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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
Source of events
- Go to "Data source url" in Common Options for Graphs
Title of timeline: sets the title that displays in the header of the timeline
- Enter a title
Description: describes the data represented in the timeline
- Type in a short description
- Note that, by default, the description is only visible when a user clicks the "info" link
- Set the "Show the description?" option to "true" to have the description automatically open when your timeline loads on a page
Center date of timeline: sets the initial center of the timeline
- Enter a date
- Note that this value can vary in specificity -- from years, to minutes and seconds
Initial zoom of timeline: sets the initial perspective of your timeline
- Type a number -- the lower the number, the shorter the timespan
- 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
Minimum zoom of timeline: controls the minimum zoom factor of the timeline
- Type in a number (1 - 100)
Maximum zoom of timeline: controls the maximum zoom factor of the timeline
- Type in a number (1 - 100)
Image lane height: controls the height of the images at the top of the timeline
- Type in a number
Maximum # of Popups: sets how many popups to keep open at one time
- Type in a number
- Note that after the maximum number is reached, the first opened popup will close
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