PlanbuttonSelect to access the Query Plan Viewer to check the Direct Data Map path that Incorta Analytics Service uses to retrieve or calculate the measure

Individual filter properties for a filter expression

To filter individual rows for the percent line insight, define an individual filter for the insight. You can add a column or a formula to the Individual Filter tray from the Data panel.

Individual filter properties for a filter expression with a column as a pill

Here are the properties for a filter expression for a column as a pill in the Individual Filter tray for a percent line insight:

PropertyControlDescription
Column fully qualified namelabelThe fully qualified name of the selected column. This property is available only when you edit the properties of a column in the tray. When you select the information icon (i), you can select the copy icon to copy the column name, view the column data type, function, and sample data.
Data → Column Labeltext boxEnter the label for the individual filter pill
Date Partdrop down listWhen the filter column is a date or timestamp, select the part of the date used. The options are:

  ●  Full (default)
  ●  Year
  ●  Quarter
  ●  Month
  ●  Day
Operatordrop down listSelect the operator to use in the filter criteria
Valuesmulti-selectSelect the value(s) to evaluate the column value against. Some operators do not require a value to evaluate against, such as Null and True, and some require more than one value, such as Between.
If applicable, enter a string in the search bar to filter the list of values. To add a value to the list, enter it in the text box below the list and select +.
Advanced → Disable FiltertoggleEnable this property to disable the filter. Disabled filters are deleted when you save the insight.
Individual filter properties for a filter expression with a formula as a pill

Here are the properties for a filter expression for a formula as a pill in the Individual Filter tray for a percent line insight:

PropertyControlDescription
Formula labellabelThe formula label
Data → Column Labeltext boxEnter the label for the individual filter formula pill
Formula → DynamictoggleEnable this property to select a filter expression session variable as a value
Formulatext boxDisable Dynamic to configure this property. Enter the formula in the Formula Builder to create the filter expression.
Operatordrop down listSelect the operator to use in the filter criteria
Valuesmulti-selectSelect the value(s) to evaluate the column value against, if required. Some operators do not require a value to evaluate against, such as Null and True, and some require more than one value, such as Between. In the case that you enable Dynamic, select a filter expression session variable.
If applicable, enter a string in the search bar to filter the list of values. To add a value to the list, enter it in the text box below the list and select +.
Advanced → Disable FiltertoggleEnable this property to disable the filter. Disabled filters are deleted when you save the insight.

Aggregate filter pill properties for a filter expression

You can define a filter expression that contains an aggregation or calculation using the Aggregate Filter tray.

Note

The Aggregate Filter tray is not available for a percent line insight with one or more coloring dimension pills.

Aggregate filter pill properties for a filter expression with a column as a pill

Here are the properties for a filter expression for a column as a pill in the Aggregate Filter tray for a percent line insight:

PropertyControlDescription
Column Labeltext boxEnter the name of the aggregate filter pill
Date Partdrop down listWhen the filter column is a date or timestamp, select the part of the date used. The options are:

  ●  Full (default)
  ●  Year
  ●  Quarter
  ●  Month
  ●  Day
Aggregationdrop down listSelect the aggregation type to use in the filter. The available aggregation types are:

  ●  Average
  ●  Count
  ●  Distinct
  ●  Median
  ●  Min
  ●  Max
  ●  Sum
  ●  None
Operatordrop down listSelect the operator to use in value comparison to the measure value.
Valuestext boxSelect the comparison value to use in the filter, or enter a new value to use in the filter comparison.
Disable FiltertoggleEnable this property to disable the filter. Disabled filters are deleted when you save the insight.
Aggregate filter properties for a filter expression with a formula as a pill

Here are the properties for a filter expression for a formula as a pill in the Aggregate Filter tray for a percent line insight:

PropertyControlDescription
Column Labeltext boxEnter the label of the aggregate filter formula pill
Formulatext boxEnter the formula in the Formula Builder to create the filter expression
Disable FiltertoggleEnable this property to disable the filter. Disabled filters are deleted when you save the insight.

Settings panel

With the Settings panel, you can configure additional properties for the percent line insight. To open the Setting panel, in the Analyzer, in the Action bar, select Settings (gear icon).

PropertyControlDescription
General → Max Rows Limittext boxEnter the maximum number of categories to show on the x-axis. A value lower than the number of the insight query rows returned will restrict results. A value of 0 will include all rows.
General → Auto RefreshtoggleEnable this property to automatically refresh the insight preview while editing it in the Analyzer.
There is a tenant configuration in the CMC Clusters Manager that can globally enable or disable this feature at the tenant level.
General → Percentage of ColumntoggleEnable this property to show percentage value for the measure of each line
General → Data SamplingtoggleEnable this property to use and analyze a representative subset of data in the insight
Layout → Rotationdrop down listSelect an angle to rotate the x-axis labels at. The options are:

