How To Add A Trend Line In Power Bi

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How to add a trend line in Power BI

To add a trend line in Power BI, you can follow the steps below:

  1. Open Power BI and load your data into the visualization.
  2. Choose the chart or graph type that you want to add a trend line to.
  3. Select the chart or graph by clicking on it.
  4. In the visualization pane on the right side, go to the “Analytics” section.
  5. Click on “Line chart” under the “Analytics” section.
  6. A trend line will be added to the chart or graph, showing the overall trend of the data.
  7. You can customize the trend line by selecting it and going to the “Format” pane on the right side.

Here is an example to illustrate how to add a trend line in Power BI:

Let’s say you have a dataset with monthly sales data for a year. You want to create a line chart to visualize the sales trend and add a trend line to show the overall trend.

  1. Open Power BI and import your dataset.
  2. Select the column with the monthly sales data.
  3. Go to the “Visualizations” pane on the right side.
  4. Choose the line chart type from the available options.
  5. A line chart will be generated showing the monthly sales data.
  6. In the visualization pane, scroll down to the “Analytics” section.
  7. Select “Line chart” under the “Analytics” section.
  8. A trend line will be added to the line chart.
  9. You can further customize the trend line by selecting it and going to the “Format” pane.

By following these steps, you will be able to add a trend line to your chart or graph in Power BI and visualize the overall trend of your data.

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