Comments for DEALER DIAGNOSTICS http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog High Resolution Reporting for Auto Dealerships Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The DDR Bullet Graph Gadget by kalin http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/09/the-ddr-bullet-graph-gadget/comment-page-1/#comment-430 kalin Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:16:34 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=45#comment-430 @Sonali thanks for the feedback I haven't played with this gadget for a while but I don't believe that google spreadsheets allows proper 'in cell' gadgets (they definitely didn't when we released this, but if that's changed do let me know). I'm assuming you mean to get an effect similar to Bonavista Microcharts http://www.bonavistasystems.com/Products_SparkLiner_ExcelUser.html Google's gadgets are geared towards visualizing the data on the web, where you can do a lot to reduce the whitespace using custom css. Google allows you to edit css for text documents, but there is no simple way of applying custom css to a spreadsheet document. It would probably be possible to add a field to the gadget to allow for custom css to be added in the settings (probably not a bad idea actually), but I don't know if that would solve your problem. Let me know if this would help, or feel free to submit a patch to do this and I will gladly add the feature. @Sonali thanks for the feedback

I haven’t played with this gadget for a while but I don’t believe that google spreadsheets allows proper ‘in cell’ gadgets (they definitely didn’t when we released this, but if that’s changed do let me know). I’m assuming you mean to get an effect similar to Bonavista Microcharts http://www.bonavistasystems.com/Products_SparkLiner_ExcelUser.html

Google’s gadgets are geared towards visualizing the data on the web, where you can do a lot to reduce the whitespace using custom css. Google allows you to edit css for text documents, but there is no simple way of applying custom css to a spreadsheet document. It would probably be possible to add a field to the gadget to allow for custom css to be added in the settings (probably not a bad idea actually), but I don’t know if that would solve your problem. Let me know if this would help, or feel free to submit a patch to do this and I will gladly add the feature.

]]> Comment on The DDR Bullet Graph Gadget by Sonali http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/09/the-ddr-bullet-graph-gadget/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Sonali Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:47:01 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=45#comment-429 Thank you much for sharing this gadget! I wanted to ask if the white space could be reduced so as to fit the bullet graph in-cell in my Google spreadsheet. Thanks! Thank you much for sharing this gadget! I wanted to ask if the white space could be reduced so as to fit the bullet graph in-cell in my Google spreadsheet. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Create Bullet Graphs with Google Charts in 7 Easy Steps by sandrar http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/05/create-bullet-graphs-with-google-charts-in-7-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-423 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:13:41 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=8#comment-423 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on Create Bullet Graphs with Google Charts in 7 Easy Steps by DaveG http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/05/create-bullet-graphs-with-google-charts-in-7-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-414 DaveG Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:53:56 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=8#comment-414 Oh I should add that I can use the URL generated by putting in a TW tiddler inside an iframe using your URL as the src= parameter & it looks great. Thanks again - and please do release a javascript version - preferably as a TW plugin. dave Oh I should add that I can use the URL generated by putting in a TW tiddler inside an iframe using your URL as the src= parameter & it looks great.

Thanks again – and please do release a javascript version – preferably as a TW plugin.

dave

]]> Comment on Create Bullet Graphs with Google Charts in 7 Easy Steps by DaveG http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/05/create-bullet-graphs-with-google-charts-in-7-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-413 DaveG Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:50:14 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=8#comment-413 This is great! thanks very much. I want to do a dashboard mock-up and I think I should jsut do the whole thing with your javascript! This is espceially because I use Tiddly wiki a lot which can include javascript so I could make the whole dashboard there & publish it. TW is at www.tiddlywiki.com , by the way. Dave This is great!

thanks very much.

I want to do a dashboard mock-up and I think I should jsut do the whole thing with your javascript!

This is espceially because I use Tiddly wiki a lot which can include javascript so I could make the whole dashboard there & publish it.

TW is at http://www.tiddlywiki.com , by the way.

