Use your imagination (and play around with forecasting) to see how it might apply to your models. The following image shows a basic line visual with forecasting applied. You might specify many inputs to modify the forecast, such as the Forecast length or the Confidence interval. Select a visual, then expand the Forecast section of the Analytics pane. If you have time data in your data source, you can use the forecasting feature. More features and capabilities are being planned, including expanding which visuals can have dynamic reference lines applied to them. You can highlight many interesting insights by creating dynamic reference lines with the Analytics pane. If the visual you've selected can't have dynamic reference lines applied to it (in this case, a Map visual), you'll see the following message when you select the Analytics pane. If we add a Max line for Affordability, the Analytics pane shows that we now also have a Max line dynamic reference line applied to this visual. That tells you how many dynamic lines you currently have on your visual, and of which type. Notice the number that appears next to the Average line item in the Analytics pane. When you do so, you get many more options for your data label. If you want to have a data label appear, change Data label from Off to On. You'll see how to customize a few of the other options in the later steps. This example selects Culture as the measure, and labels it Average of Culture. To specify the visual measure to base your line upon, select the Measure dropdown list, which is automatically populated with data elements from the visual. You might also choose whether to include the Data label. You can specify its Color, Transparency percentage, Line style, and Position (compared to the visual's data elements).

Now you have all sorts of options for your line. Double-click the text box and enter your name.

This example shows Average line selected. Select the type of line you want to create to expand its options. Select or create a visual, then select the Analytics icon from the Visualizations section. To view the available dynamic reference lines for a visual, follow these steps: The following sections show how you can use the Analytics pane and dynamic reference lines in your visualizations. Not all lines are available for all visual types.

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