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Visual to show a graph with ranges

The easiest way to explain what I'm looking for is to show an example of the data. 

 

This is a graph that shows a person's weight records across time, but also demonstrates where they are on the "Body Mass Index" (BMI) scale. For reference, a BMI of >= 18.5 and < 25 is the Normal category, >= 25 is Overweight, etc etc. 

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I've looked and looked, but can't find any mention of a visual that performs this task, or how else I can get my report to show data in this way. Am I missing something?

 

Any help would be gratefully received. 

Thanks

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Anonymous
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Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I will try them both, but I cannot believe that a visualisation package as sophisticated as Power BI, with all the weight and influence of Microsoft behind it, does not already have a visual (or a third party one) that caters for this pretty basic aspect of displaying information in graph form???

 

Just to add a bit more context to this. The points plotted on the graph are the weights, as indicated on the left hand Y axis. The right hand Y axis is linked to the BMI of that person, based on their weight and pre-determined height. It's therefore not entirely possible to put some constant Y axis lines in, because BMIs depend on your height and weight (plus other things, but for simplicity let's leave it there). 

Adescrit
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To create the shading maybe you would need to add a fixed axis to your graph (add a "Minimum" and "Maximum" value to the Y-axis) and then add a background image containing the shading to the "Plot area background" formatting option in the line chart. Might be tricky but possible.


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Hi, not sure about the shading but if you add your values weight or BMI to a line chart, you can then add a constant line that defines the threshold between "Normal" and "Overweight". This can be done by creating a measure e.g. "Overweight Threshold = 25" and adding the measure to your line values, or clicking on "Analytics" (the magnifying glass symbol) in the Visualizations pane and creating a "Y-Axis Constant Line.


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