Adding data symbol objects
A Data Symbol object is an icon that is used to represent a data point in a layout object.
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Each graphical layout object includes a default data symbol object which is used within the layout object to display the data. You can use a data symbol object to change a default data symbol in a layout object, to create a second data layer in a layout object, or independently, as a direct insert to a visual project (perhaps to create a legend for a layout).
The Data Symbols palette
includes the following data symbol objects:
- Google Map Marker
- A data symbol object that displays a data point as a map marker
on a Google Map object.
Google Map Marker is available in visual dashboards only.
- Marker
- A data symbol displayed as a configurable shape. The marker is typically used to represent a data point in an axis-based chart. The shape of the marker can be changed to a solid diamond, a cross, or any of several other shapes.
- Vertical Value Bar
- A data symbol displayed as a vertical rectangle in which the height is associated with a data value returned by a query. The vertical value bar is typically used to create bar values along the y-axis of an XY chart.
- Vertical Label Bar
- A data symbol displayed as a rectangle that is described by a label that places it along the x-axis and a numeric value that determines its height along the y-axis.
- Horizontal Value Bar
- A data symbol displayed as a horizontal rectangle in which the width is associated with a data value returned by a query. The horizontal value bar is typically used to create bar values along the x-axis of an XY chart.
- Horizontal Label Bar
- A data symbol, displayed as a rectangle that is described by a label that places it along the y-axis and a numeric value that determines its length along the x-axis.
- Price Interval Bar
- A data symbol displayed as a vertical line with horizontal ticks extending to the left and right side of the line. It is used to display four numeric values over a specific time interval. The price interval bar is typically used to display the opening, closing, high, and low prices of a stock or other index on a specific date. The shape of the price interval bar can be modified to turn open/close and high/low tick marks on or off.
- Candlestick
- A data symbol displayed as a vertical rectangle. Used to display four numeric values over a specific time interval. The candlestick is typically used to display the opening, closing, high, and low prices of a stock on a specific date, and the color of the candlestick is designed to show gain or loss of stock value.
- Event Band
- A data symbol displayed as a rectangle of variable width extending from the bottom to the top of the chart. It is used to display ranges of x-values, such as a length of time an event lasted, along an axis. The event band is typically used with other data layers to depict events that correspond to other data.
- Threshold Band
- A data symbol displayed as a horizontal rectangle. The threshold band is similar to the event band data symbol. It is used to display ranges of y-values along an axis and is typically used with other data layers to depict value thresholds that correspond to other series of data.