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microsoft / timelinestoryteller

An expressive visual storytelling environment for presenting timelines on the web and in Power BI. Developed at Microsoft Research.
https://timelinestoryteller.com/
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Multi-granularity axes and/or explicit choice of granularity #132

Open Mason62 opened 7 years ago

Mason62 commented 7 years ago

In order for me to create readable project reports, I need to be able to adjust timeline similar to Ms Project. I need to have quarters at the top, months under those and two-week period under those to show an acceptable report to my audience.

mattbrehmer commented 7 years ago

@Mason62, I'm interpreting this to mean that you would like to have axes with multiple granularities of time. It's unclear as to how this would be realized for non-linear representations of time.

Mason62 commented 7 years ago

@mattbrehmer, I think you're right and in non-linear representations (e.g. Radial) this can be difficult to show, but the other aspect of it is timeline configureability (being able to adjust timeline to weeks, months, quarter or year periods).

mattbrehmer commented 7 years ago

@Mason62 thanks for clarifying. Yes, the granularity is currently automatically inferred based upon the min/max dates. Offering the ability to select the granularity explicitly would certainly provide more control.