Smooth line
Use the Smooth line chart when you want to show magnitude or change over time. The Smooth line chart is similar to a line chart, but with the lines between data points smoothed out.
Input
The Smooth line chart requires a numeric column to use in the chart.
Configuration
Use the following configuration options to configure the Smooth line chart.
Note
This procedure gives configuration options through the Pipe module. If you have already created charts, you can access them through your Dashboards.
Go to the Pipes module from the side navigation bar.
From the Pipes tab, click an existing pipe to open, or create a new pipe. To create a new pipe, read the Creating a pipe documentation.
In the Pipe builder, add at least one data source to your pipe. For more information on adding a data source, see the Data Input tool.
Add tools to build out your pipe. For more information about adding tools to your pipe, see the Using the Pipe builder canvas documentation.
Create a chart from your pipe by clicking Charts on the canvas toolbar.
Click Create Chart.
The chart page opens.
In the configuration pane, enter the following information:
Table 125. Smooth line chart configurationField
Description
Setup tab
The Setup tab allows you to define the tool, chart type and other settings.
Tool
Select the tool in your pipe that you want to create a chart for.
Chart type
Type Smooth line and click on the Smooth line graphic to select it, or press enter.
X axis
Select a text or numeric olumn to use as the x-axis.
Series
Select a numeric column to use for the chart.
Advanced section
The Advanced section allows you to configure output settings to ensure accurate and efficient data processing and visualization.
Show
Select either Preview or Last built.
Preview displays the first 100 rows of your data from your last build.
Last build displays the first 1000 rows of your entire dataset from your last build.
Sort
Select to sort your chart data by None, Ascending or Descending.
Aggregate?
Click the Aggregate? checkbox to aggregate your chart data.
Customize tab
The Customize tab allows you to configure the output settings to ensure compelling visualizations.
Chart and axis titles
Select the following to add titles to your charts:
Include chart title
Include chart subtitle
Include hortizontal axis title
Horizontal axis label angle
Select the degree from the drop-down list of the angle for the horizontal axis label.
Include vertical axis title? checkbox
Select to add the vertical axis title.
Vertical axis label angle
Select the degree from the drop-down list of the angle for the vertical axis label.
Left margin
Enter the padding for the left margin or click the arrows to increase or decrease the number.
Right margin
Enter the padding for the right margin or click the arrows to increase or decrease the number.
Top margin
Enter the padding for the top margin or click the arrows to increase or decrease the number.
Bottom margin
Enter the padding for the bottom margin or click the arrows to increase or decrease the number.
Colour
Click on the column colour to change it.
Legend
Select the Include legend checkbox to add a legend to your chart.