Trends
Trends lets you chart any lab test over time and see how values correlate with medications and life events.
Selecting Tests
Section titled “Selecting Tests”Use the test selector at the top to search for and add one or more tests. Each selected test gets its own chart (or column in Cross-Date view). Click × next to a test name to remove it.
Time Range
Section titled “Time Range”Choose a preset window — 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, or All time — or set a custom date range.
Display Modes
Section titled “Display Modes”Individual View (default)
Section titled “Individual View (default)”Each test shown as its own chart or table.
- Charts — line chart with the reference range shaded in the background
- Tables — tabular list of values with dates and status
- Both — chart above, table below
X-axis options:
- Even — equal spacing between data points regardless of calendar distance
- Timeline — proportional spacing; gaps appear where there are no results
Cross-Date View
Section titled “Cross-Date View”All selected tests shown side-by-side for each visit date — useful for reviewing a full panel (e.g., all CBC values) on a given day.
Medication Overlays
Section titled “Medication Overlays”Toggle Show meds to overlay Started (green) and Stopped (orange) markers at the relevant dates. Use the medication dropdown to show or hide specific medications. Meds are hidden by default.
Journal Overlays
Section titled “Journal Overlays”Toggle Show journal to display journal entries as markers on the timeline. Filter by tag to show only entries relevant to what you’re tracking. Journal entries are hidden by default.
Reset All
Section titled “Reset All”Click Reset all (appears when any filters are active) to clear all selected tests, time range overrides, and overlay settings back to defaults.
Custom Target Ranges
Section titled “Custom Target Ranges”Each chart has a Custom range editor where you can set a personal target minimum and maximum. These appear as a secondary shaded band — useful for tracking toward a goal that differs from the lab’s standard reference range. Custom ranges are saved and persist across sessions.
Adding to a Custom Report
Section titled “Adding to a Custom Report”Click Add to Report in the toolbar to save the current chart view (selected tests, time range, display mode) to a named Custom Report. Each test is saved as a separate item so you can reorder or remove them individually inside the report. See Custom Reports for more.
Printing
Section titled “Printing”Click Export PDF (or use your system’s Print) to save the current view — useful for sharing with a provider.
- Add several related tests (e.g., Iron, TIBC, % Saturation) and use Cross-Date view to see how the full panel looked on each visit date
- Medication overlays make it easy to spot whether starting a new medication moved a value in the expected direction
- Tag journal entries (e.g., “symptoms”, “diet change”) and use the journal filter to overlay only the entries relevant to a specific chart
- Data point colors (normal, borderline, abnormal) are configurable in Settings → Appearance