The chart widget is the best way to see the full history of a dataset. With over 200,000 different dataset and granularity options, it is limitless the things you can do in the chart. 

With the ability to compare multiple datasets on the chart, you can easily find ways to correlate data sets together to paint a larger picture of the industry and market. SONAR has a wide variety of data from ocean, rail, air and truckload, all the way to economic and diesel prices, SONAR really can paint a picture of freight moving within the world all the way to the receiving docks at a distribution center. 

The display options on the charts give you the ability to change your axis style, your line style and also allows you to change the chart to seasonality mode and compare the past years of data to the current year. This really gives the whole picture of that dataset over time. 

You can do many different studies on the charts, bollinger bands, moving averages and standard deviations allow you to really get analytical with the data. Users can also add callouts and trend lines to the charts in order to provide more detailed information when presenting this data.