Metrics Gauge App
How to use the Metrics Gauge app
What is the Metrics Gauge App?
The Metrics Gauge app allows you to take metrics data and arrange it into a gauge on your playlist.
The gauge displays the value of a number metric:
Adding the Metrics Gauge App
To get started with the Metrics Gauge App, follow these simple steps:
- From the lefthand taskbar navigate to the Apps tab.
- Select the Metrics Gauge App from the available list of apps under Metrics, or click the Create button to select a new app.
- The configuration pane opens on the right side of the screen, .
Configuring Your Metrics Gauge App
Configuring the Metrics Gauge App: Now that you've added the Metrics Gauge App, it's time to set it up to meet your preferences.
Here's how:
Common
- App Label: Add an App Label to identify this App from others in your list.
Properties
- Title: Enter a title for your new app.
- Gauge Type: The type of gauge you want to use. Options are Circular or Horizontal.
- Metric Source: The source of the data displayed within the widget. Determines how the metric data is fetched and updated.
- Value Format: Allows customization of the data presentation format within the widget. Users can specify a symbol to prepend data (for example, currency symbol or temperature unit) and define rounding rules for numeric values
- Chart Maximum: Users can define static or dynamic behavior for the gauge maximum value display, enhancing the visualization's responsiveness to data changes. Additionally, specifying a gauge minimum allows for customized data scaling.
- Chart Minimum: Select a value which would be counted as zero for a gauge if you want certain scaling of the data.
- Display as Percent: Toggle this button on to display the gauge as a percentage, rather than a number.
- Spike Indicator: Toggle this button on to display an indicator on the gauge.
- Color: Customization of the gauge color scheme, facilitating visual differentiation and thematic consistency.
- Add Gauge: Click this button to add another gauge to the same app.
Font
- Font Size: Adjust the gauge font size, either with the slider or enter a number.
Background
- Default Background: Select a background for this app.
- Hide Background Box: Toggle this to hide the semi-transparent background box around your content.
Once you are done, click the Create button to finish setting up the app and it is now ready to use on your Playlist.
Updated 14 days ago
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