D3 Area chart that tends to zero where values are missing - d3.js

I have data like this:
document: [{"key":"01/01/2001","values":2},
{"key":"02/01/2001","values":1},
{"key":"31/01/2001","values":2}]
I am creating an area chart with .interpolate("linear") to create the following:
The idea being to represent number of documents "created" throughout January.
However, this is kind of a misleading output as it would imply there are values throughout January, when there aren't just 2 at the start and one at the end.
My questions are:
Fundamentally is this the wrong graph to represent this data, and should a bar chart be used instead?
Can D3 add evenly spaced "zero" values for each day in January?
Is the best we can do is use .interpolate("cardinal") to produce something like:
Thanks in advance!

I think the answer from this other SO post gives a usable answer, reposting it here so that this is not a dead-end for visitors coming from Google and finding this post first (as I did).
d3 linechart - Show 0 on the y-axis without passing in all points?

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This example from Mike Bostock is, I think, the sort of thing you're after:
https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/8fe6fa6ed1fa976e5dd76cfa4d816fec
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Interesting answer given to this question related to matplotlib.
Adding a scatter of points to a boxplot using matplotlib
As it's currently implemented, the box plot will display any outliers as circles, and outliers are defined as the points which do not fall within the whiskers.
If you're willing to change the source, it's pretty easy to disable the whiskers and show all the data points.
You just need to change line 42:
var _whiskers = _whiskersIqr(_whiskerIqrFactor);
https://github.com/dc-js/dc.js/blob/356fccea3a1dbd49a76fb1841f280ffad87d725f/src/box-plot.js#L42
You could just set it to null, or add an accessor for whiskers. (There really should be one, looks like an oversight.)
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I'm quite confused and might need help just formulating the question, so please give good comments...
I'm trying to crossfilter some data where each data point has its own sub-dataset that I want to chart and filter on as well. Each point represents a geographic region, and associated with each point is a time series which measures a certain metric over time.
Here's what I've got so far: http://michaeldougherty.info/dcjs/
The top bar chart shows a particular value for 10 regions, and the choropleth is linked with the same data. Now, below that are two composite line charts. Each line corresponds to a region -- there are 10 lines in each graph, and each graph is measuring a different metric over time. I would like the lines to be filtered as well, so if one bar is selected, only one line will show on the line chart.
Moreover, I want to be able to filter by time on the line charts (through brushing) in addition to some other filter, so I can make queries like "filter out all regions whose line value between 9 AM and 5 PM is less than 20,000", which would also update the bar and choropleth charts.
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Check out this quick and dirty example that I threw together: http://zoopoetics.com/d3/irregular_layout.html
d3 is doing its job admirably, laying out the columns at irregular intervals because months are of irregular durations. As we all know, a month can last from 28 to 31 days.
Thing is, the irregular layout is unsettling to the eye. I want the columns to lay out at regular pixel intervals along the horizontal axis.
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Here is my version of your file
here

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If you see that the graph is not beautiful enough. What is the parameter that can reduce the value on the x axis.
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I would take a look at this link from google regarding Data Scaling. I am not sure of your data set format so the actual answer to your problem will depend on that.
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Check out the help file here.
Decide whether your data must be scaled to fit your chart. Different formats support different ranges of values. You might want to scale your data so that it spans the full range of values allowed by your format, to make differences more obvious. You can do this either by scaling your data to fit within the data format that you use, or you can use text formatting with custom scaling.

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