Is there a way to customize the arrows on the Looker studio comparison indicator?
The arrows have horizontal lines which we’re trying to get rid of. See the image
There is no way to customize this variation arrow through the style settings.
The only solution I see would be to:
- rebuild the mechanism of date range comparison if it is possible regarding your data source and the type time comparison
- use an unicode character or a picture for the arrow, following the value
- apply a conditional formatting to change the color (red or a green) regarding the sense of variation
I’m not sure if it’s worth it but you will find an example of data viz in this article, chapter 4:
I hope it helps.
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Thank you so much - I’ll give this a try
Similar to what Mehdi suggested, there’s no way to customize the default arrow style, but if you can calculate the difference either as an absolute number or a percentage manually, for example by using data blending, you can then use arrows after the value by applying a custom Display Format to the metric, and change the color using Conditional Formatting, like:
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thank you - will try this