Creating Funnel charts


A Funnel chart is a type of chart often used to represent stages in a sales process and show the amount of potential revenue for each stage. This type of chart can also be useful in identifying potential problem areas in an organization’s sales processes. A Funnel chart is similar to a stacked percent Bar Line chart.

When to use a Funnel chart

A Funnel chart is often used to represent stages in a sales process and show the amount of potential revenue for each stage. This type of chart can also be useful in identifying potential problem areas in an organization's sales processes.

Creating funnel charts

1.   On the toolbar, select + New Page from the Pages drop down, or on the Filters and Settings pane, select the Pages tabbed page and then click the + icon to create a new page.

2.   Click the icon in the chart area and then select the Advanced tabbed page.

3.   Select the Funnel chart type or click theicon at the top right corner of the chart area and then select Funnel to create a Funnel chart.

4.   From the Dimensions pane, specify a funnelDim for the Funnel chart.

5.   Specify a Measure for your chart.

Optionally, specify a Page Dimension for the Funnel chart.

6.   In the Filters and Settings pane, select any of the following:

       Filters tabbed page to browse the chart dimensions using the Dimensions Browser.

       Pages to view all pages in the current report as thumbnails.

       Settings to define drill through, page, or report properties for the chart.

Defining funnel chart properties

Envision allows you to define chart properties such as the color scheme, data format, fonts, labels, legend, title, and drill through.

The following table explains how to define these properties.

Title properties

Dialog

Property Description

Location Select a location (left, center, right) for the title.
Title Click the indicator to display or hide the chart title.
Specify a new title for your chart.
Font Select a font size and style (bold, italic) for the title.

Display properties

Color Scheme Select a color scheme from the list of available color schemes.
Format Select a data format from the list that contains the default data format as well as the data formats that you have created.
Auto responsive layout Click the indicator to enable auto responsive layout for various devices.
Legend Click the indicator to display or hide the legend.  
Title Click the indicator to display or hide the chart title.
Specify a new title for your chart.
Label Click the indicator to display or hide labels for the chart values.

Label properties

Percent Click the indicator to display or hide the percentage contribution of each dimensional element in the funnel.
Absolute Click the indicator to display or hide the absolute contribution of each dimensional element in the funnel.
Dimension Click the indicator to display or hide the funnel dimensional elements.
Static length Specify the static length for the labels (number of alphabets to be displayed).
Location Select a location for the labels (top, bottom) from the list.
Label Click the indicator to display or hide labels for the chart values.
Font Select a font size and style (bold, italic) for the labels.

Legend properties

Format Select a data format from the list of existing formats.
Legend Click the indicator to display or hide the legend.
Location Specify a location for the legend display (left, center, right).
Font Select a font size and style (bold, italic) for the legend.

Data point properties

Color scheme Select a color scheme from the list of available color schemes.
Format Select a data format from the list of existing formats.

 

Page Properties

Report

Properties