A drop, barrel or logo gauge that fills up in Power BI

In short

What is a shape gauge? A shape (a drop, a barrel, a bottle, your logo) fills up with color to the level of a percentage. Mini example: your tanks hold 30,000 liters out of a 60,000-liter capacity; the barrel is half full, and the label reads "50%".

• What the visual does. Shape Gauge Plume computes the percentage (value divided by the target, or position between a minimum and a maximum), fills the shape with a wavy surface, writes the percentage in two tones (light over the filled part), draws the target and draws one shape per category; as a ★ feature, with a date field, it fills the shape year after year.
• When to use it. Target achievement, stock or tank level, budget spent, fundraising, satisfaction rate, warehouse occupancy: a percentage read at a glance.
• When to use something else. Comparing dozens of values precisely: Bar Plume. Following a detailed trend: Line Plume. A KPI with its trend: KPI Plume.
• What you will be able to do. Create two measures, insert the visual, choose the shape and the color, add a target, draw one shape per region, change the fill direction.
• What you need: Power BI Desktop, the Shape Gauge Plume visual installed (see the common basics), a table with a value and its target. The PlumeShapeGauge-Sample-EN sample report, in your "Downloads" area, shows a drop, a burgundy barrel, a wine glass and a thermometer (page 1), one shape per region and a ranking (page 2) and the ★ features, including the player (page 3).

The data to provide

The shape. One row per region and per year: the region, the year, the actual amount and the target.

Region	Year	Amount	Target
West	2024	410,000	600,000
West	2025	520,000	600,000
South	2024	480,000	650,000
South	2025	610,000	650,000
Central	2024	300,000	700,000
Central	2025	390,000	700,000

To try without a file: Modeling › New table, then paste:

Sales =
DATATABLE (
    "Region", STRING, "Year", INTEGER, "Amount", DOUBLE, "Target amount", DOUBLE,
    {
        { "West", 2024, 410000, 600000 },
        { "West", 2025, 520000, 600000 },
        { "South", 2024, 480000, 650000 },
        { "South", 2025, 610000, 650000 },
        { "Central", 2024, 300000, 700000 },
        { "Central", 2025, 390000, 700000 }
    }
)

The measures. The Value and Target (100 %) wells expect measures (a calculation Power BI redoes for each filter, written in DAX; see the glossary):

Revenue = SUM ( Sales[Amount] )           -- the actual amount in the current filter
Target = SUM ( Sales[Target amount] )     -- the matching target: the shape is full when Revenue = Target

Pitfalls.

• A measure that is already a percentage (% format, values from 0 to 1) is enough: without a target, 0.62 fills the shape to 62%.
• Without a target or a maximum, and with values above 1, the largest value is 100%: add the target, or set Format › Scale and target › Maximum (full shape).
• The Year column is used as a filter here; it also feeds the ★ play axis (see the use cases).

Step by step: your first shape gauge in 10 minutes

1. In the Visualizations pane, click the Shape Gauge Plume icon (a drop). A frame appears with a small half-full drop and the hint "Add a value to fill the shape".
2. Drag the Revenue measure into Value. The drop fills up (the largest value is 100% as long as there is no target).
3. Drag the Target measure into Target (100 %). The level rises to the achievement rate with a short animation, and the label shows the percentage in white over the filled part.
4. Open Format › Data colors and choose a Color: the filled part takes it, the empty part takes a light tint of it.
5. Open Format › Data labels › Content and choose Percentage and value: the amount is added in small type under the percentage.
6. Drag Region into Category (one shape each): one drop per region, with its name below, arranged in a grid automatically.
7. Open Format › Data colors › Coloring = One color per category: each region gets its own color, which you can change one by one.
8. Click a drop: the other visuals of the page filter on this region and the other drops fade. Click an empty area of the visual to clear.
9. Open Format › Fill › Fill direction = Horizontal, left → right: the drops fill from left to right, like a progress bar.
10. Right-click a drop: the Power BI menu (Include, Exclude, Drill) opens, as everywhere in the visual.

Expected result: one drop per region, filled from left to right to the achievement rate of its target, one color per region. No watermark: everything above is free.

Troubleshooting

What you see	Likely cause	Solution
"Add a value to fill the shape"	No measure in Value (nor in Stacked layers)	Drag a measure into Value
The shape is always full	A single value, with no target or maximum (it is 100%)	Add the Target (100 %), or a maximum in Format › Scale and target
"—" instead of a percentage	The measure is blank for this category	Check the measure or the filters
The shape is empty with a negative label	The value is below the minimum (0 by default)	Expected: set the minimum if needed
A dome appears above the shape	The value is above 100%	Format › Fill › Above 100% = Capped at 100% to remove it
The ★ player's year shows as "2,024"	The Year column has a format with a thousands separator	Column format: whole number without separator
"Premium preview" watermark	A ★ feature is used without a key (premium shape, circular fill, thresholds, play axis…)	Key in Format › Plume Studio License, or a free shape
Only 60 shapes are shown	Too many categories	Format › Layout › Shapes at most, or filter the page

Key takeaways

• Percentage = value / target; or between a minimum and a maximum.
• 22 free shapes, including the drop, circle, heart, person, house and the barrel, bottle, glasses, thermometer and batteries; the 131 others, including the other containers (tank, beaker, hourglass…), are ★.
• One shape per category with the Category field (free); the shape that fills up year after year with the Play axis ★ field.
• Single color or one per category: free; threshold colors, exact area and tick marks: ★.

Learn more

• Shape Gauge Plume use cases: barrel, thermometer, logo, player, thresholds, layers, pictograms.
• Shape Gauge Plume fields and settings: every field well and every setting.
• Getting started with Plume visuals: installation, license, styles and common settings.
• The visual's page: Shape Gauge Plume. A question: support.