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JayeeDee
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10 months ago
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How to unalign points?

Can someone help me figure out how to make it so the points for 'City 3' are not aligned on the same x-axis? Each occurs in its own row and has a Year or YearId column that I'd like to use to solve i...
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    lbendlin
    10 months ago

    Make the year the x axis and the city the legend.

     

    Note: since year is temporal you could now even reconsider using a line chart, a stacked line chart, or a ribbon chart.

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lbendlin
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10 months ago

Do not use a line chart for independent (nominal) data points. Line charts should only ever be used to show temporal progression, or phase transitions.

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    JayeeDee
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    10 months ago

    What would you recommend for my use case?

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      lbendlin
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      10 months ago

      I would recommend a column chart.

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        JayeeDee
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        10 months ago

        Which one is column? Or are you referring to power bi types?