This tutorial is for the new, online project designer. The tutorial for the Desktop Designer is available
here
.
The Timeline point can be used to display a graphical timeline of activities that occur consecutively or concurrently. Using a Template point you can design a page of points that are used for each of the activities. This allows you to quickly and easily manage the points that are used in each activity.
The Timeline point is an advanced point that uses a template page to present points for each entry in the grid. The template page is configured via a Template point and is explained in the following steps.
The first step is to add a Template point to the project. See the Template Point Tutorial to learn how to prepare a template page.
The template page will be used for each entry in the Timeline and requires two points:
Activity Name
for each activity
Duration
of the activity
For examples of which points and settings to use for the
Activity Name
and the
Duration
, please see the
Timeline point sample project
.
Once the template page has been created, create another page in the project which will contain the Timeline point and any other points that are not contained within the Timeline activities.
Add a Date/Time point to the content page. This point will be used to store the start time of the Timeline point.
Add a Template point to the content page. Edit the properties to select the template page that was created in the first step along with configuring how many times to insert the template into the project. This number determines how many activities will be available in the Timeline point.
Add a Timeline point to the content page and see below for the configuration options:
Determines how the activities are displayed on the timeline;
Concurrent | Staggered |
Select the Date/Time point that was created to store the start time.
Enter a number between 1 and 24. This will be the time limit for activites within the Timeline.
Displays a Next and Previous button on the timeline point that can be used to change the selected activity. This can be useful for using a Logic point to reference a Timeline point and toggle the visibility of other points based on the Timeline's selected activity.
When enabled, it will disable the ability to create, edit and delete activity entries from the Timeline.
When enabled, it will allow the ability to delete activity entries from the Timeline.
The following settings are used to select the Template that will be used for each entry. Each entry
requires a point to define the
Activity
for the entry and another point for the
Duration
of the activity.
Select the template point that was created in the preparation section .
Select the point that was added to the template page as the
Activity Name
point.
Select the point that was added to the template page as the
Duration
point.
The following settings are used to customise the functionality that is available on the entry page, which is displayed when selecting or creating a new entry in the session.
Displays a Next and Previous button on the entry page for each activity. These buttons can be used to navigate between the activities from within an entry.
Displays a New Activity button on each activity entry page. This button can be used to create a new activity from with an existing activity's entry page.
This sample demonstrates how a Timeline point can be used to to create activities and display them on a graphical timeline.