Basic line chart

The Basic line chart displays a series of data points connected with a straight line. The chart supports both single and multiple series. For more configuration options, see the Advanced line/area chart component.

Usage

Basic line charts are used to show changes or trends over a certain time, or to compare multiple datasets.

Examples

Basic line charts examples are available in our Showroom. You can view the demo, as well as access the setup in Appfarm Create. Don't have access? Register.

Properties

Property	Description
Data Source	Select a data source to display as a chart.
Filter	Apply a filter to the selected data source.
Conditional Filters	Create conditional filters to apply to the selected data source.
Category Property	Select a data source to display as the X axis. Only the data types boolean, datetime, and enum are supported.
Hide Empty	Visible when Category Property is selected. Enable to hide categories without content.
Group By	Visible when Category Property with data type datetime is selected. Select a dimension to group the data by. If no dimension is selected, all objects will be displayed in the order given by the data source.
Custom Format	Visible when Category Property with data type datetime and a Group By dimension is selected. Define a custom format to override the format of the data source.
Value Property	Select a data source to aggregate the data on. If no data source is selected, Count will be used by default.
Aggregation Function	Visible when Value Property is selected. Select a function to aggregate the data: Count, Sum, Average, Median, Minimum or Maximum.
Dataset Property	Select a property to use to split the data into datasets. If no property is selected, all data will be treated as a single dataset.
Use Enum Colors	Visible when Dataset Property with type enum is selected. Enable to use the colors defined in each enum value.
Limit Datasets	Visible when Dataset Property with type enum is selected.. Enable to limit the dataset property by one or more enum values.
Stack Datasets	Visible when Dataset Property is selected. Enable to stack the datasets.
Title	Enter a static title or bind it to a property, function, or default datetime value.
Title Position	Visible when Title has been set. Position the title on the top, left, bottom or right side of the chart.
Show Legend	Enable to show a legend.
Legend Position	Visible when Show Legend is enabled. Position the legend on the top, left, bottom or right side of the chart.
Show Uncategorized	Visible when Show Legend is enabled. Enable to display uncategorized data as a separate category in the legend.
Disable Animation	Remove animations from the chart.
Disable Bezier	Display straight lines instead of rounded lines between each point. May be used to increase performance.
Hide Points	Hide the value points.
Span Gaps	Visible when Aggregation Function Sum, Average, Median, Minimum or Maximum is enabled. Enable to draw a line before and after an empty category group.
Y Axis Interval	Set an interval for ticks on the Y Axis. If the interval is too dense to be displayed, some ticks will be removed automatically.