Line charts are useful for showing trends in data across multiple groups over the same period of time. This article discusses the specifics and options available in Line charts.
Line chart displaying budget scenarios for various products over time
When preparing for creating a chart, the way you establish your View has a big impact on the result. Review the following articles to help customize your View before customizing options:
Use the Pivot functionality to change the axis and add/remove Dimensions.
Use the Filter feature to remove Items from a List.
Use the Sort functionality to change the order of Items in the chart.
Here is a breakdown of all available Line chart options:
Setting | Description | Options |
Display | Configures the type of line that is used. | Line: Displays line that runs through the data points Line with dots: Displays line connecting dots on the data points Dots: Displays dots on each data point with no line connecting |
Line Shape | Configures the shape of the curve which connect or interpolate the series data points. | Linear: Displays straight line segments connecting points Natural: Displays smooth curve connecting points Basis: Displays smooth curve interpolating points |
Line width | Configures the width of the line. | Slider from 0 to 10 (2 by default, use 0 to hide the curve) |
Dashed Lines | Controls whether a line is solid or dashed when lines are enabled in the Display setting. | Toggle on/off (off by default) |
Y stacked values | Configures the position of each series. If the Y stacked values option is enabled, series values are added on the Y axis, so each consecutive series appears above the last with their value added to the previous number. Make sure the units of all series match to ensure the desired result | Toggle on/off (off by default) |
Area | Fills the area under each curve. | Toggle on/off (off by default) |
Area opacity | Controls how transparent or solid the area is under the lines. | Slider from 0.5 to 1 (.2 by default, 1 is a solid area) |
Point labels | Toggles the appearance of value labels for each data point on a chart. | Toggle on/off (off by default) |
Allow Label overlap | Shows/hides the label on each data point displaying the value of the point. This feature ensures labels are present even if the data points are too close together. | Toggle on/off (on by default) |
X label orientation | Configures the orientation of the X axis labels. Longer labels automatically have wrapped text. | Horizontal, vertical or diagonal To avoid label overlap, use the diagonal or vertical option. |
Color by Theme | Configures different presets of colors to represent each series. | Outside of your Workspace Color Palette, Pigment supports nine presets: Pigment, Rainbow Spectrum, Copenhagen Facades, Sunset Boulevard, Winter Wonderland, Utility, Moreno Glacier, Autumn in New York, and Summer Sky. To use a Pigment theme:
To customize your Workspace palette or add additional colors for use in themes:
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Color by Dimension Items | Applies the colors defined on each Dimension in the data model to represent each series. | To color your chart series by Dimension Items:
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Customize colors | Allows you to select the individual colors for Items within a Series. | Select Edit chart colors to assign each Item its own individual color. Pigment remembers the order of your selection if you switch through different Color themes. For example, if you assign an Item the first color in a palette, it remains the first color regardless of which theme you select. |
Show X gridline Show Y gridline | Allows you to toggle on and off the gridlines that are shown in the background of the chart. | Toggle on/off (on by default for Y and off for X) |