How to Create a Repeated Icon Pictograph

This article describes how to create a repeated icon pictograph like the below from 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 > Scale set the relative value of each icon. In this example, my number is 65 so each icon represents 1 unit.

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

4. Under Inputs > DATA SOURCE > Input data enter the value 65. If you selected a different option in Step 3, you can select the output or variable you wish to use as your Input data.

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

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

7. OPTIONAL:  Under Format > ICONS > Number of rows enter the number 5 (for five rows of icons).

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

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