Visualize Your Data – Adding Plot Bands to Charts

Learn how to add and customize Plot Bands in ClearPoint charts.

Fernando Montenegro
6 steps
12 seconds

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Plot Bands provide visual context within your charts by shading areas behind the data to indicate thresholds, target ranges, or specific value zones.\ They’re a great way to highlight acceptable performance levels, target goals, or periods when a measure exceeded or fell below expectations.

Example Use Cases

- **Highlighting a Target Range:** Shade a region between 80% and 100% to represent “on target” performance. - **Marking Critical Thresholds:** Use a red band for values below 50% to indicate underperformance. - **Displaying Historical Events:** Add a band over a specific date range to show when a project pause or external event occurred. 💡 *Plot Bands help viewers instantly interpret whether a metric falls within or outside desired thresholds.*

Adding a Plot Band

1. From the left navigation, click **Elements**. 2. Select **Measures**. 3. Open the Measure you want to modify (e.g., *Expenses*).

1. Double click on the chart you want to edit. 2. Navigate to the **Charts** tab. 3. Toggle **Enable Plot Bands**.

1. Navigate to the **Plot Bands** tab. 2. Click **+ Add Plot Band**. 3. Choose a **Color** using the color picker. 4. Enter the range for the band: - **From** – Sets the minimum value on the Y-axis. - **To** – Sets the maximum value on the Y-axis. - Repeat to add additional plot bands if needed. 5. Click **Save**.

💡 *Use multiple plot bands to display visual zones such as low, target, and high performance ranges.*