For users with instance administrator permission.
When creating a measure, or editing a measure, one of the required fields is measure polarity.
There are five default polarity options:
- Higher is Better
- Lower is Better
- Target Range
- Do Not Display
- No Polarity
In addition, when entering measure data, you can enter target values.
As long as a data set includes target values, you can enable color bands when viewing or editing a measure. This helps viewers understand data in terms of color-coded ranges, such as on-target, too low, etc. The way color bands are applied depends on measure polarity.
To configure default color bands and thresholds for each polarity type, click the Administration icon and choose Object Management / Global Color Bands.
Note: Color band thresholds and colors can be edited individually for each graph, in Graph Settings.
For each polarity type, you can adjust the percent-of-target values for each band, change band colors, and use the Add / Remove icons to add or remove bands. If you make any changes, be sure to click Update. Note that any global color changes will not affect existing graphs, only graphs for measures created after the changes are made.
