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Markus Thomanek on 19 Feb 2015 05:35:19

making persistent annotations that can be shared with others

Administrator on 22 Feb 2015 16:02:13

Hi Markus. What would you like to annotate? Where would you like these to be visible? Can you give us details of your scenario please?

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53c890a5 220c-4d3e-8584-8d3e8f0b585f on 05 Jul 2020 22:42:08

RE: making annotations

One use case would be to annotate events related to specific dates or date/times. For example, annotate that Christmas happened on a specific date, so a drop off in data is quickly explained.

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2e625342 483c-475e-91e9-7dd546428e99 on 05 Jul 2020 22:40:17

RE: making annotations

Looking for the same. An example would be where I am showing a comparison between target values and actual values. Interested to annotate the delta and explain why or what action could be taken to address the delta.

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fdd32999 1f82-4caa-8a3b-1768b88e4703 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:02

RE: making annotations

Annotations that are pulled into from a table would be very useful.

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f2aec2e4 aef8-49b3-b53e-fdf4aeaf4f0e on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:31

RE: making annotations

'I don't know if this relates to popbups and annotations.

I would like to add an in-built trigger for certain values upon which the user would get animated objects in the dashboard and equivilent static picture in the reports.

Simply put; for gamefying Id like to assign decals and messages to an employee if he/she reaches a certain customer response rate or sales qouta.

Would be like this::
--Congrahulations!
You have reached level Gold standard in this months Sales competition.
//Displays badge animated//
The user would get an annotation alse whereas the collagues would see his/hers name as the winner

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76d7994d 180b-47d9-a0a5-66de8a5da7b2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:24:58

RE: making annotations

Annotations on a map have been really useful to us in the past. Little custom pop outs that allow us to edit the tool tip to give our users more information about the particular area on a map.

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249e09c4 ea88-4c7c-85bf-b7503122a43b on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:04

RE: making annotations

In our situation, we want to create tooltips-like annotations to help report users understand each visuals better just in case they need more explanations about the visuals.

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ec30bba5 b4b0-4998-8f4d-587c0c5c20aa on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:53

RE: making annotations

'+1 for this. An auditor needs to point out the spot in the visuals that proves the problem. Or maybe has a question about it that needs someone else to come along and answer it. I've been thinking that a d3 chart might contain the annotation DOT and another widget could display the text that the user entered for that DOT.