Highlight multiple chart lines

[paul_thomas_bb]

Hi all,
More of an enhancement request unless there is an app / code that can do this.

I always seem to come across the same chart issue time and again.
We build a generic line chart with numerous group by categories and add to a dashboard.
Such as a stat for numerous servers in a pool.

When coming to compare, usually the items to compare are not next to each other.
We can only highlight one line at a time by hovering over the legend.
It would be good to be able to click or tick multiple legend items to remain highlighted for comparison.
Or being able to drag and drop the order of the legend to make flicking between lines to compare.

Pre-ordering is like looking into the crystal ball of which items you want to compare in future.

Thanks Paul

[woodcock]

Take a look at swim lanes in ITSI. That allows you to do what you are needing

[paul_thomas_bb]

Sounds good, will try it out

[niketn]

@paul_thomas_bb if you are on Splunk 7.x you can use seriesCompare option to have all series values at the same time as legends. Refer to an old answer: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/710781/how-do-you-deal-with-visualization-disparities-in.html

Second option would be to use Horizon Chart custom visualization: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3117/

Please try out and confirm.

[paul_thomas_bb]

Thanks, will take a look

[woodcock]

Many things are both different and improved for the new dashboarding React framework. Try downloading the Dashboards (Beta) app and see if it can do something like this.

[paul_thomas_bb]

Thanks, will take a look

[dindu]

Hey @paul_thomas_bb,

It would be difficult to hover over multiple legends at the same time.
But to have better comparison, you could color code the categories.

Edit the chart xml like below.

<option name="charting.fieldColors"> 
{"Category01":0xeeeeee,"Category02":0x65a637,"Category03":0x333333,"Category04":0xd93f3c,"Category05"  
:0xf58f39,"Category06":0xf7bc38}
 </option>

Please accept and upvote if this helped.
Happy Splunking!

[paul_thomas_bb]

Thanks, but more thinking about users of dashboard and when you don't know what you will be comparing the next time. Don't want to waste time in XML when investigating issues.