Line and Area reference recipes

Match the original curve, marker, variance-area and Analytics choices while keeping the monthly and daily Date grains explicit.

Monthly versus daily bindings

Real renderers, explicit sample fields

These figures were captured from the unchanged current .pbiviz packages with documented sample data. They preserve the referenced chart families and variants. Your screenshots are included in Reference gallery. Full source data was not attached; example values are illustrative unless transcribed from a visible table. Field names and binding roles are explicit, and each example includes downloadable sample data.

Sort Month Name Short by the model’s Month Number. Use a raw Date column for a continuous daily axis. These are different report grains; do not add MonthName as a substitute for an observation identifier.

Curves, markers and fills

Line with filled circles

Smooth line with hollow circles

Stepped comparison line

Gradient area

Area with dashed outline

Variance belongs between the lines

Integrated variance between lines

Integrated variance Area

Choose Integrated variance · between lines and its reference. Green/red is the difference region, including crossings; the status fill does not extend from a curve down to zero. Curves with missing comparison segments retain gaps.

References, extrema, bands and zoom

Min/max circles

Min/max colored columns

Value/category bands with zoom sliders

Trend with linear regression

Continuous model Date axis

Minimum/Maximum can emphasize line points or compatible bars when the chart family changes. Value bands select a numeric interval; category bands select positions from the delivered dimension. Zoom sliders change the displayed viewport, not the semantic-model filter.

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