Area chart
Highlights the trend and volume of one or more series over time.
Recommended configuration
- Associate a saved data source from the Data and visualisation section.
- Choose a hierarchy or a category field and select only the measures to display.
- Configure formats, legend, series colours and chart style in the dedicated sections.
Configuration options
| Area | Options |
|---|---|
| Data | Data source, drill-down hierarchy or category field and measures to display. |
| Values | Format, decimals, locale, currency and dimension label format. |
| Chart | Legend, series colours, initial ordering and direction. |
| Interaction | No action, filter, drill-down or drill-down with filter; target widgets and filter removal on second click. |
| Line and points | Thickness, broken or rounded line, shape and size of indicators. |
| Identity | Title, Subtitle, header visibility, type icon and actions button. |
| Presentation | Standard, Compact or Dense variant and message to show when no data is available. |
| Appearance | Background, background image, border, radius, padding, shadow and typography of different areas. |
| Position | Coordinates and dimensions in cells in the page or container grid. |
Best practices
- Avoid too many overlapping series to maintain readability.
tip
Always check the widget in Preview, in both light and dark themes and with an empty data state before publishing the view.