  ●  Default (no rotation)
  ●  -45
  ●  -90
  ●  45
  ●  90
Layout → LegendtoggleEnable this property to display the chart legend. The chart legend displays the values of the first pill in the Coloring Dimension tray, if any; otherwise, the legend shows the labels of the measure tray pills.
Layout → ValuestoggleEnable this property to display measure values on the chart
Layout → Hide Zero ValuestoggleEnable this property to hide zero values from the plotted line
Hide Zero Values → Connect ValuestoggleEnable Hide Zero Values property to configure this setting. Enable this property to connect the points of the values that have zero values in between so that the percent line insight does not appear scattered.
Layout → Connect ValuestoggleEnable this property to connect the chart values
Layout → X-Axis LabelstoggleEnable this property to display the x-axis labels (i.e. values of the first grouping dimension pill)
Layout → X-Axis TitletoggleEnable this property to display the x-axis title (i.e. the label of the first grouping dimension pill)
Layout → Y-Axis LabelstoggleEnable this property to display the y-axis labels (values in the y-axis)
Layout → Y-Axis TitletoggleThis property is available when only one pill exists in the Measure tray. Enable this property to display the y-axis title (i.e. the label of the measure pill).
Advanced → Max Groupstext boxSet the maximum number of groups that cannot be exceeded in the insight
Advanced → Join Measuresdrop down listSelect Yes to calculate the group-by function across joined tables

User interactions for a percent line insight

As a dashboard consumer, you can interact with a percent line insight on a dashboard tab. Some interactions will affect only the percent line chart. Other interactions will affect both the percent line chart and the dashboard. The creation of one or more dashboard runtime filters is an example of a user interaction that affects all applicable insights on all tabs of a dashboard.

Note

Some user interactions require specific configurations by a dashboard developer and therefore may not be available.

Here are the possible types of user interactions for a percent line insight:

  • Select a legend label to hide (and then select again to show) the related line
  • Select a point on a percent line border to drill down into a grouping dimension and in doing so, create a dashboard runtime filter
  • Select a point on a percent line border to open the Filter by menu and select an option to drill down into a grouping dimension and/or coloring dimension and in doing so, create a dashboard runtime filter
  • Select a dashboard tab to navigate to in the Go to menu (requires a dashboard drill down configuration for a coloring dimension or grouping dimension pill)
Note

A dashboard runtime filter that affects all applicable insights on all tabs of a dashboard. A dashboard runtime filter appears as a filter bar pill and displays the filter expression.

More Options menu for a percent line insight

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) enforces access to certain features and functionality. With Discretionary Access Control (DAC), a user who owns the dashboard to control the access to the dashboard. Access rights include the ability to view, share, and edit the dashboard. Together, RBAC and DAC affect the available selections in both the Action bar and the More Options menu for an insight.

For more information about RBAC and DAC, review Tools → Security Manager.

In addition, certain tenant configurations by a Cluster Management Console (CMC) Administrator affect the available selections in the More Options menu for an insight.

Download as

  • For the percent line insight, select More Options (⋮ vertical ellipsis icon).
  • Select Download as.
  • Select the download file format:
    • PNG
    • JPEG
    • SVG
    • PDF

View as Table

The View as Table is an Incorta Labs feature and a tenant configuration. A CMC Administrator must enable the feature.

In order to view a percent line insight as a Listing Table or Aggregated Table, follow these steps:

  • For the percent line insight, select More Options (⋮ vertical ellipsis icon).
  • Select one of the following options:
    • View as Regular Table
    • View as Aggregated table

For a Listing Table or Aggregated Table, you can:

Set Alert

You can set an alert that identifies specific changes to a percent line insight by defining a filter expression for a measure filter, individual filter, and/or aggregate filter.

  • For the percent line insight, select More Options (⋮ vertical ellipsis icon).
  • Select Set Alert. Refer to the Scheduler document for additional information on Data Alerts.

Steps to create a percent line insight

For an existing dashboard, to create a percent line insight for a given dashboard tab, follow these steps:

  • If not already open, open a dashboard.
  • To add a new insight to the dashboard, in the Action bar, select +.
  • If needed, in the Analyzer, in the Data panel, select Manage Dataset.
  • In the Manage Data Sets panel, select one or more business schema views and/or one or more physical schema tables.
  • To close the Manage Data Sets panel, select X or any other line of the Analyzer.
  • In the Insight panel, first select V.
  • In Charts, select the Percent Line visualization.
  • From the Data panel, drag and drop various columns to various trays in the Insight panel:
    • Grouping Dimension
    • Coloring Dimension
    • Measure
    • Individual Filter
    • Aggregate Filter
  • Configure the pill properties using the Property panel or Filter panel.
  • Configure various insight properties using the Settings panel.

Example of a percent line insight

In this example, you will create a percent line insight that shows revenue per product category over years. The example uses the SALES schema that comes with the Sample Data.

Note

In the Cluster Management Console (CMC), you can create a tenant that includes Sample Data. The Sample Data includes the SALES schema.

Add an insight

  • In the Action bar, select +.
  • In the Data panel, select Manage Dataset.
  • In the Manage Data Sets panel, in Tables, select the SALES schema.
  • Close the Manage Data Sets panel.
  • In the Insight panel, under Charts, select Percent Line.
  • From the Data panel, drag and drop the following columns from the Sales table to the respective tray:
    • Year to the Grouping Dimension tray.
    • Quarter to the Coloring Dimension tray.
    • Revenue to the Measure tray.
  • Select the arrow to the right of Category to open the Properties panel, and then drag and drop Revenue to Sort By.
  • Select the arrow to the right of Revenue to open the Properties panel, and then for Format, select Dollar.
  • Name the insight Revenue/Quarter Over Years.
  • Select Save.