Plot Bands provide visual context within your charts by shading areas behind the data to indicate thresholds, target ranges, or specific value zones.
They’re a great way to highlight acceptable performance levels, target goals, or periods when a measure exceeded or fell below expectations.
Example Use Cases
Highlighting a Target Range: Shade a region between 80% and 100% to represent “on target” performance.
Marking Critical Thresholds: Use a red band for values below 50% to indicate underperformance.
Displaying Historical Events: Add a band over a specific date range to show when a project pause or external event occurred.
💡 Plot Bands help viewers instantly interpret whether a metric falls within or outside desired thresholds.
Adding a Plot Band
From the left navigation, click Elements.
Select Measures.
Open the Measure you want to modify (e.g., Expenses).
Double click on the chart you want to edit.
Navigate to the Charts tab.
Toggle Enable Plot Bands.
Navigate to the Plot Bands tab.
Click + Add Plot Band.
Choose a Color using the color picker.
Enter the range for the band:
From – Sets the minimum value on the Y-axis.
To – Sets the maximum value on the Y-axis.
Repeat to add additional plot bands if needed.
Click Save.
💡 Use multiple plot bands to display visual zones such as low, target, and high performance ranges.