How to Create a Repeated Icon Pictograph Showing Proportions

This article describes how to create a repeated icon pictograph that shows a proportion, like the below, based on a single numeric value.

Requirements

A numeric value, an output containing a numeric value, or a variable that can be summed or averaged to yield a numeric value.

Method

1. Go to Visualization > Pictographs > Repeated Icon.

2. Under Inputs > OUTPUT > Total icons set the number of total icons you want to include.  In the example here, this has been set to 10.

3. Under Inputs > OUTPUT > Scale set the relative value of each icon.  In this example, my number is 65 so each icon represents 10 units (i.e. 100/10).

4. Under Inputs > DATA SOURCE > Data source select Type or paste value.  Options here will allow you to select values from other objects in your document, e.g. tables or variables.

5. Under Inputs > DATA SOURCE > Input data enter the value 65.

6. OPTIONAL:  Under Format > ICONS > Icon select Heart.

7. OPTIONAL:  Under Format > ICONS > Layout constrained by select Number of rows.

8. OPTIONAL:  Under Format > ICONS > Number of rows enter the number 2 (for two rows of icons).

9. OPTIONAL:  Under Format > ICONS deselect the option Hide base image.

10. OPTIONAL:  Under Format > ICONS > Icon base color set the value for the unfilled part of the icons, in this example set to a medium grey.

11. OPTIONAL:  Under Format > FILL COLOR > Default fill color to set the value for the filled part of the icons, in this example set to red.

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