The Quick view sheet

The Sales application already has a sheet called Quick view. This sheet was created to allow the mobile user to see all necessary information in a single page without scrolling. It contains just a text box and a bar chart.

You can see an example in the following screenshot:

You can select the Quick view sheet from the application overview or the sheet selector, as seen in the following screenshot:

The Quick view sheet has two objects:

  • Text and Image: The Text and Image object displays summary information for the following metrics: Sales $, Orders #, Quantity #, and Avg Discount %:

The Text and Image visualization does not provide a column alignment by default, so we used a trick here. We added several periods in white until the expression box was aligned with the expressions of each row, as depicted in the next screenshot. This isn't a perfect alignment, but it is better than nothing. In the following screenshot, we can see the hidden characters:

  • Bar chart: This contains alternative dimensions and measures, enabling the user to dynamically switch between them.

When the user taps on the chart, it opens in a full screen. In the full screen, you have access to the visual exploration menu at the top of screen:

In the visual exploration menu, you can switch between the dimensions and measures that were already added as alternatives. In the following example, Category was selected as the dimension and Orders # was selected as the measure:

The final result is the bar chart showing the top categories by the number of orders:

Users can be instructed to go directly to the Quick view sheet prepared specially to be used in mobile devices. They can play with the alternative measures and dimensions in the bar chart to freely explore the data.

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