Time Scrubber Control to move through Time on a visualization

#1

I really like the way the CPU Usage, in v5, automatically animates to show the profile of usage. Is there a script to do this? If so does anyone have an example they can share.

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For a long time (since we started using Dundas) I have wanted to creat a visualization that has a "time scrubber" and as the user moves the "time scrubber" control the visualization moves through time on a given axis and changes on the fly, similar to the above (but manually moving using the mentioned control). My vision also has a "play button" next to the "time scrubber" that would play move time forward at a specified pace from the point in time the "time scrubber" is set.


An example is a bubble chart of customers that over time float up and get bigger, then as contracts fall off, the bubbles "burst" or disappear.


Has anyone done this or something similar?

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#2

The profile usage can be recreated without scripting - all you need is to set up data refresh and bypass caching.


As for your wish of a time scrubber with a play button, we could go into trying to script this... or you could hold your breath in anticipation for the new features that will be released very soon :)

#3

Hmmm... I'm holding my breath! any specifics on what "very soon" means? :)

#4

Unfortunately very soon is the best we can give you right now *cough*mid-May*cough*.

#5

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.”

― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

#6

Hey Devon,


Thought you may be interested in checking out our latest blog - Enhance Your Data Storytelling With Animated Charts


You can learn more about using a Play Axis filter to automatically progress through filter values along a slider, here


I think you should be able to achieve your vision with this!