Zooming in on charts

If you are visualizing a data set with a large number of values on the x-axis, the chart might be a bit hard to use. To see a section of such a chart in more detail, we can use the range slider to zoom in on the data.

Note

The range slider option is available in the following chart components: line chart, OHLC chart, candlestick chart, column chart, bar chart, stacked column chart, stacked bar chart, combination chart, area chart, and the stacked area chart.

Getting ready

You can reuse any of the dashboards you already made, which include one of the components mentioned above. In this recipe we will use the dashboard created in the Adding a Line chart to your dashboard recipe.

How to do it...

  1. Select the chart, go to the Behavior ...

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