---
title: "The Timebar Object – Manage Period Selections and Time Navigation in Board"
slug: "the-timebar-object"
description: "Learn how the Timebar Object lets Board Planners control Time Entities, scroll through periods, synchronize Selections, and filter data across Screens."
tags: ["Developer", "End user", "Objects"]
updated: 2024-06-13T12:52:31Z
published: 2024-06-13T12:52:30Z
canonical: "help.board.com/the-timebar-object"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# The Timebar Object

The Timebar Object is a special selector designed for Time Entities that combines data visualization with a flexible and easy way of applying time selections.

The area sparkline chart displayed inside the Timebar gives a first, at a glance view of your data against time, while a customizable and draggable selection area allows you to instantly apply a time selection on the entire Screen: when you make a selection, all other Objects on the Screen are immediately updated in order to show only data relating to the selected period of time.

The Timebar Object, just like every other Board Object, can be formatted to match the graphic style of your Capsule.

![contents/assets/images/assets/images/timebar.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/the-timebar-object-image-3drd6knk.png)

## Example

The following video shows a Sales dashboard where time selections made on a Timebar Object drive the data displayed in the charts and the [Data View](/v1/docs/the-data-view-object).

![contents/assets/images/timebar.example.gif](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/the-timebar-object-image-jwoblm6x.png)