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If you pull up our Timeline reference guide, you'll see that the first row you filled out contains data labels. We need to “freeze” this row. This "Freezing" helps Audio-Video read the data you entered.
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The Timeline reference guide also has specific data types for each column. Luckily, our example is easy: every column should be in the "plain text" data type.
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4. Log in to visuals
Signing in to Visuals lets you create visualizations. If you've never used Visuals before, signing in for the first time also creates your account.
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Enter your Netbadge credentials to finish logging in. Now we'll make your visualization.
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From the Visuals homepage, Create a visualization.
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You'll see the visualization editor and a preview of your timeline. Now we need to add your spreadsheet to the editor. Find the "Source of events" field and click on the triangle Google Drive icon next to it. You'll see a list of your Google Drive accounts. Log in to the account that holds your data spreadsheet.
Google will ask if you give Shanti permission to see your files: click Allow. You'll see a Google Drive window in Visuals with a list of your files.
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The default timeline view doesn't show all the events. You can see that the events "Last Visit" and "Building the Rotunda" are cut off on the left, while there is plenty of empty space on the right. Let's fix that.
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The timeline still isn't very informative, however – how will viewers understand the significance of the letter to Dr. Priestly, for example? Let's make the visualization show a description of the event, which we entered in column B of our spreadsheet.
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The timeline still looks slightly plain. Let's mark each event about architecture. You can see that the index guide for the Timeline has an "icon" column on the data sheet. This means you can add icons to events by making a new "icon" column.
Go back to the spreadsheet and add icon in a new column on the header. Remember to enter the label exactly.
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Remember, you can find out more about the different options for your timeline with the Visualization Index.
To finish making your timeline, give the visualization a title in the "Title" field at the top of the page, then choose Public under the "Visibility" options at the bottom of the page.
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