comparison indicator arrow customization

[mraty9]

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

[Mehdi_Oudjida]

@mraty9 

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:

https://how.withlookerstudio.com/data-viz/20220111-google-data-studio-year-over-year-yoy-metric-comp...

I hope it helps.

[mraty9]

Thank you so much - I'll give this a try

[Siavash_Kanani]

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:

[mraty9]

thank you - will try this