Adding a reference band

A reference band creates a banded or shaded area in a chart, and can show if other points fall within a range or interest or not.

In this recipe, will highlight the time range when water quality complaints are filed using a reference band:

Adding a reference band

Getting ready

To follow this recipe, open B05527_06 – STARTER.twbx. Use the worksheet called Reference Band and connect to the NYC Water Quality Complaints data source:

Getting ready

How to do it...

The following are the steps to create the time series graph with reference band in this recipe:

  1. From Dimensions ...

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