Index Chart

Relative Monthly Sales by Product Line (shown above relative to July)

An index chart is an interactive line chart that shows percentage changes for a collection of time-series based on a selected index point.

Get Started

Step 1: Download the plugin

12 Days visualization pack for Pentaho Business Analytics 5.4 - contains all 12 visualizations in a single plugin
12 Days visualization pack for Pentaho Business Analytics 5.1 up to 5.3 - contains all 12 visualizations in a single plugin
12 Days visualization pack for Pentaho Business Analytics 5.0 - contains all 12 visualizations in a single plugin
Index chart plugin for Pentaho Business Analytics 4.8

Step 2: Follow the simple instructions for adding the plugin to your existing Pentaho BA Server
Step 3: Get Creative - explore your data, build cool stuff, amaze your friends and co-workers!

Disclaimer:
These visualizations are provided for demonstration purposes ONLY. They are provided with no warranty or commitments regarding the quality of the sample and/or platform support. Many of the underlying charting libraries used in these samples only work on a subset of browsers that are part of Pentaho's official support matrix.

Working With Index Charts

Drag an attribute into the "Series" shelf of the layout panel to define which members you wish to plot.
Drag an attribute into the "X-axis" shelf to define the criteria for which you want to compare relative change. Note: Index charts are most commonly used with Time Series related attributes on the X-axis to compare relative change before and after a given point in time
Drag a measure into the measure shelf.

Mouse over the chart to set the focus for which the relative comparisons will calculated and displayed

Tell Us What You Think

We're having lots of fun experimenting with various emerging visualization technologies and we would love to get your feedback. Here are a couple of ways you can share:

Update the Index enhancement ticket
- Post feedback about additional ideas for improvements
- Get out and vote! All of the visualizations we are sharing are prototypes which we can consider for inclusion in future GA releases of the Pentaho suite. Voting for an enhancement is a great way to influence the priority in which we 'product-ize' these visualizations
Tweet about it - got feedback or a cool example you've created and want to share? Tweet your comments or screenshots to #12DaysOfViz

Known Limitations

None