Category display

Orbit lets you limit a dimension on a visualisation to the TOP or BOTTOM of the sequence of records when they are ordered by a category data variable.

For example, you may want to fix a limit on one or more tiles to provide focus on a particular aspect of the data.

Or you can allow the dashboard user to change the settings

A dashboard editor can enable category filters on dashboard tiles of the following types:

Bar
Column
Pie
Donut
Line
Area Chart
Category Pareto

Setting a category display¶

A category display limit sequences the dimension by the selected measure, for example Postal Area for the Dimension then sequenced by the number of People as the Measure.

Click + to add a visualisation to a dashboard
Select a visualisation, either:
- Bar
- Column
- Pie
- Donut
- Line
- Area Chart
- Category Pareto
Select a Dimension

The Allow category display option is shown

Tip

Select Descending or Ascending
Select the Allow category display check-box and expand the category display editor
Use the display editor to set the Type and Limit:
- Type - All, The Top, The Bottom (the default value is All)
- Limit - Amount (the default value is 2)
Note

If the limit amount is set to the same as the available data bands, the option to allow the user to change the display is disabled in the dashboard view
Select the Allow user to adjust the display check-box if you want to allow this

Note

Omit zeros is selected by default when you select the "Allow category display" check-box, we recommend leaving this on as you can get unusual results when you filter data and the remaining options are no longer available