Bar/Line Chart - KPI Timeline


A Bar/Line Chart - Kpi Timeline can display values of one or more calculations, over the course of a specific period. The period is represented by a horizontal axis which spans the whole period.

For general information about this segment, see Bar/Line Chart - Kpi Timeline chapter.

  • Period Settings
    This group defines the period over which we want to display values.

    • Period
      Required
      A desired type of time period to be displayed in chart.

      • Day - The chart displays values for a day.

      • Week - The chart displays values for a week.

      • Month - The chart displays values for a month.

      • Year - The chart displays values for a year.

      • Sliding Interval - The chart displays values for a sliding interval.

    • Number of Displayed Periods
      Required
      Available only when “Sliding Interval” is not selected as a Period
      The number of days, weeks, months, or years to display.

      When Number of Displayed Periods is more than 1, each period is represented by its own chart. Charts are stacked vertically inside of the segment.

    • Displayed Period/Last Displayed Period
      Required
      Available only when “Sliding Interval” is not selected as a Period
      When multiple periods should be displayed this option specifies which will be the last displayed period.
      When only one period should be displayed this option defines which period it will be.

      • This Period - The calendar displays the currently ongoing period.

      • Last Period - The calendar displays the previous period.

      • Other Period - If this option is chosen, how far into the past the Displayed Period/Last Displayed Period is has to be provided.

    • Last Displayed Period - # Periods Ago
      Available only when “Other Period” is selected as Displayed Period/Last Displayed Period
      When multiple periods should be displayed this option defines which will be the last displayed period.

    • Number of Periods
      Required
      Available only when “Sliding Interval” is selected as a Period
      Number of periods to be displayed.

    • Number of intervals in Period
      Required
      Available only when “Sliding Interval” is selected as a Period
      Number of selected intervals to be displayed within each period.

    • Granularity
      Required
      Available only when “Day”, “Year”, or “Sliding Interval” period is selected. When “Month” or “Week” period is selected day granularity is used.
      The time interval each series item represent.

    • Show Current Day/Hour/…
      Available only when “This Period” is selected as Displayed Period/Last Displayed Period.
      Whether the value for ongoing series item (interval) should be displayed. Value is being automatically updated if displayed.

    • Filter Hours
      Available only when “Day” period is selected or when “Sliding Interval” with granularity less than a “Day” is selected.
      When Day, or Sliding Interval with granularity less than a Day is selected as a period, time-based intervals are shown as series items. This options is used to limit which items should be shown.

      • From
        Required
        Items are shown only if their associated intervals started after or at this time.

      • To
        Required
        Items are shown only if their associated intervals ended before or at this time.

    • Time zone
      Inheritable
      Specifies based on which time zone values should be calculated.

    • Weekdays
      When “Day” period is selected, if non-working day should be shown, nearest previous working day is displayed instead.
      When “Day” granularity is selected, non-working days are not displayed in the chart.
      The Timeline Chart can be configured to display only certain relevant days. Has effect only if Day granularity or period is selected.

      • First Day Of Week
        Inheritable
        Available only when “Week”, “Month” or “Year” period is selected.
        Specifies, which day should be displayed and considered as first of each week.

      • Monday, …, Sunday
        Inheritable
        Visibility of each day can be configured with its corresponding dropdown. Non-Working days are hidden.

        • Working Day - The day is considered as working day and displayed in the chart.

        • Non-Working Day - The day is considered as non-working day and is not displayed in the chart.

  • Appearance
    The style of the Bar/Line Chart - Kpi Timeline.

    • Show Headers
      When enabled, headers describing shown periods are displayed

      • Height
        Inheritable
        Height of the header, that is measured in permilles of the entire Layout’s height.

      • Text Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the text.

      • Background Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the background.

      • Text Style
        Inheritable
        For more information see Text Style section.
        Type of font to use and whether bold or italic text should be used.

      • Font Size Coefficient
        Inheritable
        The font size is calculated by multiplying available height for the text by font size coefficient.

    • Show Legend
      When enabled, the chart legend is displayed.

      • Position
        Required
        Position of legend.

        • Left - the legend is displayed on the left side of the chart.

        • Right - the legend is displayed on the right side of the chart.

        • Top - the legend is displayed on the top of the chart.

        • Bottom - the legend is displayed on the bottom of the chart.

      • Text Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the text.

      • Background Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        The background color of the legend.

      • Text Style
        Inheritable
        For more information see Text Style section.
        Type of font to use and whether bold or italic text should be used.

      • Font Size
        Inheritable
        Size of the font. Measured in permilles of the entire Layout’s height.

      • Font Size Coefficient
        Inheritable
        The font size is calculated by multiplying available height for the text by font size coefficient.

    • Show Tooltips
      When enabled, tooltips are displayed when hovering over the series in chart.

      • Title Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the tooltip title.

      • Text Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the text.

      • Background Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        The background color of the legend.

      • Border Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        The color of the tooltip border.

      • Border Width
        Inheritable
        The width of the tooltip border.

      • Square Marker Border Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        A border color of a square associated with the series.

      • Show Marker Line on Hover
        Whether a vertical line should be displayed when hovering over the series.

    • Date Axis
      Configuration of horizontal chart axis

      • Auto Rotate Labels
        Whether axis labels should be automatically rotated when there is not enough space for them.

      • Text Style
        Inheritable
        For more information see Text Style section.
        Type of font to use and whether bold or italic text should be used.

      • Font Size
        Inheritable
        Size of the font. Measured in permilles of the entire Layout’s height.

      • Font Size Coefficient
        Inheritable
        The font size is calculated by multiplying available height for the text by font size coefficient.

      • Show Grid Lines
        Whether the lines, separating the items of the axis should be displayed.

    • Plot Area
      Configuration of the chart’s plot area.

      • Margin
        Inheritable
        Controls the height of the empty space above the plot area. Is measured in permilles of the whole Layout’s height.

      • Background Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the plot area.

    • Colors
      For ease of access, all aforementioned color related options are once again located in the Colors group.

      • Text Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the text. This color is applied to both axes labels and text in legend.

      • Background Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the background.

      • Header Text Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the header text.

      • Header Background Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the header background.

      • Plot Area Background Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Background color of the plot area.

      • Axes Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the both axes lines.

      • Grid Lines Color
        Inheritable
        For more information see Color Field section.
        Color of the horizontal and vertical grid lines.

  • Value Axes
    Manually orderable
    List of Chart’s value axes. For more information see Value Axes chapter.

  • Series
    Manually orderable
    List of Chart’s series. For more information see Series chapter.