Chapter 5. Using Alerts

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Adding alerts to a column chart
  • Using alerts in a gauge
  • Making alert ranges dynamic
  • Displaying alerts on a map
  • Displaying alerts of different thresholds on a map
  • Using bindable colors to control alert coloring from a central location
  • Using alerts in a scorecard

Introduction

Dashboard Design provides a flexible way of alerting a user when something special has occurred. This can be a variety of events, be they positive or negative. For example, if certain offices have hit a target threshold for sales, we may want to show these to highlight the positives. If offices fall below a certain threshold for sales, we may also want to highlight these so that we can compare the offices and figure out how to ...

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