Line/Area Chart

A line/area chart helps you track, illustrate, and emphasize the continuity and progression of values as they change. The direction and slope in the line chart convey valuable insights, such as that upward trends indicate increasing values, downward trends show decreases, and flat lines suggest stability or no change in the data.

A great example of the line/area chart can be demonstrated in the financial sector to track stock prices, market trends, and economic indicators over time.

Tip

An area chart is just a line chart with the region beneath the line highlighted.

Note

• A line/area chart can be used to showcase the trend over time, compare trends between different categories and highlighting anomalies in data.

• Line charts can easily showcase the profit trends in sales around the year.

Area Chart

Line Chart

Note

• Use a line/area chart to show trends over time or to compare trends between different categories or groups.
• Use clear and concise labels for the categorical axis (time or categories) and numerical-axis (values) to ensure the chart is easy to understand.
• Use different line styles or colors to when grouping.

Dont's

• Do not use a line/area chart for discrete data (use a bar chart or column chart instead).
• Do not overcrowd the chart with many lines or data points.
• The use of a zero-value baseline is not a suggested option, as it may cause difficulty emphasizing changes in value.

Basic Configuration

Add and configure the line/area chart in Infoveave with the simple drag-and-drop option. Select the Datasource, the associated measure and the dimensions required. Below are the simple steps on how to configure a line/area chart in Infoveave.

1. Drag the line/area chart and drop it onto the designer workspace, from the chart library.
2. Click on the line/area chart in the designer to select it.
3. With the line/area chart selected, go to the Configuration tab located in the Configuration panel.
4. Under the Configuration tab, select the Basic Configuration option to access the essential settings for the line/area chart.
5. Select the Datasource from Source which the chart will pull the data from the option.
6. Choose the Measure(s) that represents the numerical values you want to display on the line/area chart.
7. Choose the Dimension(s) that represents the categorical values you want to display on the line/area chart.
8. Choose the Dimension that represents the categorical values you want to group by on the line/area chart.
9. Use the Date (optional) to include a date dimension in your chart, useful for showing trends over time.
10. Enable Hide Zero Values option (optional) to hide bars that have a value of zero.

Note

The area/line chart will be stacked by default when grouped.

Chart Customization

Customizing the sunburst chart allows you to tailor the widget appearance to meet your theme. With improved customization you can enhance the clarity on the data points, the chart aesthetics and set interactivity filters making your dashboard visually appealing also effectively communicating your data insights.

The basic customizations available for the sunburst chart are as below

• General Modify the chart’s general appearance, including the background color, borders, shadows, and drill-out choices.
• Title Enable and customize the chart title’s text, font, color, and alignment.
• Sorting Choose the order in which data points are shown in the chart.
• Position Set the vertical and horizontal position of the chart within the available chart area to present the chart in the best way.
• Heatmap Enable the heatmap settings for the sunburst chart.
• Series Customize the look and behavior of the data series, such as labels, colors, and backdrop.
• Tooltip Customize the tooltip settings to improve the information shown when you hover over data points.
• Others Additional options for changing the chart orientation from horizontal to vertical.

Note

When using a line chart or bubble line chart, for the line series customization options, please visit the line series section.