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Bands and segments

What bands and segments mean, hover summaries, drilling to records, and right-click actions.

A band is one row of the river. It represents one value of the selected grouping, such as an account or SKU. A segment is one month within that band. Read color for change against a baseline and thickness for the selected measure. Size also depends on the toolbar’s scaling options.

The river canvas with status colorsThe river canvas with status colors

What the colors mean

Each segment is colored by how it compares to the baseline picked in the toolbar (same month last year by default):

  • Big Drop: significant decline (red by default).
  • Small Drop: mild decline (orange).
  • Flat: inside the flat range (gray).
  • Small Growth: mild growth (light green).
  • Big Growth: significant growth (dark green).

You can adjust the percent cutoffs and colors for your own display; see Adjust Thresholds under the date range button. The pending month renders with a striped pattern instead of a status color.

Inspecting a segment

Hover a segment for its summary: the band, the month, the current height metric's value, and the status with its percent change:

Segment hover tooltipSegment hover tooltip

Click View Revenue → at the base of the tooltip to open records for that band and month. The button label follows the current measure. The records include the invoices, credits, or cases that sum to the displayed number. Measures with a native tab (support cases, deductions, rebates) open in their own panel. All other measures open the generic Records panel.

Right-click actions

Right-click a band to open the action menu:

Band right-click menuBand right-click menu

  • Drill down: filter the river to this band's contents, the same as clicking the Y-axis cell. The label becomes Undrill Down when you are already drilled in.
  • Create issue: open the issue composer with this band’s dimensions pre-filled. Add the details and assignee needed for follow-up.
  • Copy view link: copy a shareable URL for the current view configuration. The label changes to "Copied" briefly to confirm.

Markers on the bands

Issue pills and deal badges draw on top of segments when enabled from the toolbar's Icons popover. See Issue indicators and Deals.

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