# Is there a way to show a goal line in a line graph?

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**Created:** [September 4, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-a-goal-line-in-a-line-graph/3043 "2026-09-04T19:44:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jvergara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jvergara](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/jvergara)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-a-goal-line-in-a-line-graph/3043/1 "2026-09-04T19:44:09Z")

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I have used the gauge chart to show goals; however, I would like to do something similar to the pasted chat below. The orange line is the goal and the other is the measure.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/phocassoftware/original/2X/3/345cf1def8e1c4f296aa71ef41379ba5622e195f.png)

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**Author:** ![Jack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/pug.phocassoftware.com/jack/32/1434_2.png) [@Jack](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/Jack)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-a-goal-line-in-a-line-graph/3043/2 "2026-09-09T10:46:43Z")

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Hey jvergara,

To my knowledge, there’s no built-in “goal line” toggle for the Line chart unfortunately, so you can’t just flick a switch to get that flat line then step up. The Gauge chart you’ve already tried (along with Bullet and Summary charts) is really the only spot with a proper target/threshold setup in Phocas right now, but as you’ve found, that’s a single point-in-time view rather than a line over time.

That said, you can get pretty close to what’s in your screenshot with a workaround. If you’ve got a target/budget value sitting in your data per period (through Budgets & Forecasts, or a calculated column), you can select that alongside your actual measure and chart both on a Line chart. Phocas will plot them as two separate lines, and if your target is constant across periods, it’ll show up as a flat line just like the orange one in your example.

Jack