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title: Power BI Custom Visuals - Line Dot Chart
description: The Line Dot Chart Power BI Custom Visual gives you the ability to make a more engaging line chart that can be animated across time.
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# [Power BI Custom Visuals - Line Dot Chart](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/power-bi-custom-visuals-line-dot-chart)

 Written by [Devin Knight](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/author/devin-knight) | Apr 20, 2017

In this module you will learn how to use the Line Dot Chart Power BI Custom Visual.  The Line Dot Chart gives you the ability to make a more engaging line chart that can be animated across time.

### Module 47 – Line Dot Chart

### Downloads

- Power BI Custom Visual – [Line Dot Chart](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/Ejn3BZIKy-NHk0DHsQUqT5QBx8WaO5HCyu0Qo7pWOzaWmw?e=NC8oEF)
- Dataset – [Bermuda Income.xlsx](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EhwLt16SHv5Ov3iy_P7fQLMBGxS3uPXj9NZJQdI526tqCA?e=TYnLDm)
- Completed Example – [Module 47 – Line Dot Chart.pbix](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EhwLt16SHv5Ov3iy_P7fQLMBGxS3uPXj9NZJQdI526tqCA?e=TYnLDm)

### Key Takeaways

- This chart has a play button to animate the visual across a date field.
- A counter is displayed with a running value of the number of entries.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/image6.png>

*In this Line Dot Chart you can see the increase in Income Per Person in Bermuda for the 27 years that data was recorded.*

- Under the **Format** paintbrush there are several customizations available for the Line Dot Chart.
- Under the **Line **section you can adjust things like the line **Fill** color or **Thickness**.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/image7.png>

- In the **Dot **section you can change the color of the dots and adjust the minimum and maximum size they can be.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/image8.png>

- Using the **Counter **section you can change the title of the counter to something more appropriate.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/image9.png>

- Under the **Animation** section you can turn off the animation used if you would like or maybe you just want to speed up the animation, which can be acheived using the **Time** property.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/image10.png>

In addition to these properties, there is a group of settings that appears on every visual to adjust the background color, add a border around the visual and lock the aspect ratio.

### Find Out More

You will always be able to find this video module and advanced viewing of future modules on the Pragmatic Works On-Demand Training platform or [view my previous blog posts](https://blog.pragmaticworks.com/topic/power-bi-custom-visuals).

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