Data best suited for
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Use line charts when
the change in a variable or variables clearly needs to be displayed
or when trending or rate of change information is of value. When lines
are stacked, line charts can be used to compare the trend or individual
values for several variables.
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Target audience
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This indicator type is appropriate for all user audiences. Most people find this indicator type familiar and easy to interpret.
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Data aggregation support
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This indicator type averages the applicable indicator data.
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Range support
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A range is required.
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Alert support
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Alerts are supported. For information, see
Customizing Alerts.
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Link support
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This indicator type can be used to define a link or as the destination of a link. For
more information about defining an indicator with a hyperlink, see
Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content.
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Interaction support
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Filter multiple items
support
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Filtering multiple items is supported. For
more information, see
Supporting Multiple Selections in a Filtered Data Interaction.
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Display Setting
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Selection Used for Figure
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X-axis value
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Month
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Primary value
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Revenue
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X-axis title
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<blank> (defaults
to Month)
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Y-axis title
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<blank> (defaults
to Revenue)
Note: The Scale Y axis setting
adds the label (millions) to
the title.
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Scale X axis
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This setting is selected.
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Scale Y axis
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This setting is selected.
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