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# Bar Chart

New bar charts are available from the analytics page. Although they are currently in BETA.

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When managing the chart you will be greeted with this screen:

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From here, you will choose the metric and the source of data for that metric, as well as other parameters.

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1. Metric: choose the metric you want to view as a bar chart
2. Source of the data for that metric
3. Choose the DAY or MONTH to view the data by hour or by day&#x20;
4. The time range for the bar chart
5. Enable or disable the comparison period, which allows you to compare two different days or months in the same chart of the same sensor.
6. The time range for the comparison

After choosing the specific parameters, you will see the bar chart itself:

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This is really useful for something like an Energy meter to compare different months and see how the electricity usage changes month to month.


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