Hi,
This type of visualisation is not available in CX Dashboards. There is a product idea on Evolve for it that you can upvote (do a search on “diverging”).
I realise it’s not available as standard (otherwise I think I would have found it).
My question is how to workaround to create it (some metrics maybe?)
Given the Qualtrics published page says “You could also visualize your responses using a diverging stacked bar chart”, and shows a picture, presumably somebody knows how to achieve it
Hi @k1s , here is a possible workaround that might approximate that effect using two custom metrics.
Step 1: Recode your response scale
In your data mapper, recode your 5-point scale into two custom fields:
- Positive Metric (values 4 and 5):
- Strongly Agree = 1
- Agree = 1
- Neutral or below = 0
- Negative Metric (values 1 and 2):
- Strongly Disagree = -1
- Disagree = -1
- Neutral or above = 0
You can also keep “Neutral” as a third field if you want to visualize it explicitly.
Step 2: Create new metrics in Dashboard Data
- Metric 1: Sum of Negative Responses (will show to the left, using negative values)
- Metric 2: Sum of Positive Responses (will show to the right)Optional Metric 3: Neutral responses (e.g., as a grey band)
Step 3: Configure a Bar Chart
- Use a stacked bar chart, placing:
- Negative % to the left (with a negative value)
- Positive % to the right
- Optional: Neutral in the middle if you want
Enable horizontal orientation and center your X-axis at 0 so that bars diverge around a midpoint.
Let me know if it helps to some extent.
-- Rochak