Visual at a glance
- Category
- Ranking
- Certification
- Power BI Certified
- Best used for
- Indicate performance or approval scores within your Power BI reports
About Ratings
Add ratings or scores to Power BI reports to track the performance of key metrics. Ratings by MAQ Software enables users to divide ratings by average score or by specific groups such as individual departments.
Key Feature
- Drill down opportunities (average rating, individual metrics, etc.)
- Configurable indicator shapes (four options)
- Configurable fill color (solid or gradient)
Business uses
- Market research: Highlight the performance of specific products, movies, or features based on user feedback
- Hospitality: Compare the ratings of hotels across locations
- Customer support: Analyze business performance by tracking customer support ratings for different products
What's new
- Updated the visual to Power BI API 5.11.0, improved project compatibility, and resolved configuration and dependency issues.
- Upgraded the visual to Power BI API 5.11.0.
- Resolved warnings and npm audit issues.
- Fixed ESLint 8 configuration incompatibility.
- Resolved duplicate Formatting Pane group UIDs.
Feature walkthrough
Contact Us. Thank you for using Ratings by MAQ Software. Have questions about this or any of our other Power BI custom visuals? For issues, contact Support@MAQSoftware.com. For priority requests or custom builds, contact CustomerSuccess@MAQSoftware.com.
FAQs
What is the Ratings visual used for?
The Ratings visual helps users display performance, satisfaction, review, or approval scores within Power BI reports. It provides an intuitive way to evaluate metrics using rating indicators, enabling quick comparison and analysis of scores across categories.
What data fields are required?
The visual requires:
- A numeric measure field representing the rating or score.
An optional category field to compare ratings across groups, products, departments, regions, or other dimensions.
The measure value determines the rating displayed in the visual.
What business scenarios is the Ratings visual best suited for?
The Ratings visual is commonly used for:
- Customer satisfaction analysis
- Product and service review tracking
- Market research and product feedback analysis
- Hotel and hospitality rating comparison
- Employee performance evaluation
- Customer support satisfaction monitoring
- Vendor or partner assessment
- Quality scorecard reporting
Can I customize the appearance of the Ratings visual?
Yes. The visual provides several customization options, including:
- Indicator shapes
- Fill colors
- Gradient colors
- Label formatting
- Visual styling options
These settings help align the visual with organizational branding and reporting requirements.
What indicator shapes are available?
The Ratings visual supports configurable indicator shapes, allowing report designers to choose from multiple visual styles based on their reporting needs.
Can I customize the rating colors?
Yes. The visual supports both:
- Solid fill colors
- Gradient fill colors
This allows ratings to be visually differentiated based on performance levels or reporting themes.
Does the Ratings visual support drill down?
Yes. The visual supports drill-down functionality, allowing users to navigate from aggregated ratings to more detailed levels such as categories, departments, products, or individual metrics.
Does the Ratings visual support cross-filtering?
Yes. The visual supports Power BI cross-filtering.
Users can interact with:
- Rating indicators
- Categories
- Data points
Selections automatically filter other visuals on the report page and respond to filters applied from other visuals.
Does the visual support report tooltips?
Yes. The Ratings visual supports Power BI Report Page Tooltips, allowing additional contextual information to be displayed when hovering over rating indicators.
Does the visual support bookmarks?
Yes. The Ratings visual supports Power BI Bookmarks, allowing report authors to save and restore specific report states while maintaining the current visual configuration.
Can I use Dynamic Format Strings with the Ratings visual?
Yes. The visual supports Dynamic Format Strings, allowing rating measures to display custom formats that change dynamically based on measure values or business rules.
Examples include:
- Showing rating symbols
- Displaying percentages
- Appending custom text or units
- Dynamic decimal precision
Does the Ratings visual support Conditional Formatting?
Yes. The visual supports Conditional Formatting, enabling dynamic color changes based on rating thresholds. This helps users quickly identify high-performing and low-performing categories.
What makes the Ratings visual different from a KPI Card?
Unlike a KPI Card that typically displays a single metric, the Ratings visual represents scores using intuitive rating indicators and allows comparisons across multiple categories, making performance evaluation more visually engaging and meaningful.
Is the Ratings visual responsive?
Yes. The visual automatically adjusts to different report sizes and layouts to provide an optimal viewing experience while maintaining readability.
Can I analyze ratings by different groups?
Yes. Ratings can be analyzed by various business dimensions such as departments, products, services, regions, teams, or any category available in the dataset. This helps users compare performance across groups and identify trends.
Where can I report issues or request new features?
For support, bug reports, or feature requests, contact customersuccess@maqsoftware.com. We regularly update the visual with enhancements, performance improvements, and new features based on customer feedback.
