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How to use area and line charts?

Statusbrew's advanced social media analytics offers a wide range of visualizations and metrics.

Among them, area charts and line charts are ideal for understanding trends and how data changes over time. These two charts are almost identical, with the area chart showing a filled area between the line chart and the x-axis.

Graph types

Area Chart

  • Area Chart

  • Stacked Area Chart

  • Spline Area Chart

  • Spline Stacked Area Chart

Line graph

  • Line graph

  • Stacked Line Chart

  • Spline Chart

  • Stacked Spline Chart

"Stacked" displays multiple data items stacked together.

The first data item added will be displayed normally, but subsequent data items will start from the previous one.

"Spline" makes the line curved.

How to make it

  • Click Reports from Statusbrew Home and open your preferred report from the left panel.

  • Click Add Widget at the top of the screen and select Create a Custom Widget.

  • Enter the widget name and description.

  • Select a visualization. If you are adding multiple data sets, we recommend a stacked visualization.

  • Select metrics from Add Series. Multiple selections are possible.

  • Add a dimension: Area and line charts are often used to show data movement over time, so choose a date.

  • Add filters and sorts as needed (optional).

  • Once you've defined your widget settings, click Save, and you're done.

FAQs

Why is my line or area chart showing a single number instead of a graph?

Line, area, and spline charts require a dimension on the X-axis to plot over time. Without one, the widget has nothing to plot across, so it displays a single aggregated number instead.

To fix this, open the widget editor and set Date as your X-axis dimension under What would you like to plot on your widget?. Your metric (e.g., Impressions) goes in the Series field. Once both are set, the chart will draw correctly.

My line or area chart is configured correctly, but still shows a flat line or single point. What's wrong?

Check your report's date range. If it's set to Yesterday or another single-day range, there's only one data point to plot, so the line won't be meaningful.

Switch to a longer range, such as Last 7 days or Last 30 days, and the chart will populate with multiple points.