Creating dimensionless bar charts in Qlik Sense®

A bar chart is usually defined by one or two dimensions and a measure. However, we need to have dimensionless bar charts when designing KPIs on dashboards, and also in certain other scenarios. By default, Qlik Sense will not allow this. However, there is a workaround, which is discussed in the following sections.

Getting ready

We will make use of the same application that we developed for the KPI recipe. The application has got the following script loaded, which gives information on theSalesandTargetvalues for four countries. In addition, we will add a new column calledDummy. Make sure to save and load the script once theDummyfield is added:

LOAD * , 1 as Dummy INLINE [
Country, Sales, Target
USA, 10000, 8500
UK, 7000, 9500
Germany, 5000, 4500
Japan, 6000, 6000
];

We want to display the overall sales for the company and change the color of the bar, based on the threshold value.

How to do it…

1. Go to App overviewand create a new sheet.
2. Name the sheet...