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  • Introduction to Analytics+
    • Installing Analytics+
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  • Working with Analytics+
    • 1. Navigating the Analytics+ toolbar
      • Chart toolbar
      • Card toolbar
      • Table toolbar
    • 2. Data Management
      • Advanced pivot
      • Adding calculated measures
    • 3. Charts
      • 3.1. Charts - getting started
      • 3.2. Quick options - charts
        • X-axis customizations
        • Y-axis customizations
      • 3.3. Configure measures for charts
      • 3.4. Configure dimensions for charts
      • 3.5. Chart discoverability
      • 3.6. Data label customizations
      • 3.7. Deviation
      • 3.8. Display settings for charts
        • Charts - canvas settings
        • Charts - axis settings
        • Charts - number settings
        • Charts - legend settings
        • Charts - other settings
          • Charts - tooltip settings
    • 5. Cards
      • 5.1. Cards - getting started
      • 5.2. Quick options-cards
        • KPI customizations
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      • 5.3. Configure measures for cards
      • 5.4. Configure dimensions for cards
      • 5.5. Insight charts
      • 5.6. Variance customizations
      • 5.7. KPI containers
        • Working with Groups
        • Working with Flex components
      • 5.8. Inserting formulas & text
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      • 5.10. Display settings for cards
        • Cards - canvas settings
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        • Cards - legend settings
        • Cards - axis settings
        • Cards - other settings
          • Cards - tooltip settings
    • 6. Tables
      • 6.1. Tables - getting started
      • 6.2. Quick options - tables
      • 6.3. Configure measures for tables
      • 6.4. Configure dimensions for tables
      • 6.5. Formatting data
      • 6.6. Number formatting
      • 6.7. Inline charts
      • 6.8. Blend measures
      • 6.9. Row gripper options
      • 6.10. Display settings for tables
        • Tables - canvas settings
        • Tables - number settings
        • Tables - other settings
          • Tables - tooltip settings
    • 7. Trellis customizations
      • Charts trellis layout
      • Cards trellis layout
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      • Charts measure series
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    • 9. Splitting and grouping measures
      • Splitting and grouping: charts
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    • 10. Conditional formatting
      • One-click rules
        • One click rules for charts
        • One click rules for cards
        • One click rules for tables
      • Configuring rules
        • Configuring rules for charts
        • Configuring rules for cards
        • Configuring rules for tables
        • Variable conditional formatting rules
        • Applying conditional formatting rules
      • Setting color scales
      • Managing rules
    • 11. Sort & Reorder data
      • Sorting data
      • Advanced sorting
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    • 12. Ranking data - TopN
      • Ranking for charts
      • Ranking for cards
      • Ranking for tables
      • Dynamic ranking with numeric parameters
    • 13. Adding notes
      • Notes for charts
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    • 14. Data selection
    • 15. Working with hierarchies
      • Hierarchies in charts
      • Hierarchies in cards
      • Hierarchies in tables
      • Unbalanced hierarchies
      • Single child hierarchies
    • 16. Summary tables
    • 17. Backup and restore
    • 18. Context awareness
    • 19. Image support
      • Images in cards
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    • 20. Analytics
      • Reference line
      • Reference band
      • Error bar
      • Trend line
      • Additional series
    • 21. Keyboard shortcuts
    • 22. Reading view access
    • 23. Row aggregation
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  • Gantt chart
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  • Release notes
    • Analytics+ April 2025 update - Release 4.7
    • Analytics+ March 2025 update - Release 4.6
    • Analytics+ January 2025 update - Release 4.5.
    • Analytics+ January 2025 update - Release 4.3
    • Analytics+ November 2024 update -Release 4.2
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  • 3. Bar
  • 4. Label
  • 5. Error area
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Error bar

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Last updated 3 months ago

Error bars are graphical representations used in charts to indicate the variability or uncertainty of data. They visually depict the range within which the values are expected to lie.

One error bar can be created per measure.

1. Apply to

Select the measure for which the error bar should be plotted.

2. Stacked groups

For stacked and cluster charts, you can choose the category(ies) to render error bars for.

3. Display

Error bars can be plotted based on a user-specified percentage or value or based on measures.

2.1. By Percentage

Set an upper and lower percentage limit based on the data point. In this example, let's consider the Pacific region. The error bar values of 217.0m and 130.2m represent a 25% upper and lower limit with respect to 173.6m - which is the data point value.

2.2. By Value

Assign the upper and lower bound values with respect to each data point. Let's look at the Pacific region again. The error bar values of 198.6m and 158.6 represent an upper limit of 25m and a lower limit of 15m with respect to 173.6m - which is the data point value.

2.3. By field

Use measure values as upper and lower bounds. In this example, for each month, the 2024 Actuals value is the upper bound and the 2022 Actuals is the lower bound for the error bar.

  • Relationship to measure

Absolute: As shown in the image above, the actual value of the measure is taken as the upper and lower bound for the error bar.

Relative: The error bars are plotted for a measure by adding its values to the upper and lower bound measure values. In this case, the 2024 Actuals(upper bound) and 2022 Actuals(lower bound) will be added to the 2023 Actuals to plot the error bar.

2.4. Make symmetrical

When you enable this option, the difference between the upper and lower bounds of each error bar will be the same across all axis categories.

3. Bar

The marker and color of the error bar can be customized.

3.1. Match series color

Enable this toggle to apply the same color as the series measure while plotting the error bars. Notice the color of the error bars for 2024 Actuals and 2023 Plan.

3.2. Line color

Set a custom color for the error bar.

The Line and Marker color options will be enabled only when the 'Match series color' option is turned off.

3.3. Marker color

Set the color of the whiskers/markers.

3.4. Thickness

Set the width of the error line.

3.5. Marker size

Set the size of the marker.

3.6. Marker shape

Choose between line/circle/diamond/square/triangle shapes for the markers.

4. Label

Enable the label toggle to display error bar data points.

Data labels take precedence over error bar labels. If there is an overlap, the error bar label will not be displayed.

4.1. Match series color

Enable this toggle for the data label color to inherit the same color as the measure series.

4.2. Type

Choose between 3 label display options:

  • Absolute: Shows the actual values of the upper and lower bounds.

  • Relative (numeric): Shows the numeric values of the upper and lower bounds with respect to each data point.

  • Relative (percentage): Shows the percentage values of the upper and lower bounds with respect to each data point.

4.3. Format

Set the color and size of the error bar label font.

The Format option will be enabled only when the 'Match series color' option is turned off.

4.4. Background color

Highlight error labels with a custom background color.

5. Error area

Plot an error band across axis categories by enabling the Error area toggle.

5.1. Match series color

Enable the toggle for the error area to be rendered in the same color as that of the series. You can also set the transparency factor.

5.2. Style

Choose between Fill/Line and Fill+Line. When choosing the Fill option, remember to disable the Bar toggle.

5.3. Fill color

Set a custom fill color. The Match series color option needs to be disabled to set a custom color.

5.4. Connect area through nulls

If your dataset contains null data points, you can choose to render the error area through the null points.

Apply to option
Error bars for stacked/cluster charts
Display - by percentage
Display - by value
Display - by field
Relationship to measure - Relative
Make symmetrical
Match series color option
Line color option
Marker color
Error bar thickness
Marker size
Marker shape
Match series color
Absolute label
Relative(numeric) labels for Percentage display
Relative(numeric) labels for Value display
Relative(percentage) labels for Percentage display
Relative(percentage) labels for Value display
Label format
Label background color
Error area
Match series color
Line
Fill
Fill and line
Fill color for error area