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Is there an alternative way to add an additional line to a line chart?

  • August 1, 2023
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Hello!

I would like to add an additional line comparing one team to another team within a line chart widget. According to the articles I have found under the help section of XM Discover, it does not seem like this is possible; however, I am wondering if any of you have found a way to do this?

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Best answer by SaurabhPujare_Ugam

Hey @Lauren_Graftaas,

I think Iโ€™m late to the party, but just to add to your solutions (and FYI!), you can also add a reference line which can acts as a benchmark or comparison metric to check against all your lines.

More details here:-ย https://www.qualtrics.com/support/vocalize/widgets/chart-widgets/simple-chart-widget/?parent=p00734#GoalLines

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  • August 1, 2023

Hi Lauren,
unfortunately I canโ€™t see any pic attached.

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  • August 1, 2023

Oh shucks, it must have not posted with my post. Thank you for letting me know. Attachedย is the image of my line chart. I would like to be able to add to lines to it comparing one team to another as we are attempting a pilot program + I would like to show the results on 1 line widget, rather than needing to have 2 line charts on the dashboard.ย 

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  • August 2, 2023

Good news, I figured out how to do this in the settings of the line chart + by creating a new metric!

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I would delete my post to not take up space on the community board; however, I cannot figure out how to do that (sorry, newbie to the community here + that optionย does not populate anywhere I would expect it to๐Ÿ˜Š)


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  • August 3, 2023

Hey @Lauren_Graftaas,

I think Iโ€™m late to the party, but just to add to your solutions (and FYI!), you can also add a reference line which can acts as a benchmark or comparison metric to check against all your lines.

More details here:-ย https://www.qualtrics.com/support/vocalize/widgets/chart-widgets/simple-chart-widget/?parent=p00734#GoalLines


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Heyย @Lauren_Graftaas,

I think Iโ€™m late to the party, but just to add to your solutions (and FYI!), you can also add a reference line which can acts as a benchmark or comparison metric to check against all your lines.

More details here:-ย https://www.qualtrics.com/support/vocalize/widgets/chart-widgets/simple-chart-widget/?parent=p00734#GoalLines

Thank you for sharing that with me! I have been using it as an event line to showcase the point in time we have made business changes; however, have not used it in that way so I will look into that.


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  • August 3, 2023

Good news, I figured out how to do this in the settings of the line chart + by creating a new metric!

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I would delete my post to not take up space on the community board; however, I cannot figure out how to do that (sorry, newbie to the community here + that optionย does not populate anywhere I would expect it to๐Ÿ˜Š)

Hi @Lauren_Graftaas, if youโ€™d like to delete your posts in the future please let me know and I can delete them for you!ย 
For this post, I suggest we keep it up since @SaurabhPujare_Ugamย provided a potential solution regarding a reference line.ย ๐Ÿ™‚


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  • August 3, 2023

@Lauren_Graftaasย I like your example of using the trend line as marketing the point of a business change.ย  I have no seen it used like that before, do you mind sharing how you did that?ย  Assuming your line about IVR message was done in Qualtrics.ย  Iโ€™ve only ever been able to use it across Y axis, not the X axis.ย ย 


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  • August 7, 2023

@ScottG- Attached is a picture example of how I utilized the event lines to showcase a business change. It is especially nice when attempting to showcase any action made + I really like that you can add multiple events within one line widget. (One note with this- if they are within the same week time period the lines show on top of each other so it is a bit harder to see)

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I also attached a screenshot of where I add the event to the line chart (it is within the settings of the line chart widget next to the legend button)

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Let me know if you have any additional questions!ย 


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  • August 9, 2023

@Lauren_Graftaasย Thanks so much for the extra details.ย  Sadly for me, it turns out we donโ€™t have that feature enabled on our account (been told itโ€™s only for those who subscribe to XM Discover), so Iโ€™ve taken it to our account manger to see what else can be done as not familiar with that module.ย  On itโ€™s own likely not enough justification to add it, but will see what else we are missing as well.


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  • August 10, 2023

@Lauren_Graftaasย Thanks so much for the extra details.ย  Sadly for me, it turns out we donโ€™t have that feature enabled on our account (been told itโ€™s only for those who subscribe to XM Discover), so Iโ€™ve taken it to our account manger to see what else can be done as not familiar with that module.ย  On itโ€™s own likely not enough justification to add it, but will see what else we are missing as well.

Of course, I am always happy to answer Qs when I can!ย ๐Ÿ˜€I am sorry to hear you do not have the ability to do this. I hope your account manager helps find a solution that is helpful to you!