Targets, progress and status
Thermometer chart
Shows progress toward a goal through a thermometer-like fill level.
- Indicator
- Progress
- Performance against target
What it answers
How close is the achieved amount to the goal?
- Shape
- Filled vertical tube
- What it shows
- Achieved and remaining amount.
Example
The question
How close is the charity drive to its goal?
Staff charity drive, raised against goal (SEK)
Illustrative data. It belongs to no company.
When to use it
Use it when
A simple fundraising or goal display.
Avoid it when
Space-constrained dashboards or decorative shape that obscures the scale.
How to read it
Read the fill level with the goal label.
Note
A stylised progress indicator.
The data you need
- Layout
- Long table
- Fields
- Item: text; Completed: number; Goal: positive number
- One row is
- One item with completed amount and total goal. What is the grain?
- Rules
- Calculate completion as Completed/Goal. Define negative or over-goal handling.
- Optional
- Alternative: FractionComplete between 0 and 1 with an explicit scale.
- Preparation
- Confirm the metric definition, reporting period, target and favourable direction. Calculate rates or progress before applying transparent status rules.
- Units
- Completion fraction =Completed/Goal, with a positive declared goal.
Worked example
Completed 72, goal 100 fills the tube to 72%;28 units remain.
| Item | Completed | Goal |
|---|---|---|
| ProjectA | 72 | 100 |