Fixed Placement Column

This is the N4V FOR WEBI Wiki page for the Fixed Placement Column widget.

Updated for N4V 2025.2.10

• Diagram made up of vertical or horizontal bars with fixed placement.
• 1 to 4 indicators are broken down on 2 axis according to the same dimension.
• A mirroring mode give ability to create a pyramid chart.
• Possibility to use the functionality of linked elements on this graph.

• Dimensions 1 :Dimension 1

• Measures of 1st axis : 1 measurement, 2nd measurement is optional
• Measures of 2nd axis : [Optional] 1 or 2 measurement

• Move the mouse over the graph to bring up the tooltip.

Use the Webi native element link function to make this graph interact with other elements of the same report (native Webi tables / graphs and / or Need4Viz graphs). Element binding can be defined on all objects or individually on one of the dimensions of the graph. The X axis values are clickable for the element linking.

Here you can find instructions for accessing settings for Need4viz graphics: Format Custom Element.

For the Fixed Placement Column graph, the available parameters are :

Global

• Palette et Style
  • General: You can use the palette tool to define the colors used to build the graph.

Extended Parameters

• Global → See the user guide for the “Global” section here

• Menu → See the user guide for the “Menu” section here

• X_Axis & Y_Axis → See the user guide for the “Axes” section here

• Options
  • Zooming : Select here the kind of zooming to activate on the chart
  • Chart orientation : This setting allows you to choose an horizontal or vertical orientation of the chart. You can also choose to display in mirror mode the measures for each axis (zero value is placed as the central value of the chart). In this case, you can use the X-Axis mirror position to display X-Axis on each side of the “pyramid”.
  • Labels : This setting allows you to define the desired type of rotation.
  • Chart color : This setting allows you to choose the coloring style sought for the graph.
  • Columns border : This setting allows you to make rounded corners for the columns (all corners or only top corners).
  • Shadow : This setting allows you to draw a colored shadow around the columns.

• Selection → See the user guide for the “Selection” section here

• Controls → See the user guide for the “Selection” section here

• Tooltip → See the user guide for the “Tooltip” section here

• Legend → See the user guide for the “Legend” section here

• Options-Measure1
  • Values : This setting allows you to specify the name of the measure in the labels (replaces the Webi object name), the unit to add as a measurement prefix or suffix as well as the maximum number of decimal places. It also allows you to display or not the values. You can choose to display values (or not) or the ratio (meas1/meas2 of the 1st axis) on top of the bar. The measurement display format (standard - e.g.: 2,345.67, compact - e.g.: 2.3K or compact long - e.g.: 2.3 thousand) can also be defined.
  • Labels : This setting allows you to define the labels of the first axis measures (content, placement, font)
  • Colors : You can set here specific colors for negative values.

• Options-Measure2
  • Values :This setting allows you to specify the name of the measure in the labels (replaces the Webi object name), the unit to add as a measurement prefix or suffix as well as the maximum number of decimal places. It also allows you to display or not the values. You can choose to display values (or not) or the ratio (meas1/meas2 of the 2nd axis) on top of the bar. The measurement display format (standard - e.g.: 2,345.67, compact - e.g.: 2.3K or compact long - e.g.: 2.3 thousand) can also be defined.
  • Labels : This setting allows you to define the labels of the second axis measures (content, placement, font)
  • Y Axis : You can choose here to keep the same axis as first measures for the second measures
  • Colors : You can set here specific colors for negative values.

Export Server → See the user guide for the “Export Server” section here

Export FTP → See the user guide for the “Export FTP” section here

Export SharePoint → See the user guide for the “Export SharePoint” section here