Display settings for different time series charts

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    Summary of Display settings for different time series charts

    This document provides an overview of display settings for various time series chart types available in the ServiceNow® Data Visualizations application. Each chart type has specific settings that enhance user interaction and data presentation.

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    Key Features

    • Area Chart Settings:
      • Line stroke width: Adjusts the width of the chart line in pixels.
      • Disable tooltip: Option to remove tooltips on hover (Default: false).
      • Show only one data point in tooltip: Displays only the hovered data point (Default: Off, turns on at 400% zoom).
      • Show data table: Provides a data table for screen reader access, including percentage values.
      • Show 0 when no data available: Option to display zero for missing values.
      • Show continuous line: Prevents gaps in the chart when data is missing.
    • Scatter Chart Settings:
      • Options identical to area chart settings.
    • Column Chart Settings:
      • Chart variation: Choose between stacked or side-by-side columns.
      • Options identical to area chart settings.
    • Spline, Line, and Step Chart Settings:
      • Line stroke width: Similar functionality as in area charts.
      • Options identical to area chart settings.
      • Show continuous line: Similar functionality as in area charts.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing these display settings, ServiceNow customers can customize their time series charts to improve data visualization, enhance user experience, and ensure accessibility. These settings allow for better interaction with the data, ensuring that users can easily interpret and analyze the information presented in various chart formats.

    Each time series visualization type has a different set of display settings.

    Area chart display settings

    Field Description
    Line stroke width Sets the line stroke width for the items on the chart in pixels.
    Disable tooltip Option to remove tooltips on hover.

    Default: false

    Show only one data point in tooltip

    When turned on, the tooltip shows only the data point being hovered over. When turned off, the tooltip shows all data points.

    Default: Off, except when zoom is 400%, which automatically turns it on.

    This option is available in the latest Data Visualizations application from the ServiceNow® Store.
    Show data table Shows a table with chart and graph data for easier screen reader access. Data includes the percentage of the total for each value, when appropriate.
    Show 0 when no data available Choose whether to show 0 when there is no value in the selected dataset or for the configuration.
    Show continuous line Available when Show 0 when no data available is not selected. When selected and there is no data for a specific time, there is no gap in the chart and it shows continuous line.

    Scatter chart display settings

    Field Description
    Disable tooltip Option to remove tooltips on hover.

    Default: false

    Show only one data point in tooltip

    When turned on, the tooltip shows only the data point being hovered over. When turned off, the tooltip shows all data points.

    Default: Off, except when zoom is 400%, which automatically turns it on.

    This option is available in the latest Data Visualizations application from the ServiceNow® Store.
    Show data table Shows a table with chart and graph data for easier screen reader access. Data includes the percentage of the total for each value, when appropriate.
    Show 0 when no data available Choose whether to show 0 when there is no value in the selected dataset or for the configuration.

    Column chart display settings

    Field Description

    Chart variation

    Select whether to display the group-by values in stacked columns or side-by-side.
    Disable tooltip Option to remove tooltips on hover.

    Default: false

    Show only one data point in tooltip

    When turned on, the tooltip shows only the data point being hovered over. When turned off, the tooltip shows all data points.

    Default: Off, except when zoom is 400%, which automatically turns it on.

    This option is available in the latest Data Visualizations application from the ServiceNow® Store.
    Show data table Shows a table with chart and graph data for easier screen reader access. Data includes the percentage of the total for each value, when appropriate.

    Spline, line, and step chart display settings

    Field Description
    Line stroke width Sets the line stroke width for the items on the chart in pixels.
    Disable tooltip Option to remove tooltips on hover.

    Default: false

    Show only one data point in tooltip

    When turned on, the tooltip shows only the data point being hovered over. When turned off, the tooltip shows all data points.

    Default: Off, except when zoom is 400%, which automatically turns it on.

    This option is available in the latest Data Visualizations application from the ServiceNow® Store.
    Show data table Shows a table with chart and graph data for easier screen reader access. Data includes the percentage of the total for each value, when appropriate.
    Show continuous line When selected and there is no data for a specific time, there is no gap in the chart and it shows continuous line.