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  • Introduction to Analytics+
    • Installing Analytics+
      • Install for yourself
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      • Installing for your organization
    • Licensing and manual renewal
  • 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
        • Chart customizations
      • 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
      • 5.9. Card customizations
      • 5.10. Display settings for cards
        • Cards - canvas settings
        • Cards - number settings
        • 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
      • Tables trellis layout
    • 8. Customize measures
      • Charts measure series
      • Cards measure series
      • Tables measure series
    • 9. Splitting and grouping measures
      • Splitting and grouping: charts
      • Splitting and grouping: cards
      • Splitting and grouping: tables
    • 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
      • Reordering data
    • 12. Ranking data - TopN
      • Ranking for charts
      • Ranking for cards
      • Ranking for tables
      • Dynamic ranking with numeric parameters
    • 13. Adding notes
      • Notes for charts
      • Notes for tables
    • 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
      • Images in tables
    • 20. Analytics
      • Reference line
      • Reference band
      • Error bar
      • Trend line
      • Additional series
    • 21. Keyboard shortcuts
    • 22. Reading view access
    • 23. Row aggregation
  • Storyboard
    • Element customizations
    • Board customizations
    • Working with textboxes
    • Uploading images
    • Using shapes
    • Inserting slicers
    • Element interactions
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    • Navigation
      • Play axis
    • Annotations
  • Gantt chart
    • Gantt: Canvas settings
      • Gantt: General settings
      • Gantt: Column settings
      • Gantt: Grid settings
      • Gantt: Timeline settings
    • Gantt milestones
    • Gantt: Data label settings
    • Gantt: Conditional formatting
    • Gantt: Web URLs
    • Gantt resource
    • Gantt: Zoom levels
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    • Storytelling charts
      • Range charts
      • Ribbon chart
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      • Multi-variate charts
      • Sankey charts
    • Combo charts
  • 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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Reference band

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Last updated 6 days ago

Reference bands depict a range of values rather than just a single point (as reference lines do). This is particularly useful when the data can vary within a certain expected range, such as target ranges for performance metrics.

Let's look at how to configure reference bands in Analytics+.

1. Position

Plot the reference band horizontally (start and end on the y-axis) or vertically (start and end on the x-axis).

2. Start

Configure the starting point from where to plot the reference band. It can start from 0, the average line, the minimum line, etc. You can also specify a custom starting point. Notice how the starting point of the reference band changes based on the selection.

3. End

Similar to the Start property, you can set the end point of the reference band.

Leverage the "Field" option to use storytelling tools like data-driven reference bands. Plot the start and end points for reference bands using input measures to visualize data over time, detect trends, and identify potential concerns. To plot data-driven reference bands, choose "Field" from the Start/End dropdowns and select the measures from the Value dropdown.

4. Measures

Choose the measure values to plot the reference band. Reference bands can also be plotted based on the variance.

5. Label

Display a label for the reference band. Display text, the end point value, or text along with the value.

  • Name: The endpoint position is automatically used as the label name. You can specify a custom name if required.

  • Offset: Specify the distance from the x-axis and y-axis to position the label.

6. Placement

The reference band is generally plotted behind the chart. You can also plot it in front as shown.

7. Color

You can customize the label, band and band border.

  • Label: Set the text style to Regular, Semi bold or bold. You can also set the label color and font size.

  • Line: Choose from solid, dotted and dashed styles for the border lines. You can set the width and color.

  • Band: Customize the color of the reference band.

Reference bands for time series data

When your dataset contains a time series, you can render reference bands for custom date ranges or the current week/month/year.

Select the Timeseries radio button as the Type option.

Reference band position
Starting point for reference band
End point for reference band
Data driven reference band
Measure to plot reference band
Label customization
Reference band placement
Additional customizations
Reference bands for time series data