The KPI visualization is used to get an overview of the performance values that are important to our company. We can show one or two measure values for comparison. For example, we can show a measure with sales for the year 2018, and a measure with sales for the year 2017, and see if the sales are increasing or decreasing year to year.
To add the KPI visualizations to the sheet, follow these steps:
- Click on the Edit button located in the toolbar to enter the edit mode:
- Click on the Master items button on the asset panel, which is on the left-hand side of the screen, and click on the Measures heading that was created in Chapter 4, Working with Application Structure:
- Click on Sales $ and drag and drop it into the empty space on the sheet:
- Qlik Sense will create a new visualization of the KPI type because we have selected a measure:
- Resize the visualization toward the top-left of the sheet, as follows:
- Repeat steps 1 through 5 to add two visualizations for the Avg Discount % and Orders # measures. Place the objects to the right of the previously added visualization. The sheet should look like this:
For the Avg Discount % measure, Qlik Sense suggests the Gauge visualization instead of the KPI visualization, because the data is formatted with percentages.
- To change the type of visualization from Gauge to KPI, click on the chart type selector, as follows:
- Select the KPI chart type that is depicted by the red arrow in the following screenshot:
- Now, all three of the measures are visualized as KPI:
