Selecting and sorting the values to display on the chart

Each chart may be configured with multiple options for the specific metrics and dimensions to display on the chart.

To select the data to display on the current view:

  1. To change the dimensions and metrics displayed on the chart, from the drop-down lists at the bottom of the chart, select the specific items to display.
  2. If the category axis consists of date/time values, then you can use the date gap toggle to determine whether to include date/time values for which the corresponding metric value is NULL.

    Date gap toggle button on the Chart component

    For example, if you are looking at values over time for each month, then you may want to see all of the months in order, including the months for which there is no value.

    The toggle does not display for pie, scatter, and bubble charts.

    By default, the gaps are displayed. Here is an example of a chart with the gaps displayed:


    Chart with date gaps displayed

    And here is the same chart with the gaps hidden:


    Chart with the date gaps hidden
  3. If you are able to change the chart sorting, then:
    1. From the drop-down list, select the item to use for the sort.
    2. To change the sort order between ascending and descending, click the sort direction toggle.