# Line Chart

A Line Chart

renders a line chart for series data. The input data must have a column that contains no duplicates as the series column. The line chart sorts the data items by their attribute values in the series column, and treats the data items as data points in the series. The values of the data points in the series are defined by the selected Value Column.

If the input data contain multiple series, use the Group By Column> to group the data items and generate multiple lines.

# Example

A series visualization showing the GDP of seven countries over the recent five decades. The input table contains series data as follows:

Country Code	Year	GDP
USA	1960	543.3
USA	1965	743.7
USA	1970	1075.884
...	...	...
CHN	1960	59.7164676253
CHN	1965	70.4362661467
CHN	1970	92.6029734341
...	...	...

In this case, the Series Column is Year. The Value Column is GDP The Group By Column is Country Code.

# Selection

Selection in the line chart is performed over the series. Drag and draw a retangular box to select a series line that intersects the box. All data items that belong to the series are selected.

# Visual Properties

Type	Effect
color	Color of the line and data points on the line
border	Border color of the data points on the line
size	Diameter of the data points on the line
width	Width of the line and the data point border
opacity	Opacity of the line and the data points

# Options

# Series Column

Configures which column to use as the series column. This column is visualized along the X-axis. Data items are sorted automatically by increasing values in this column. For each series, the values in the series column should not have duplicates, otherwise a warning will be displayed.

# Value Column

Configures which column to use as the series values. This column is visualized on the Y-axis.

# Group By Column

Applies grouping on the data points based on unique values in this column. After grouping, each group becomes one series line.

# Draw Points

Shows the data points on the series lines. Points drawing is not supported when Draw Curve is on.

# Draw Curve

Uses curve rendering for the series lines.

# Legends

Displays legends for the rendered series lines. The legends are only applicable when a Group By Column is used.