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| Column | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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| Label | id | startdate | enddate | title | description | image | link | icon | importance | low_threshold | high_threshold | date_display |
| Data Type | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | plain text | number | number | number | plain text |
| Contents | A short, unique id for the event | Marks the start date for the event in plain text
| Marks the end date for the event in plain text | The label for the event. This will appear on the timeline. | Describes the event. This will pop up on the timeline when a user clicks the event's label. | An image URL. This adds an image link to the event. | A URL. This adds a link to the event's popup. | An image filename. This adds an icon next to the event's label on the timeline. | Represents the relative importance of the event. This determines the event's size and visibility on the timeline. | Determines the minimum zoom value at which the event is visible on the timeline. | Determines the maximum zoom value at which the event is visible on the timeline. | A variable that determines how a given day appears on the timeline. Note:
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| Optional | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Customization Options
Go to Common Options for Charts and Graphs to see the rest of the options
Source of events
- Go to "Data source url" in Common Customization Options for Graphs
Title of timeline: sets the title that displays in the header of the timeline
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Initial zoom of timeline: sets the initial perspective of your timeline
- Type in a number -- the lower the number, the shorter the timespantime span
- Guidelines for choosing a zoom number:
- 60: show 1,000 years of the timeline
- 55: show 350 years of the timeline
- 50: show 100 years of the timeline
- 45: show 35 years of the timeline
- 40: show 10 years of the timeline
- 35: show 3 years of the timeline
- 30: show 10 months of the timeline
- 25: show 3 months of the timeline
- 20: show 1 month of the timeline
- 15: show 10 days of the timeline
- 10: show 3 days of the timeline
- 5: show 8 hours of the timeline
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Show the footer?: choose whether to show the date of an event and whether to have "previous" and "next" buttons at the bottom of the timeline
- "True" shows the footer
- "False" hides the footer
Show zoom bar?: choose whether the zoom bar is visible in the timeline
- "True" shows the zoom bar
- "False" hides the zoom bar