Oracle CRM On Demand Dashboards- P8: There are many people I would like to thank as I sit here after having just penned the final chapter of this book. I am sure I will miss many specific people if I tried to list them all, but I am compelled to mention some specific supporters. | Chapter 6 Displaying Reports on the Dashboard 117 these check boxes. Some charts also allow you to identify if and where to apply measure labels. The specific requirements of each chart type are described in the following section. To the right of these check box controls you have a preview of your chart. This preview may update automatically as you make changes but you will find that you need to click the Redraw button at times to refresh the preview. If you ever feel like you have gone too far with your chart formatting you can click the Restore Default button to return to the default format for the current chart. Review of Chart Types Selecting the most appropriate charts for your dashboard will make your dashboard more effective and accepted by your users. The point of a dashboard after all is to make the delivery of a large amount of information as simple as possible. Nothing accomplishes this better than a well-placed chart. Area An area chart displays quantitative data by filling in an area under a series line. Area charts are good for showing the total of two or more quantities over a series of time for instance while representing the individual quantities that make up that total. The area chart requires you to identify columns for the bottom and left axes. In order to populate your area chart you need to identify the column by which to segment the data in the chart. The values from this column appear along the bottom axis. Identify this column by selecting the column s check box beneath the bottom axis icon. This is usually a nonmetric column. Next you will identify one or more metric columns to include on the left measure axis. Select the Measure Labels check box under the legend icon and you see a nice area chart with different color areas for each metric with a legend that identifies the metric associated with each color. Horizontal Bar A horizontal bar chart displays quantitative data represented by horizontal bars extending from the left axis. The .
