Timeline

Notes and Constraints

• Timeline–Time Dimension is mandatory and can only be filled with one time-type field. It supports day, week, month, quarter, and year-type fields, but not hour, minute, second, or other time-type fields.
• For Node Label–Dimension, you can fill in up to three fields if you do not fill in Node Label–Metric. Otherwise, you can only fill in one field.
• For Node Label–Metric, you can fill in up to three fields if you do not fill in Node Label–Dimension. Otherwise, you can only fill in one field.
• For Status–Dimension, you can only fill in one field.

Prerequisites

• A project has been created by referring to Creating a Project.
• A data source has been connected by referring to Creating a Data Source.
• A dataset has been created by referring to Creating a Dataset.
• A dashboard has been created by referring to Creating a Dashboard.

Procedure

1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Data Analytics > Dashboard. On the displayed page, click the name of the dashboard you created. On the top menu bar, click Add Chart and select Timeline under Other.
2. Select a dataset in the Data area.
3. Set the parameters on the Field and Style tabs.
4. Click Update. The system automatically updates the chart.
   Figure 1 Timeline
   

5. Click Save or Save and Publish in the upper right corner to save the dashboard.
6. In the displayed Dashboard dialog box, set Name and click Confirm.

Field

1. In the Data area on the right, double-click or drag the required dimension and metric fields to the Dimension and Measure areas on the Field tab.
2. Set a filter.
   1. Drag dimension and metric fields to the Filter area.
   2. Click next to a field in the Filter area.
   3. In the displayed Set Filter dialog box, set the parameters and click OK.

      Table 1 Filter parameters

      Type	Parameter	Description
      String	Condition	Filter Mode: The options are Condition and Enumeration. Condition Type: The options are And condition and Or condition. Filter Condition: The options are Exact match, Contain, Start with, End with, Not match, Not contain, Null, and Not null.
      	Enumeration	Query Mode: The options are Single-select and multi-select. Filter Condition: The options are >, ≥, <, ≤, =, ≠, Null, and Not null.
      Metric	Condition Type	The options are And condition and Or condition.
      	Filter Condition	The options are >, ≥, <, ≤, =, ≠, Null, and Not null. You can select Before aggregation and After aggregation for data. NOTE: If you select Before aggregation, data is filtered before aggregation. If you select After aggregation, data is filtered after aggregation. For aggregation concepts, see Creating a Dataset. You can click Create Filter Condition to set multiple filter criteria.
      Date	Range value	Select a time range for filtering.
      	Single value	Set a single time for filtering.
      	Condition	You can select And condition or Or condition as the condition type and select filter condition like >, ≥, <, ≤, and =. You can click Create Filter Condition to set multiple filter criteria.

3. Set sorting.
   1. Drag and drop required data fields from the Dimension and Metric (Indicator) areas under Data to the Sorting area.
   2. Click next to a field in the Sorting area and select a sorting mode. The sorting modes are Ascending, Descending, and Custom.
   3. To cancel sorting, click next to the sorting field.
4. Set the maximum number of query results.

   Enter the maximum number of records that can be returned in the text box. The default value is 1000.

5. Set automatic refresh.

   The auto refresh interval supports the following options: no refresh, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, and 30 minutes.

Style

For how to set the timeline style, see Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, and Table 5.