Dave

]]> Comment on The DDR Bullet Graph Gadget by kalin http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/09/the-ddr-bullet-graph-gadget/comment-page-1/#comment-411 kalin Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:27:28 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=45#comment-411 Emily, You could probably edit the source code of the gadget pretty easily to handle different colors, but do so cautiously. I recommend reading Stephen Fews books for a good discussion about how to use color judiciously. As for doing percentages, I recommend just putting the symbol in one place as (%) or (as a %) and then just use a range of 0-100. You get a much cleaner display if you don't repeat the % symbol with every number. Good luck, I'd love to see what you do with the gadget. Emily,

You could probably edit the source code of the gadget pretty easily to handle different colors, but do so cautiously. I recommend reading Stephen Fews books for a good discussion about how to use color judiciously.

As for doing percentages, I recommend just putting the symbol in one place as (%) or (as a %) and then just use a range of 0-100. You get a much cleaner display if you don’t repeat the % symbol with every number.

Good luck, I’d love to see what you do with the gadget.

]]> Comment on The DDR Bullet Graph Gadget by Emily http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/09/the-ddr-bullet-graph-gadget/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Emily Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:57:57 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=45#comment-410 This is really great! I'm working on apply this to my analysis. But I'm wondering could we also manually set up the range colour instead of one colour with different tone? Also, could we change the label of range? like show as percentage instead of "real number"? This is really great!
I’m working on apply this to my analysis.
But I’m wondering could we also manually set up the range colour instead of one colour with different tone?
Also, could we change the label of range? like show as percentage instead of “real number”?

]]> Comment on Create Bullet Graphs with Google Charts in 7 Easy Steps by Kelso’s Corner » Blog Archive » Bullet Graphs for Not-to-Exceed Targets (Visual Business Intelligence) http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/05/create-bullet-graphs-with-google-charts-in-7-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Kelso’s Corner » Blog Archive » Bullet Graphs for Not-to-Exceed Targets (Visual Business Intelligence) Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:48:40 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=8#comment-408 [...] good (optional) All use the same quantitative scale. Flex component with source code from Agile UI. Google charts version from Dealer Diagnostics. Excel version from Excel [...] [...] good (optional) All use the same quantitative scale. Flex component with source code from Agile UI. Google charts version from Dealer Diagnostics. Excel version from Excel [...]

]]> Comment on The DDR Bullet Graph Gadget by Visual Business Intelligence - Software Support for Bullet Graphs—An Increasingly Popular Means of Display http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/09/the-ddr-bullet-graph-gadget/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Visual Business Intelligence - Software Support for Bullet Graphs—An Increasingly Popular Means of Display Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:54:37 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=45#comment-407 [...] Google Charts courtesy of Dealer Diagnostics [...] [...] Google Charts courtesy of Dealer Diagnostics [...]

]]> Comment on The DDR Bullet Graph Gadget by kalin http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/2008/09/the-ddr-bullet-graph-gadget/comment-page-1/#comment-405 kalin Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:18:15 +0000 http://dealerdiagnostics.com/blog/?p=45#comment-405 Andrew, It should be fixed now. It looks like google made a change in their analytics library API (not cool, google) and I had to make some adjustments to account for it. The sample spreadsheet url didn't have analytics because it was development code which is why it was working ok. I did notice that on Firefox the gadget is resizing incorrectly on spreadsheets (works fine in Safari) and cutting off some information, though it resizes correctly on iGoogle. I will see if I can resolve this issue as well, as it seems to be a new one. Thanks for the heads up, we'd love to hear about how you're using the gadget. Andrew,

It should be fixed now. It looks like google made a change in their analytics library API (not cool, google) and I had to make some adjustments to account for it. The sample spreadsheet url didn’t have analytics because it was development code which is why it was working ok.

I did notice that on Firefox the gadget is resizing incorrectly on spreadsheets (works fine in Safari) and cutting off some information, though it resizes correctly on iGoogle. I will see if I can resolve this issue as well, as it seems to be a new one.

Thanks for the heads up, we’d love to hear about how you’re using the gadget.

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