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

All that is required is a numeric value. This can come from a variety of inputs including a:
- Pasted value
- R Calculation
- Table
- Numeric Variable

In the example I will use a pasted value of 65 to create the repeated icon above, but more input options are available as described further below.

From the toolbar, click Visualization > Pictographs > Repeated Icon and draw the placeholder on the page.
From the object inspector , under Data > Data Source > Data source select Type or paste value. Other options will allow you to select values from other objects in your document, e.g., tables or variables (as described below).
In Input data enter the value 65.
In the Chart menu, you have options to further customize the icons and visualization. To choose the heart icon, choose Chart > Icons > Icon > Heart.
In this example, I want to make each icon represent 1 unit (so there will be 65 icons in total), so I set Scale > 1.
Layout constrained by lets you configure how the repeated icons are arranged. For my example, we will select Number of rows.
Set Number of rows > 5 (for five rows of icons).
The Chart > Fill Color section lets you set the color or conditional colors for the chart. In this example, we set the color > Red.

Under Data > Data Source > Data source select Table or Use an existing R output.
For Input data, either select from the list or click on it to insert its name.
Now you can set the Select rows/columns to show by fields to be on a static number/label you type, or Choosing from a Combo box or List box control.
In the Row and Column fields, you'll either type in your value or select the control you want to connect to do the selection on the table.

Under Data > Data Source > Data source, select one of Variable - Average, Variable - Sum, Variable - Percentage.
For Input data, either select from the list or click on it to insert its name.
If you selected Variable - Percentage, the Category field will appear for you to select the category in the variable you want to use in the numerator.