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Use a Filter to Adjust Chart Reference Lines

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Goal

Using a dropdown, filter the results of a data set while also adjusting a chart reference line.

images:SAIL_Recipe_Chart_Ref_Line.png

This scenario demonstrates:

  • How to conditionally adjust the value of a chart reference line to account for differing limits on a set of data.
  • How to configure multiple chart reference lines on a single chart.

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a!localVariables(
  local!selectedDepartment: "Engineering",
  local!data: {
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2015-Q1", spent: 15804),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2015-Q2", spent: 13432),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2015-Q3", spent: 23400),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2015-Q4", spent: 15900),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2016-Q1", spent: 12004),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2016-Q2", spent: 13901),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2016-Q3", spent: 14142),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2016-Q4", spent: 17980),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2017-Q1", spent: 13822),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2017-Q2", spent: 11053),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2017-Q3", spent: 16607),
    a!map(department: "Engineering", quarter: "2017-Q4", spent: 15449),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2015-Q1", spent: 18883),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2015-Q2", spent: 22904),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2015-Q3", spent: 19192),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2015-Q4", spent: 20043),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2016-Q1", spent: 17790),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2016-Q2", spent: 24405),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2016-Q3", spent: 21031),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2016-Q4", spent: 25787),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2017-Q1", spent: 17401),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2017-Q2", spent: 19903),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2017-Q3", spent: 18400),
    a!map(department: "Professional Services", quarter: "2017-Q4", spent: 20801),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2015-Q1", spent: 29990),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2015-Q2", spent: 32063),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2015-Q3", spent: 24504),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2015-Q4", spent: 24994),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2016-Q1", spent: 26803),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2016-Q2", spent: 37400),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2016-Q3", spent: 27880),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2016-Q4", spent: 22904),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2017-Q1", spent: 32701),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2017-Q2", spent: 27032),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2017-Q3", spent: 28443),
    a!map(department: "Sales", quarter: "2017-Q4", spent: 23940)
  },
  local!selectedData: index(
    local!data,
    wherecontains(local!selectedDepartment, touniformstring(local!data.department)),
    null /* Return nothing if the selected department isn't in the list */
  ), 
  {
    a!sectionLayout(
      contents: {
        a!dropdownField(
          label: "Department",
          choiceLabels: {"Engineering", "Professional Services", "Sales"},
          choiceValues: {"Engineering", "Professional Services", "Sales"},
          value: local!selectedDepartment,
          saveInto: local!selectedDepartment
        ),
        a!lineChartField(
          label: "Money Spent per Quarter",
          categories: local!data.quarter,
          series: a!chartSeries(data: local!selectedData.spent),
          xAxisTitle: "Quarter",
          yAxisTitle: "Amount Spent (in $)",
          referenceLines: {
            a!chartReferenceLine(
              label: "100% Budget",
              value: if(
                local!selectedDepartment = "Engineering",
                18000,
                if(
                  local!selectedDepartment = "Professional Services",
                  21000,
                  30000
                )
              ),
              color: "ORANGE"
            ),
            a!chartReferenceLine(
              label: "125% Budget",
              value: if(
                local!selectedDepartment = "Engineering",
                22500,
                if(
                  local!selectedDepartment = "Professional Services",
                  26250,
                  37500
                )
              ),
              color: "RED",
              style: "DASHDOT"
            )
          },
          showLegend: false
        )
      }
    )
  }
)

Test it out

  1. Use the Department dropdown to select a value other than Engineering. Notice that the data set and reference lines in the line chart change.

Notable implementation details

  • This example uses a hard-coded data set. To use data from a record type, use a!queryRecordType(). The dropdown would then populate the value passed into the query filter or logical expression.
  • The chart reference values are hard-coded. Typically, these limits would be stored in a custom rule, constant, or lookup table.

Use a Filter to Adjust Chart Reference Lines

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