Step

import hvplot.pandas  # noqa

step can be used pretty much anytime line might be used and has many of the same options available.

from bokeh.sampledata.degrees import data as deg
deg.sample(n=5)

	Year	Agriculture	Architecture	Art and Performance	Biology	Business	Communications and Journalism	Computer Science	Education	Engineering	English	Foreign Languages	Health Professions	Math and Statistics	Physical Sciences	Psychology	Public Administration	Social Sciences and History
37	2007	47.605026	43.100459	61.4	59.411993	49.000459	62.5	17.6	78.721413	16.8	67.874923	70.2	85.4	44.1	40.7	77.1	82.1	49.3
23	1993	34.946832	35.777159	60.2	51.124844	47.639332	58.7	28.5	77.267312	14.9	65.730950	70.0	82.4	46.4	33.6	73.1	78.0	46.1
33	2003	47.935187	42.758543	61.1	62.169456	50.345598	64.6	25.1	78.544948	18.8	68.894487	70.6	86.5	46.0	41.7	77.8	81.5	50.9
21	1991	34.711837	33.679881	62.1	51.468805	47.224325	60.8	28.7	78.991246	14.0	66.241475	71.1	83.5	47.0	32.6	73.2	78.2	45.5
19	1989	31.612403	39.096540	62.0	50.774716	46.781565	60.5	29.9	78.111919	14.1	67.017072	72.4	84.6	46.2	31.3	71.6	76.0	44.2

deg.hvplot.step(x='Year', y=['Art and Performance', 'Business', 'Biology', 'Education', 'Computer Science'], 
                value_label='% of Degrees Earned by Women', legend='top', height=500, width=620)