The data I use for line chart carries property that identifies to which area it belongs (nominal type). I'd like to plot a single line for the data, but add colored shading showing different areas (area designation is continuous throughout data, i.e. it is not possible to have data points like this: area1, area1, area2, area1).
Here's the spec and chart in Vega editor:
{
"mark": "line",
"data": {
"values": [
{
"timestamp": 0,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.005653381347656,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 127,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.005653381347656,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 163,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.001007080078125,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 1001,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.001007080078125,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 1144,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.001007080078125,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 1361,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.68376922607422,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 2000,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.68376922607422,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 2161,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.68376922607422,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 2561,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.18102264404297,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 3004,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.18102264404297,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 3161,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.18102264404297,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 3760,
"area": 1,
"value": 39.0322151184082,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 4006,
"area": 4,
"value": 39.0322151184082,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 4179,
"area": 4,
"value": 39.0322151184082,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 4960,
"area": 4,
"value": 39.005733489990234,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 5001,
"area": 4,
"value": 39.005733489990234,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 5192,
"area": 4,
"value": 39.005733489990234,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 6001,
"area": 4,
"value": 39.005733489990234,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 6160,
"area": 4,
"value": 38.42289733886719,
"series": "data1"
},
{
"timestamp": 6209,
"area": 4,
"value": 38.42289733886719,
"series": "data1"
}
]
},
"encoding": {
"x": {
"field": "timestamp",
"type": "quantitative"
},
"y": {
"field": "value",
"type": "quantitative",
"title": "statistic"
},
"color": {
"field": "series",
"type": "nominal"
}
},
"width": 900,
"height": 400,
"config": {
"axis": {
"grid": true,
"gridColor": "#dedede"
}
},
"background": "#ffffff"
}

