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Coverage Volume Timeline

Learn how the Coverage Volume Timeline AI Visibility chart tracks mention volume over time and helps you analyze visibility trends across AI models.

Note: AI Visibility is available as a paid add-on to the CisionOne platform. For more information, contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM) or Account Manager (AM).

The Coverage Volume Timeline AI Visibility chart displays mention volume for the selected entities over time, broken down by AI model, helping you compare coverage trends across different AI-generated sources.

The chart helps you:

  • Track changes in mention volume over the selected date range.

  • Compare coverage trends across AI models.

  • Understand how AI-generated coverage evolves for selected entities.

Details Panel Overview

To explore additional chart details and settings for the chart:

  1. Select the ellipsis menu (⋮) on the chart and select Edit.

  2. Use the tabs in the Details panel to refine chart data, review source information, and explore AI-generated answers.

The Details panel includes:

  • Chart: Filter the chart data.

  • Labels: Customize the chart title and add an optional description to provide additional context for viewers.

  • Media Items: Review the coverage contributing to the chart metrics, filter results, and analyze individual media items.

  • AI Visibility: Review source data across Domains, URLs, and Industries.

  • AI Visibility Answers: Review prompts, AI-generated answers, detected entities, and sources associated with the selected chart data.

Using the Chart tab

Use the Chart tab to refine the data displayed in the chart.

Depending on your dashboard configuration, you can filter by:

  • AI model

  • Entity

  • Mention Stream

  • Media Type

  • Date range

  • Chart type: Choose how the data is visualized.
    Available options include:

  1. Stacked Vertical Bar Chart: Displays total mention volume over time with contributions from each AI model stacked within each bar.

  2. Bar Chart: Displays mention volume using separate vertical bars.

  3. Horizontal Bar Chart: Displays mention volume using horizontal bars for easier comparison.

  4. Line Area Chart: Displays trends over time with shaded areas representing mention volume.

  5. Line Chart: Displays mention volume trends over time using lines.

  6. Stacked Horizontal Bar Chart: Displays total mention volume using horizontal bars with AI model contributions stacked within each bar.

  • View by: Choose whether to display mention volume by Day, Month, or Quarter to analyze coverage trends at different levels of granularity (available for specific chart types).

Using the Labels tab

Use the Labels tab to customize the chart title and add an optional description. The description appears when users hover over the information icon beside the chart title

In the Labels tab, you can:

  • Title: Enter a custom chart title or select Reset to default title to restore the original title.

  • Description: Add an optional summary that explains the purpose of the chart, highlights key findings, or provides additional context for viewers. Select Reset to default description to remove custom changes.

Using the Media Items tab

The Media Items tab appears when a Mention Stream is selected. The Media Items tab helps you understand the coverage behind the chart metrics by providing direct access to the articles and mentions used to generate the chart data.

From the Media Items tab, you can:

  • View article details, including the source, publication date, and content preview.

  • Filter and sort media items to find relevant coverage by selecting the filter icon.

  • Select individual or multiple media items for analysis.

  • Generate a Mention Stream Report in PDF or CSV format by selecting the report icon.

  • Open the ellipsis menu (⋮) for additional actions, including:

  1. View Full Media Item

  2. Push to Team

  3. Share

  4. View Similar Mentions

  5. Curated Email Report

  6. Tag

  7. Remove from Mention Stream

  • Navigate through pages of media items when multiple results are available.

Using the AI Visibility tab

The AI Visibility tab displays source data across the Domains, URLs, and Industries tabs for the selected entities. Use this information to understand which sources contribute to the entities' AI visibility and how much each source contributes.

  • Domains: View the domains referenced by AI models and their share of visibility.

  • URLs: View the specific web pages referenced by AI models and their share of visibility.

  • Industries: View the industries associated with the referenced sources and their share of visibility.

  • Authors: View the authors associated with the referenced sources and their share of author citations.

Using the AI Visibility Answers tab

You can review AI-generated answers for all entities by opening the AI Visibility Answers tab from the chart's Edit view.

To view answers for a specific AI model and date, select a model segment in the Coverage Volume Timeline chart. This opens AI Visibility Answers filtered to the selected model and date.

The AI Visibility Answers tab lets you review:

  • Prompts

  • AI-generated answers

  • Detected entities

  • Sources

For detailed information about prompts, answers, filters, detected entities, and sources, see Viewing AI Visibility answers in Instant Insights .

Using the Notes section

Use the Notes section below the chart to record observations, insights, or additional context related to the chart results. Notes are limited to 570 characters in PDF reports.

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