Use a Range Data Control to Set Color Thresholds for Gauges

Set up a range data block to control color thresholds for gauges.

  1. Set up values and parameters for the range control.
  1. Connect the Range Control Block to retrieve inputs from a Query Data Block, and output to a Gauge block.

  1. Select the Range Data Control block.
  2. In the Properties section, select the Pane in which the range slider should appear (in this case the gauge makes the most sense), or you can hide the Range control in the viewer using the Hide Slider check box.
  3. Open the Input Bindings section for the Range block and select the Minimum and Maximum slider values of the range using the min and max properties of the column that the Range block will be coloring (as shown in the example below for Minimum Slider Value).

  1. Set up either a basic color gradient, or set up a 3-color gradient.
  1. Select the Gauge block and open the Input Bindings section.
  2. In the Scale color thresholds field, select the Range1.thresholds output from the Range block (where Range1 is the actual name of the Range block). This allows the Gauge to use the color threshold settings defined in the Range block.

  1. When you are done, click the Apply button.

NOTE: Gradients in gauges can only display from left to right.