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When displaying a report as a line chart, the minimum value on the y-axis will default to just below the minimum value in the data (a false origin) rather than 0.



It would be useful to be able to set this to 0 as false origins can lead to misleading data presentation.



Oddly, this doesn't happen with bar charts.



Does anyone else see this as a problem?



Hi Phil,

Are there any special cases where you want to see an axis start at a false origin? 

OR

Would you prefer the y-axis always starting at zero?



Thanks for posting 
Hi Sai,



I can't think of a recent graph when I've used a false origin but it would be good to still have the option in case it's requested by our exec team. Generally though, I would prefer it starting at zero as default.
@Sai - a good example of where it is beneficial to NOT have the y-axis starting at zero would be where you are showing a set of numbers where the variability between values is small and the entire data set is not near to a zero value.



For example, if you wanted to show quarterly renewal percent and the values ranged between 92 and 95 percent. If you represented those values on a chart with a zero y-axis start point, they would all look close to identical, but if your y-axis ranged from 90 to 100, you'd see a much better distinction with the quarterly values.

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