To plot the scores of several indicators, use a spider visualization in a list widget.

Before you begin

Role required: pa_power_user or admin

About this task

Note: This feature is part of the Core UI front end. It is not supported on Platform Analytics dashboards or UI Builder pages, except to a limited extent when migrated in compatibility mode. To build Platform Analytics components, see Data visualizations in Platform Analytics or Filters in Platform Analytics.

This feature is in maintenance mode and is no longer being augmented or changed. Only security fixes to this feature will be addressed.

Use this visualization to help compare the scores of several similar indicators.
Note: You can compare a maximum of ten indicators in a spider visualization.
Figure 1. Spider visualization - list widget
Spider web visualization of several incident indicators

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Performance Analytics > Widgets.
  2. Click New.
  3. In the Name field, give the widget a name that reflects the information being displayed.
  4. In the Type field, select List.
    If you change the value of Type after you fill in other fields, those fields are cleared.
  5. In the Visualization field, select Spider.
  6. Select indicators in one of the following ways:
    • Select a group in the Indicator Group field.
    • Click Save, then add widget indicators as described in Add widget indicators.
  7. To aggregate the widget data for a specific time period, such as applying a 7-day sum or average, select a function in the Time series field.
    Note: Business and fiscal calendars do not support time series aggregations. You cannot set a time series aggregation on a widget for an indicator that uses such a calendar.
  8. To have the widget follow the breakdown elements that are selected on a breakdown dashboard, follow these steps:
    1. Select Follow element.
    2. (Optional) Set which of the available breakdowns to follow in Followed breakdown.
      Breakdown dashboards let you select a breakdown source and elements. However, an indicator can use more than one breakdown that is based on the same breakdown source. Use this setting to determine which of these breakdowns to apply in a breakdown dashboard.

      For example, the indicator Number of open incidents uses two breakdowns: Assigned to, and Opened by. Both breakdowns are based on the Users.Active breakdown source. Consider the case where you create a widget for this indicator and you have the widget follow elements on breakdown dashboards. You want the widget to display separate values for the elements of the Assigned to breakdown. Therefore, you select Assigned to in the field Followed breakdown.

    3. In Show multiple elements as, select whether to show each element separately or to show an aggregate of elements based on the indicator aggregation.
      Neither all widget visualizations nor all indicators support both aggregate and separate views. For automated and external indicators, only COUNT, SUM, MAX, and MIN data aggregations support aggregate views. COUNT DISTINCT and AVG do not. For more information, see Showing multiple elements separately or aggregated.
  9. (Optional) Select the attribute on which to sort the data in the Sort on field.
  10. (Optional) Filter which indicators to display in the List Settings tab.
    List setting Description
    Scorecard options Select All indicators, indicators marked Key, or Favorite indicators.
    Page size Has no effect. The maximum number of indicators is 10.

What to do next

To view the widget, add it to a dashboard or a portal.