Timeline Range

xViz Gantt Chart offers flexibility to use Dynamic, Static or Default dates in the Timeline.

Step to Configure Static Date:

1. Open the Advanced Editor Icon

   

   Figure 1: Advanced Editor option
2. Open the Timeline section.

   

   Figure 2: Timeline Tab in Advanced Editor
3. Options of Start Date and End Date will be shown:

   

   Figure 3: Start Date and End Date options to define the Range
4. Select the drop drown option for Start Date/End Date and select the "Static Date" option:

   

   Figure 4: "Static Date" option for Start Date and End Date to define the static Range
5. Select the Date from the Calendar:

   

   Figure 5: Static Dates set for both Start Date and End Date
6. Click on the Save button to save the changes:

Figure 6: Start Date and End Date applied to Timeline Range

Benefit! This enables to keep the Timeline static despite applying filters/slicers.

Steps to add Dynamic date from the data

1. Populate the “Timeline Start/End” data field with the required measures:

   

   Figure 7: Data field for providing dynamic measures for the Timeline Range
2. Click on the Advanced Editor Icon and select the Timeline option.

3. In the Timeline section, select “Data” as the option for Start Date/End Date:

   

   Figure 8: "Data" option to use measure value as the Range value
4. Select the Date measure provided in the data field:

   

   Figure 9: Selected measures for the Timeline Range
5. Select the save button to update the timeline.

6. The timeline range will be as per the values of the measure selected.

Example - To show the current calendar year, provide two DAX measures that dynamically calculate January 1st of the current year and December 31st of the current year for the start and end dates respectively.

Combination of Dates

1. In the Timeline section we can use a combination of dates.

2. Can show the Start date as a Static date and End date as Data.

   

   Figure 10: Start and End Dates can have different types of values to define the Timeline Range