Line charts are good for showing changes in the value of an item
over a series of points in time, such as week to week or quarter to quarter. Use a line chart
when you have one important grouping representing an ordered set of data and one value to
show.
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Line charts are useful for showing data over time. For example, to
see the numbers of leads created each month in a report, set record count as the
Y-axis and created month for the X-axis. The
chart displays a line connecting the record count totals for each month. Salesforce
does not plot missing (null) values.
If a missing value occurs in the middle of a data set, Salesforce displays a gap in the
line.
- Grouped Line Charts
Use a grouped line chart when you have multiple groupings—each with one important secondary grouping representing an ordered set of data—and one value to show.
- Cumulative Line Charts
Use a cumulative line chart when you have one important grouping representing an ordered set of data and one value to show, summed over time.
- Grouped Cumulative Line Charts
Use a cumulative line chart when you have one important grouping representing an ordered set of data and one value to show, summed over time. Use a grouped line chart when you have multiple groupings—each with one important secondary grouping representing an ordered set of data—and one value to show.
