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Risk guide
Where your risks sit, and which way they are moving.
Fields
| Field well | What to put in it |
|---|---|
| Risk | One row per risk, such as the ID or title. |
| Likelihood and Impact | The scores, from 1 up to the number of levels. |
| Likelihood before and Impact before (Pro) | The scores at the last review, or before controls. Arrows show where each risk came from, and the header says how many went down, up or stayed. |
| Size by (Pro) | A measure such as cost exposure; larger values get larger dots. |
Set it up
- Add Risk to the report page (see Install the visuals) and drag in the fields above.
- In Format › Matrix, set the number of levels, where Medium, High and Critical start, how risks are shown, and whether impact goes on the vertical axis.
- Format › Labels has your own level names, such as “Once in 100 years” to “Monthly”, and the score in each cell.
- Format › Layout turns on the ranked risk list (Pro).
In the report
- Hover a risk for its likelihood, impact, score, band, rank and, with Pro, its earlier score; hover a cell for its score and the risks in it.
- Click a risk or a cell to filter the report; the rest dims. When another visual is selected, the risks it doesn’t include fade, and counts show “1 / 2”.
- Light or dark background, high-contrast mode, and your own colours.
- Tab into the grid and move between cells with the arrow keys; screen readers hear each cell’s levels, score, band and risks.
- The format pane, the labels and the messages are in English and Norwegian.
Pro features
- Movement: arrows from the earlier cell, “9 lower, 3 higher, 6 unchanged”, and ↓ or ↑ on each risk
- Size by: dots sized by exposure or another measure
- Risk list: the risks ranked by score beside the matrix, numbered like the dots
Pro features need a licence key for Risk or Everything, or a 14-day trial key. Without a valid key, Risk draws the current positions with equal dots and no list, with a short notice above the chart and a “Try Pro free” button. Everything else keeps working. See Add your licence key.
Something not right?
Check Questions and answers, or write to support@getgrafpoint.com saying which visual and where the report runs (Desktop, the Power BI service or Report Server), with a screenshot made with sample data.