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StepArea Chart By iFour

(Visualize trends, step by step)

Key Features

  • X-Axis: Customize font size, and color for better readability.

  • Y-Axis: Adjust font, display unit, and decimal places for precise value formatting.

  • Secondary Y-Axis: Same as a Y-axis, with full control over font, unit, and decimals.

  • Legend: Modify legend text appearance for clear series identification.

  • Line: Change line thickness and style (solid, dashed, dotted) to show trends clearly.

  • Marker: Choose marker shape, size, border color, and width to highlight data points.

  • Data Label: Toggle labels, set fonts, display units, label density, position, and background.

  • Gridlines: Enable/disable lines, adjust thickness, color, and style for clean references.

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Measure cumulative marketing impact by channel using custom Step Area Chart.

Use Cases

Here are a few examples to help you easily understand how it can be used.

Industry Use Cases
Finance Analyse revenue trends, sales linked to promotions and market shifts
Healthcare Monitor changes in patient admissions, discharges, or appointment volumes over time
Retail Track and visualize product price changes over time to study pricing trends
Manufacturing Monitor inventory or production levels and highlights sudden changes like restocking.
Marketing Visualize user activity changes based on campaigns, updates

How to use it (Quick Steps)

  • 1. Import the visual from the Power BI Marketplace Click to download

  • 2. Add your data to the report (e.g., data, values)

  • 3. Select the step area chart from visualizations pane.

  • 4. Drag and drop fields into the X-axis (time) and Y-axis (values).

  • 5. Customize settings like X/Y axis, legend, line style, data labels, and colors.

  • 6. Format tooltips and gridlines for better readability.

  • 7. Review and publish the chart as part of your Power BI report.

Power BI Visual Step Area
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Visualize combined revenue streams using progressive Step Area Chart.

iFour

About iFour

iFour Technolab specializes in Power BI consulting company , providing dashboard development services to various industries like fintech, healthcare, legal and so on.

We are a Microsoft Solutions Partner in “Data & AI” and “Digital & App Innovation”, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001 certified. With global presence in the USA, Netherlands, Australia, and India, we deliver custom AI-driven software and cloud solutions.

We house 7 certified SCRUM Masters and over 120 skilled engineers led by an experienced management team.

Our industry focus includes legal, fintech, and healthcare, with a portfolio of impactful custom visuals on Microsoft AppSource—Step Chart, Animated Treemap, Hat Graph, and now, Bump Chart—each built for intuitive, insight-driven analytics.

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FAQs on Step Area Chart Data visualization

Yes, you can adjust the font size, font color, display units, and decimal places for both axis for clear data presentation.

You can change the font and style of the legend text to make data series easier to identify.

Yes, you can turn on data labels, adjust their font, placement, and even background color for better visibility.

Yes, you can change the line thickness and choose from solid, dashed, or dotted styles to differentiate data trends.

Yes, you can format tooltips to show specific fields, additional metrices, or custom text.

Yes, it works in Power BI dashboards, reports, and can be exported to PDF, PowerPoint, or embedded online.

Yes, the step area chart is responsive and adjust well on mobile reports in Power BI.

Yes, gridlines are fully optional. You can disable horizontal and vertical gridlines individually.

Definitely. Our team can help tailor the visual to your unique needs and business scenarios.

 
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