Optional settings for time series widgets

Time series widgets have the following optional settings for display, for the date range, and for the axis labels.


Setting	Description
Date Settings
The date settings are available only if Previous period chart is not selected.
Period	Select the date range to display in the widget. Several options are available. Select a specific time range. The default is 3m (3 months). Select max to use scores up to the current date. Select between and then fill in the From and To fields to define a time period. The Period field is available only if you select Line, Spline, Column, Area, Step, Stacked Column, or Relative Compare as the Visualization
Show date range selector	Display a date range selector on the widget that enables users to change the selected period when viewing the widget on a dashboard. Note: Selecting a date range on a widget does not update the trend line.
Axis Settings
Y-axis title	Specify a title to display on the vertical axis of the chart.
Y-axis from	Specify the starting point for the range of values for the vertical axis of the chart.
Y-axis to	Specify the ending point for the range of values for the vertical axis of the chart.
2nd Y-axis title	Specify a secondary title to display on the vertical axis of the chart.
2nd Y-axis from	Specify the starting point for a 2nd range of values for the vertical axis of the chart. The 2nd Y-axis can be used if scores normally move between a limited range, but you have some exceptions that would otherwise distort the chart, such as a range of 40 to 60, with an exception of 1000.
2nd Y-axis to	Specify the ending point for a 2nd range of values for the vertical axis of the chart.
Display Settings
Show target	Display the target score, if defined. This field appears only if Previous period chart is not selected.
Show thresholds	Display thresholds such as an all time high or an all time low. Thresholds appear only if they have been defined for this indicator.
Show data labels	Display the score for each data point, such as each slice of a pie chart.
Show trend	Display the trend line. This field appears only if Previous period chart is not selected.
Show confidence bands	Display confidence bands in this chart. For information about how the confidence band is calculated, see Widget confidence bands.
Show forecast	Display forecast data in the chart based on current trend data. Forecasting must be configured on the indicator.
Show forecast range	Display the 95% confidence interval of the forecast. Available only when Select forecast is enabled.
Show comments	Display comments added to data points in the chart.
Previous Period Settings
Previous period settings are available only if Previous period chart is selected.
Range of periods	Select the range of periods to compare with the current period,
Number of periods	Specify the number of previous periods to display.

The visible points of the trend line are used to calculate the confidence band. If you increase the date range, the bands are recalculated using the trend for the new date range.

First, the confidence bands are calculated using the standard error of the trend. The width of the band depends on the number of points that are included in the calculation and the mean of the scores. If the standard error is low, the trend line is shown to be accurate. As the number of points decreases, or outliers are recorded, the confidence band widens. The confidence of the trend is less certain with fewer data points or with volatile scores.

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