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# Annotations

## What are annotations?

Annotations allow you to add context to your data. Users can annotate chart data points, view annotations in a sidebar, and reply to annotations to have threaded discussions with team members. 

On line charts, they appear as bubbles on specific data points with a number indicating the number of comments associated with that data point.

## Create an annotation

Add annotations in the following ways:

* If a chart that doesn’t have any annotations in the current view: click the `Add annotation` link in the bottom-left corner of the chart.
* If a chart has annotations visible: click the `View [N] annotations` link in the bottom-left corner of the chart, then click the `+ New annotation` button at the top of the sidebar.

<figure><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/610c8a14b4df1ae46b1a13a3/6685d3b01fcdcb5a84396b89_annotations_create.gif" alt="Gif of creating a new annotation"><figcaption><p>Create a new annotation</p></figcaption></figure>

Annotations are associated with a specific **chart, date, and team**. They will appear on the relevant data point on the chart, i.e. on the specific series (the team's line, for a line chart), and in the month/week/day data point that the date is included in.

For charts that are not grouped by team (anything that’s not a simple line chart with one line representing a team), you will be required to enter a **date range** that the annotation is relevant for. These annotations will not appear on the chart, but just be visible in the sidebar via the `View [N] annotations` link.

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You can only edit and delete your own annotation&#x73;**.**
{% endhint %}

## View annotations in the sidebar

<figure><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/610c8a14b4df1ae46b1a13a3/6685d4022e148b308bdc85b9_annotations_view_bubble.gif" alt="Gif of clicking a bubble on a line chart, which opens the annotations sidebar to show the relevant comment."><figcaption><p>Open the annotations sidebar via an annotation bubble</p></figcaption></figure>

Open the Annotations sidebar by clicking `Add annotation` or `View [N] annotation` on any chart.

* The annotations listed in the sidebar are specific to the selected page, and the filters that are set on the page: the date range, and the filtered teams.
* Users can `Reply` to annotations, creating threaded conversations.
* Click the `Apply filters` link next to `Reply` to reset the filters at the top of the page to what the original annotation author had been seeing\*.
* Click the `…` menu next to a comment and select `Copy link` to share a particular comment and the specific filters that were in place when the annotation was made\*.
* Click an annotation in the sidebar to highlight the relevant chart.
* Click an annotation bubble on a chart to highlight the corresponding annotation in the sidebar.

<figure><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/610c8a14b4df1ae46b1a13a3/6685d4135c99ee59f51384fc_annotations_copylink.gif" alt="Gif of clicking overflow menu on a comment to copy a link"><figcaption><p>Copy a link to a specific comment.</p></figcaption></figure>

\*This is for you to see the same data that the author was seeing, so that any trends or data numbers that they refer to make sense.

## Notifications

[Learn about annotation notifications on our Types of Notifications page.](/knowledge-base/types-of-notifications.md)