Reading the Trend chart and metric tiles
Understand the Trend card on your reports — metric tiles, the primary line, delta badges, granularity, and a second metric.
Most reports in Analytics open with a Trend card: a row of metric tiles across the top and a line chart below them. The tiles summarize the period, and clicking one redraws the line so you can see how that number moved over time.
Read the metric tiles
The tiles sit just under the Trend heading. Each one shows a metric name in small caps, its total for the selected period, and — when a comparison period is active — how it changed.
- Value is the big number. Count metrics like New leads, Calls, or Texts show as plain numbers, while money metrics like Closed value and Commission are formatted as currency.
- Delta badge appears in the top-right corner when there's a comparison period. It reads as a percent versus that period, with an up arrow (green) when the metric grew, a down arrow (red) when it shrank, and a flat arrow when it held steady.
- Colored dot shows instead of a badge on chartable tiles with no comparison. The dot's color matches that metric's line on the chart.
Some tiles you can click to chart; others are display-only and look slightly dimmed. The clickable ones are the report's headline metrics — for example, on the Pipeline report you can chart Deals, Closed deals, Closed value, Upcoming deals, or Commission.
Set the primary metric
The metric drawn as the main line is the primary metric. You change it right from the tiles.
Open a report
Click a chartable tile
Select any tile that isn't dimmed. It becomes highlighted, and the line below redraws to plot that metric.
Read the line
The line uses the same color as the selected tile's dot. Hover any point to see the exact value for that date in a tooltip.
Your primary metric is saved in the page URL, so you can bookmark a report already set to the metric you check most — or share the link and your teammate lands on the same view.
Granularity and a second metric
Granularity controls how the points are grouped along the bottom axis. Daily plots one point per day, Weekly rolls activity into weekly points, and Monthly into monthly points. Switching to a coarser granularity smooths the line and makes long date ranges easier to scan.
You can also add a secondary metric to overlay a second line in a different color — handy for comparing two figures on the same timeline, like Calls against Texts. Leave it set to None to show only the primary line.
When the chart is empty
If no data matches your current filters, the chart area shows No trend data for the selected filters and suggests adjusting the date range or filters. Before any data has come in at all, the tile row reads Metrics will appear as this report starts receiving data.
An empty Trend usually means the date range is too narrow or a filter is too tight, not that something is broken. Widen the range or clear a filter to bring the line back.
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Last updated 2026-06-21