Analytics pane
In addition to the Visualization pane’s Build visual and Format visual sub-panes used to create and format report visuals discussed in the previous chapter, an Analytics pane is also available for certain Cartesian standard visuals such as Line charts and Clustered column charts.
The Analytics pane allows report authors to add constant and dynamic reference lines such as average, max, and min to visuals to provide greater context and analytical value. Additionally, trend and forecast lines can be added to display the results of advanced analytical techniques such as exponential smoothing to support predictive analytics.
A simple but important use case of the Analytics pane, exemplified in the Trend line section below, is to add a constant line that represents a goal or threshold to compare a measure against. Dynamic reference lines representing an aggregation (for example, a median) behave just like DAX measures and thus, in some scenarios, avoid the...
