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baseline – baseline values shown as text in the ‘Baseline’ column of the

chart

trend – values shown as symbols in the ‘Trend’ column of the chart

state – values shown as symbols in the ‘Value’ column of the chart

The required data structure is shown in the ‘iadatasheet’ worksheet of the

workbook called IAworkbookAreaProfile_Performance.xls. This is also in

the ‘workbooks’ folder of your InstantAtlas installation.

Figure 178

For the shaded ranges to display in the ‘Performance’ column you must

define break values (that indicate where each range starts and stops).

These must be provided in the ‘Metadata’ worksheet of your Excel

workbook. Please refer to the ‘Metadata’ worksheet in the example Excel

workbook IAworkbookAreaProfile_Performance.xls (Figure 179).

Figure 179

Use the ‘breaks’ element to specify break values for each indicator. These

must be separated by semicolons and will define the number and size of

the ranges shown in the chart. The break values can be different for each

indicator but the number of breaks must be the same. If you wish to flip the

ranges for a particular indicator, set the ‘breaksFlip’ element to be TRUE.

I.4. Radar Chart

I.4.1. Configuration

With this configuration, data is displayed in a radar chart that shows all

indicators for all themes. The scale is the same for all indicators, with low

values plotted near the centre of the radar and high values plotted near the

edge. For any particular area, the indicator values are joined by a

continuous line. The shape created by this line allows you to visualise how

an area scores across a range of indicators and how this area compares to

others (Figure 180). By default, you can select up to five areas – these are

listed in a key below the radar chart.