Microreact
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  • About Microreact
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      • History sidebar
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    • Creating a Project
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      • Metadata Data
      • Tree Data
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      • Timeline Data
      • Network Data
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    • Adding and Editing Panels
      • Data Table
      • Map
      • Timeline
      • Tree
      • Network
      • Data-slicer
      • Chart overview
        • Area Chart
        • Line Chart
        • Bar Chart
        • Circle, Tick, Point Charts
        • Custom charts
        • Pie Chart
        • Multi-variable Chart
        • Heatmap
      • Note Panel
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    • Selecting and Filtering Data
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    • Tips & FAQ
      • How to Link Microreact projects to Google Sheets
  • API
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    • Migrating to the new API
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  • Panel Overview
  • Timeline configuration
  • Bar Chart
  • Normalised Bar Chart
  • Defining the Date Range
  • Units
  • Playback

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  1. Instructions
  2. Adding and Editing Panels

Timeline

Timelines show aggregated data as a histogram.

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Panel Overview

The following image gives an overview of the anatomy of the timeline panel.

The Timeline Overview will always span the entire date range of the Microreact Project's data, regardless of what filters are applied.

The Filtered Timeline will only show the portion of the data that has been selected (by or by selecting data in another way, such as using a )

Timeline configuration

Area charts

Bar Chart

Shows number of samples per date unit, stacking each colouring category

Normalised Bar Chart

Shows proportion of samples per colouring category, regardless of the total number of samples in each date unit.

Defining the Date Range

The date range can be set by typing the start and end dates, or clicking on the calendar icons and selecting a date, or by dragging the Timeline Overview endpoints.

Dragging the window

Once a date range has defined, the selection window on the Timeline Overview can be moved around to look at the same size window over different timeframes. To drag the window, hover the mouse over the bottom part of the timeline overview until a dark box appears, and drag that box to the left or right.

Units

The units of the timeline features can be changed using the unit button in the panel configuration menu. This can be used to adjust the width of the bars when either of the bar chart types are selected in the type menu.\

Playback

The timeline can be played to show changes over time. The unit of time can be changed, and the speed (number of seconds each unit is displayed) can be changed. If the endpoints on the Timeline Overview have been set, then the playback will continue from the endpoint onward. To begin midway through the timeline, select only the first unit of the region you wish to play.

Click on the configuration icon to change the timeline type (bar chart or normalised bar chart) .

TIP: To create an area chart over time, you can create that using a Chart panel instead of the timeline panel. Use an as a secondary timeline.

Timeline Data
data slicer
defining a date range
Area Chart
Silent short video showing Timeline filtering options
Area chart as secondary timeline
Bar Chart example
Normalised Bar Chart example
Using the calendar icons
Using the Timeline Overview endpoints