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Comparing Today's Query Results to a Previous Date
- Updated on 10 Jan 2023
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This feature is available for the following chart types:
- Field Summary
- Query Comparison - Bars
- Field Segmentation - Bars
Comparing Results
The Compare results feature allows you to compare today’s query results to a previous date. This gives context to the data and makes changes in the results more apparent. Changes are indicated by color as set in Change indicator color.
You can select to compare to a date relative to today or to a fixed date.
Color coding is applied to the asset count change indication to the right of the chart.
To compare today's results to a previous date:
Choose one of the following:
Compare results to a relative date - enter a value in the text box and then select the time unit: days, weeks, months or years. Today’s results are compared to a relative date for which there is data.
Compare results to a specific date - use the date picker to select a specific date. Today’s results are compared to a specific date for which there is data.
NOTEOnly dates for which there is data are can be selected.
In the Change color indicator section, select colors for the following:
- Increase - the results for today are more than the results from the comparison date.
- Same - the results for today are the same as the results form the comparison date.
- Decrease - the results for today are less than the results from the comparison date.