The Timebar

1 Introduction

The Timebar Control is a smart Time Selector combined with an Area  Spark-line.

 

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Dragging the Window (Grey Rectangle) , that scrolls on the Time-bar Time Range it is possible to ignite in the Screen a given Time Select to focus on the Sparkline Peaks : in this way you can first, at a glance analyze the series time behaviors and then run an in depth analysis using data-view and charts using the proper Time Selection (from the Time Bar).

 

The available Time dimensions are : Year >Quarter>Month>Week>Day

The visualization Level is automatically detected from the Layout setup (Time entity by row), and it is adopted to display the Sparkline.

 

2 How to create and use a Timebar Object

Click on Time Selectors icon and drag & drop into your screen the Timebar Object

 

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Right click on the object to open layout  and insert Data you need

Setup the Axis accordingly to the Time granularity you like.

 

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3 Timebar and Selection

The Timebar can display the Screen Time Range or a wider Time Range when the Show Inactive Member Option is active. When the Screen is prompted the Timebar shows the entire Range and the Windows highlights the Screen Time Selection.

 

 

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The Window can now be shifted back ad forth.

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The Window can be widen on the left or on the right.

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You can also Zoom-In and Zoom-Out using the Mouse Rolling button and/or apply a more accurate selection once the time items are available.

 

Once the mouse is released the new Time Selection is applied to the Screen.