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Bar and pie chart configuration options

Ticket and asset reports can display information as a bar or pie chart, in addition to a table.

To configure a bar or pie chart, specify the Category and Chart Metric options. Understanding these options helps you create reports that display the information you need.

Category

Each bar or slice represents a group of tickets or assets. The Category is used to group the tickets or assets. (It is the element that each bar or slice represents.) To select a Category, choose the element you want to compare.

For example:

  • In this bar chart, tickets are grouped by assigned tech. Each bar represents a tech.

    The Category is Assigned Tech.

  • In this pie chart, tickets are grouped by request type. Each slice represents a request type.

    The Category is Request Type.

Bar Stack Category

For bar charts, you can also choose a Bar Stack Category. This category displays the relationship of individual items to the whole, with each item described in the chart legend.

This setting can be used to subdivide the tickets or assets within each bar. In the example below, the Bar Category is Assigned Tech and the Bar Stack Category is Priority. Now you can see how many tickets are assigned to each tech, and whether any tech has a large number of Urgent or High priority tickets.

Chart Metric

The Chart Metric determines the size of the bars or slices. In many cases, it is the total number of tickets or assets in each group. For ticket reports, it can also be a time measurement, such as the open time or work time.

Open time computes the difference between the time the ticket was open and the time it was closed.

Putting it together

In a bar or pie chart, the Category is the element being compared and the Chart Metric is the basis for comparison. The Category and Chart Metric are reflected in the questions a chart can answer. For example:

  • Which techs closed the most tickets last month?
    Category:tech
    Chart Metric:ticket count
  • Which assets are associated with the most tickets?
    Category:assets
    Chart Metric:ticket count
  • Which tech has the shortest average first response time?
    Category:tech
    Chart Metric:average first response time
  • Which location has the most open tickets?
    Category:location
    Chart Metric:ticket count