Assign data sources to bar chart
To display a bar chart in a dashboard you have to assign a relevant data source to the corresponding component.
The component requires one of the following data sources.
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1. Create or open a dashboard in Business Analytics Dashboard. 2. Click the desired component in the dashboard. The relevant properties dialog is displayed.
3. Click the 
Assign data icon to edit the data source assignment. The Assign data (1/2) dialog will be displayed. Here you can edit the Data flow and create dynamic Input parameters for the selected component. The Data flow box shows an overview of the data source configuration.
4. Optionally, you can create input parameters for the selected component.
Input parameters are dynamic and reusable parameters to be used in several data source operators and data transformation operators. See
Create input parameters.
5. Select a data source operator in the Add a data source bar and specify your settings. See Data source operators for a list of available data source operators. 6. In addition to the data source operator you can add further operators to transform the source data.
a. Select a data transformation operator, e. g. Change data type, in the Add data operations bar and specify your settings. See the parameter table of each data transformation operator for details. 7. Click the 
Calculate peview icon of an operator to display a preview of the transformed source data of the operator. This enables you to track all data changes step by step. 8. Click Next.
The Assign data (2/2) dialog will be displayed.
9. If you want to return to the Assign data (1/2) dialog to change the data source settings then click Edit data source.
The data source and the transformation operators are assigned to the component.
