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When viewing a specific cycle, open the cycle sidebar with Cmd/Ctrl I to view the graph.\n\nFrom the Cycles view, you’ll also see the graph belonging to the current cycle.\n\n## How to read a cycle graph[⁠](#how-to-read-a-cycle-graph)\n\nThe **gray line** displays the total scope of your cycle.\n\nThe **blue dotted line** represents the “target”—an even distribution of the total estimated points within the cycle over the remaining days in the cycle. It flattens over weekends since people generally do not work on weekends. If your progress line stays at or above the target line, you are on track to complete everything within the cycle.\n\nThe **yellow line** depicts the number of issues started. It is drawn stacked on top of the completed line, so the combined height of the yellow and blue areas represents all active work.\n\nThe **solid blue line** shows how many issues have been completed.\n\nThe **blue bars** also represent completed issues. This can be useful to more easily compare relative issue completions over time, especially in cases when completed and started lines travel nearly identical paths.\n\n## Understanding scope[⁠](#understanding-scope)\n\nScope is based on the total work in the cycle. Depending on the options selected in [Settings > Team > General > Estimates](https://linear.app/settings/teams), this uses estimate points, including the team default for issues without an explicit estimate, or falls back to issue count.\n\n## Assign completed issues to previous cycles[⁠](#assign-completed-issues-to-previous-cycles)\n\nIssues that were already part of a cycle when it closed can still be counted back into that cycle if they are completed shortly afterward, before the next cycle starts.\n\n## FAQ[⁠](#faq)\n\nThe overall Cycle Success is calculated based on the percentage of issues completed or started during a cycle. 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