Pumped up: A look at how the price of gas has risen

You most likely really do not need to have a fancy Domo chart to convey to you that gas has gotten really costly. But we went forward and imported weekly common gas rates from the U.S. Electrical power Facts Agency in any case. In doing so, we also get to explore one of my favored new functions in Domo: Sensible Text, which allows you insert dynamic textual content inside both equally notebook cards and in the title for any card in Domo. So, when you choose a thing other than “United States” from the fall-down menu under “Geo Name” (under), it will also improve the chart following to it (“United States-Regular Weekly Fuel Prices”) to regardless of what region, point out, or metropolis you selected.

Equally, the time time period will alter from “Last 30 Years” when I find a distinct day range, or highlight a unique segment in the line graph. “The Min Gas Price” and “Max Fuel Price” textual content use Domo dynamic summary figures, which make it possible for me to increase metrics to my narrative. These are great equipment for making certain that customers have the correct context even as they self-provide with unique filters and drills.

You will also recognize below that we are experimenting with a narrative attribute (still in pre-beta), which dynamically generates insights about a specified card in Domo. I really like this attribute due to the fact it helps deliver new insights out of details in a narrative format. As you filter for a new geography or a diverse time period of time, the narrative refreshes with new insights. Quite darn great, if you talk to me.

Because we launched “Domo on Information,” we have been pretty concentrated on U.S. details. That is considerably to the chagrin of some of my colleagues around the entire world, but it basically has to do with the obstacle in having metrics from other governments, which are inclined to be good at presenting cost-free facts but undesirable at compiling throughout nations around the world. That mentioned, for this post, we were equipped to locate some facts on world wide gasoline price ranges by way of the International Petrol Price ranges website. The data is not out there for free of charge, but does give us some great context. For instance, even though gas in the U.S. is extra than $4 per gallon, it is pretty much $11 in Hong Kong and only a bit significantly less than that in the Netherlands. Yikes.

We will function to deliver additional worldwide knowledge to these pages in coming posts. Oh, and if you’re pondering when the very last time gasoline was less than $1 per gallon in the U.S., the reply is March 1999. How I extensive for individuals times!