Line Chart in DataInsider

Index
1. What is a Line Chart?
2. When to use Line Chart?
3. Step By Step Guidance with DataInsider 

1. What is a Line Chart?

A Line Chart shows data trends over a long period of time.

Line Charts consist of one dimension (categorical variable) as a Date value and one (or more) measure (numeric variable).

2. When to use a Line Chart?

A Line Chart is ideal for the following cases:

• Display how the data is changing through time. Especially, how much has been changed over a period of time?

• The number of categorical values in the dimension is over 8

• Too many data points or columns to plot

3. Step By Step Guidance with DataInsider

Desired Line Chart: A line chart that shows Pageviews Trending

Step 1. Drag Date to X-Axis -> Select Month of Year

Step 2. Drag Pageviews to Y-Axis

Step 3. Drag Date to Sort -> Ascending

Result:

The Line Chart is a powerful visualization that displays data trends, highlights successes, and warns about potential dangers in just one look.