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amcooper
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How do I create a line chart showing just the values in the data table - no transformation

I have a data set showing the instantaneous throughput rate for a piece of equipment for each minute. I want to display just these values on a line chart without summarizing/aggregating/transforming them. The work is already done - Just stick them on a graph. But instead it gives me a count of the values (no). Or it adds them all together (also no). I tried averaging but that resulted in nothing being displayed. I have made sure that summarization is turned off and they are formatted as decimal numbers, etc. 

 

How can I do this in Power BI? I was thinking maybe I Could deconstruct the data (by breaking it down into a count and subtracting the difference between each entry and then having PowerBI reassemble it back into a rate... But then I stopped myself because that is inefficient and there's no way it could be that difficult, right? Help me ObiWan Kenobi et.al. You're my only hope...

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amcooper
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Geez that came out badly formatted (chalk it up to this being my first time poster). I want to plot the actual count per minute vs the time stamp. Also the average rate vs the timestamp. Timestamp increments by one minute.

 

I thought I might be able to do this by creating a calculated column where I combine the date-hour-minute and then have it aggregate the values based on that column. But htat seems...ineligant. I also thought of doing the same sort of thing but at a per hour level. 

amcooper
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TIMESTAMPDEVICEACTUALCOUNTAVERAGERATE
2/1/2023 5:50UV 402 mn11.2
2/1/2023 5:51UV 402 mn11.1
2/1/2023 5:52UV 402 mn44.6
2/1/2023 5:53UV 402 mn1618.1
2/1/2023 5:54UV 402 mn1617.7
2/1/2023 5:55UV 402 mn7986.1
2/1/2023 5:56UV 402 mn149159.6
2/1/2023 5:57UV 402 mn214225.2
2/1/2023 5:58UV 402 mn234242
2/1/2023 5:59UV 402 mn285289.8
2/1/2023 6:00UV 402 mn298298
2/1/2023 6:01UV 402 mn320314.7
2/1/2023 6:02UV 402 mn320309.6
2/1/2023 6:03UV 402 mn320304.7
2/1/2023 6:04UV 402 mn337315.9
2/1/2023 6:05UV 402 mn337311
2/1/2023 6:06UV 402 mn337306.3
2/1/2023 6:07UV 402 mn403360.9
2/1/2023 6:08UV 402 mn476420
2/1/2023 6:09UV 402 mn539468.7
2/1/2023 6:10UV 402 mn606519.4
2/1/2023 6:11UV 402 mn682576.3
2/1/2023 6:12UV 402 mn753627.5
2/1/2023 6:13UV 402 mn826678.9
2/1/2023 6:14UV 402 mn899728.9
2/1/2023 6:15UV 402 mn971776.8
2/1/2023 6:16UV 402 mn1040821.1
2/1/2023 6:17UV 402 mn1063828.3
2/1/2023 6:18UV 402 mn1063817.6
2/1/2023 6:19UV 402 mn1063807.3
2/1/2023 6:20UV 402 mn1063797.2
2/1/2023 6:21UV 402 mn1063787.4
2/1/2023 6:22UV 402 mn1063777.8
2/1/2023 6:23UV 402 mn1063768.4
2/1/2023 6:24UV 402 mn1063759.2
2/1/2023 6:25UV 402 mn1063750.3
2/1/2023 6:26UV 402 mn1063741.6
2/1/2023 6:27UV 402 mn1063733.1
2/1/2023 6:28UV 402 mn1063724.7
2/1/2023 6:29UV 402 mn1066718.6
2/1/2023 6:30UV 402 mn1148765.3
2/1/2023 6:31UV 402 mn1225807.7
2/1/2023 6:32UV 402 mn1318859.5
2/1/2023 6:33UV 402 mn1430922.5
2/1/2023 6:34UV 402 mn1527974.7
2/1/2023 6:35UV 402 mn16241025.7
2/1/2023 6:36UV 402 mn16561035
2/1/2023 6:37UV 402 mn16561024.3
2/1/2023 6:38UV 402 mn16561013.8
2/1/2023 6:39UV 402 mn16561003.6
2/1/2023 6:40UV 402 mn1656993.6
2/1/2023 6:41UV 402 mn1656983.7
2/1/2023 6:42UV 402 mn1656974.1

@amcooper If this is what the requirement is, then I can help you.

ChiragGarg2512_0-1694768834652.png

 

After uploading the table, be sure to change the data type of actualcount and averagecount to number(whole/decimal). Also change the format of Timestamp to date/time.

 

What can also be done for multiple date values is to add the day from date hierarchy of Timestamp to Small multiple.

 

Wait, are you saying that my formatting is the problem? I am such a n00b...  I'm going to fix this right now and see if that corrects the problem.

@amcooper Does this solve the problem you were facing while formatting

ChiragGarg2512
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Share a about 10 to 15 rows of sample data that is being applied to the visual in a tabular format. If sharing is not possible, send a screenshot of the issue.

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