Inserting a timeline chart

Timeline charts display a time series as a curve.

About this task

To insert a timeline chart:

Procedure

  1. Double-click the Timeline Chart object in the Layouts palette of the Palette view.
    The Timeline Chart Wizard opens.
  2. In the All Data Sources tree, navigate to the table or query that will be run to obtain the layout object's query result set and click Next.
    The Select the fields representing the point location page opens.
  3. In the Date drop-down list, specify the name of the data column from your query result set that will be graphed on the date/time axis of the timeline chart.
    You should select a data column that includes a date or time value
  4. In the Value drop-down list, specify the name of the data column from your query result set that will be graphed on the numeric axis of the timeline chart.
    You should select a data column that includes numeric values.
  5. Click Finish.
    The Timeline Chart Wizard closes and the chart is displayed in the editor window.