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Analyzing Trends in Your Data

TL;DR

In Wrike Analyze, you can add a linear or logarithmic trend line to supported charts to spot patterns in your data. Hover over a widget, click Analyze it, turn on Show trend, choose your trend settings, and close the pop-up to apply the changes.

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Overview

In Wrike Analyze you can add trend lines over a widget to highlight tendencies in your data.

Note

Wrike Analyze supports trend lines on all column, line, area, and bar charts. Only time series with a single date dimension are supported.

There are two trend line options available:

  • A linear trend line is a straight line that usually shows when values are increasing or decreasing at a steady rate.
  • A logarithmic trend line is a best-fit curved line that’s used when the rate of change in the data increases or decreases quickly and then levels out.

How to Add a Trend Line to the Widget

Users with any access roles can add trend lines to widgets.

To add a trend line:

  1. Hover over a selected widget.
  2. Click the Analyze it button 1.
  3. Hover over Trend and enable the toggle next to Show trend 2.
  4. Next, click on the Trend settings button 3 opens a pop-up, you can:
    1. Select the trend type (linear or logarithmic) 4.
    2. Select to compare data with the previous year, quarter, or month 5.
  5. Click Close 6 to apply the changes.
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