Data best suited for
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Use bar charts with
bullets when comparing a primary measure to another measure. For example,
bar charts with bullets work well when comparing sales revenue to
targets or the current temperature to average or high temperatures.
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Not suited for
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Do not use bar charts
with bullets when comparing two measures that cannot be compared easily
or are not related to each other.
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Target audience
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This indicator type is appropriate for all user audiences. Most people find this indicator type familiar and easy to interpret.
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Data aggregation support
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This indicator type averages the applicable indicator data.
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Range support
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A range is required.
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Alert support
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Alerts are supported. For information, see
Customizing Alerts.
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Link support
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This indicator type can be used to define a link or as the destination of a link. For
more information about defining an indicator with a hyperlink, see
Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content.
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Interaction support
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Filter multiple items
support
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Filtering multiple items is supported. For
more information, see
Supporting Multiple Selections in a Filtered Data Interaction.
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Display Setting
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Selection Used for Figure
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Range value
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Sale Amount
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X-axis value
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Category
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Bar value
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Target Sale Amount
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Bullet value
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Sale Amount
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X-axis title
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Set to Candy
Category
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Y-axis title
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<blank> (defaults
to Target Sale Amount)
Note: The Scale Y axis setting
adds the label (millions) to
the title.
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Scale X axis
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This setting is selected.
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Scale Y axis
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This setting is selected.
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Category
(X-axis value)
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Sale Amount
(Bar value)
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Target Sale Amount
(Bullet value)
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Caramels
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$625,601
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$1,862,471
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Chocolate Bars
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$6,988,757
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$6,544,357
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Sugar Free
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$1,133,940
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$1,770,507
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Truffles
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$2,230,216
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$2,666,718
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