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Horizontal Timed Bar Chart

How to build a Horizontal Timed Bar Chart

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Written by Blake Hester
Updated over 9 months ago

A Horizontal Timed Bar Chart is a type of bar chart that displays data horizontally across a timeline or time axis. Each bar in the chart represents a specific time interval or period, and the length of the bar corresponds to a certain value or quantity associated with that time interval.


This Horizontal Timed Bar Chart example is showing Incidents created in the last 12 months.

Now, let's look at the Data and Chart options for the Horizontal Timed Bar Chart example. The chart is displaying Incident data so it will be utilizing the Incident table.

Conditions: Setting conditions allows you to query the table you are building the chart off of.

Aggregate Type: Refers to a data aggregation method or function used to combine or summarize data from multiple records. They allow users to perform calculations on sets of records to derive meaningful insights. Some common aggregate types include:

  1. Count: Calculates the number of records in a set.

  2. Count Distinct: counts the number of unique, non-duplicated values in a field.

  3. Sum: Adds up the values of a specified field for a set of records.

  4. Average: Computes the average value of a specified field for a set of records.

  5. Minimum: Finds the minimum value of a specified field in a set of records.

  6. Maximum: Determines the maximum value of a specified field in a set of records.
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Calendar Type: The calendar input can be set to a Standard Calendar or Fiscal Year.

Trend Type: Trend Type refers to the general direction or pattern of change in a set of data points over a specific period of time.

Date Range: This input determines the range of time displayed on the line chart. The Date Range considers the dates associated with the field selected in the Date Field chart option.

Date Field: A 'Date' field is designed to store date and time values.

Now, let's look at the styling options that have been changed from the default styling settings to give this chart some more clarity. First a custom title of "Incidents Created - Last 12 Months" is set to give a quick understanding of the data the chart is displaying.

Next, the Data Labels and Data Values toggles are engaged to provide the values of the bars in the chart.

Finally, the Display grid toggle is engaged.

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