Color agents - overview

Color agents are useful to highlight specific data in an analysis, e.g. if a calculation results in positive as well as negative trends.

The simplest way to add a color agent to a column is by right-clicking the column and then select “Agent / Add color or gauge agent”.

Alternatively, go to the Properties Smartpad to locate the Smart agents:

Many different options are available – in this example, we have selected an Icon agent, suitable for highlighting positive and negative trends.

Note:

• An agent with 2 states will have one color for positive values and another color for negative
• An agent with 3 states will have one color for values significantly above average (average + 1 standard deviation), another color for values significantly below average (average – 1 standard deviation), and a third color for values in between.

The agent ”Classic LED (2 states)” has been used on the two calculated columns in the example below:

Once you have added a color agent, you have options to duplicate or delete the selected agent.

If you click the right side of the color agent (where it says 'Positive' or 'Negative' in above example), you get an option to edit the condition of the color agent.