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description: 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

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.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

![Line chart icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/chart_line_sml.png)

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.

1. **[Grouped Line Charts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.chart_line_grouped.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    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.
2. **[Cumulative Line Charts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.chart_line_cumulative.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    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.
3. **[Grouped Cumulative Line Charts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.chart_line_grouped_cumulative.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    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.