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Scope of inclusion for notes

Opening a Timeline view plots data of all descendants that have a $StartDate defined. For instance, if a container has child containers - without dates set - titled to represent years, and these contain notes with $StartDates then the view will show the events for all years whilst the year containers will be listed in the 'No Date' sidebar. This is a powerful feature as the non-plotted year containers can help with data/note management without affecting the actual timeline visualisation. If a note also has an $EndDate the note will plot as having a duration in the timeline. An event's $DueDate is not acknowledged by timelines.

It is possible to specify different non-default Date-type attributes for plotting events in a timeline.

It is not possible to define any other attribute than $StartDate as the inclusion criteria for the timeline, or to use numerical or other sequence data (as opposed to Date-type data).

Items without dates are placed in a "No Date" column at the side of the view.

Remember Tinderbox's built-in prototypes as these include an Event prototype that is ideal for timeline data items.

By default, the timeline will encompass all dates in scope but it is possible to set $TimelineStart and/or $TimelineEnd in the container note to set a specific duration within which data is displayed. If these boundaries are set, outlier data is placed in a "Out of Range" column at the left side of the view (and to the right of a 'No Date' column, if present).

Dates with an $EndDate only or where $EndDate is before $StartDate will plot, but incorrectly - such configurations are effectively invalid.

By default, timelines show all descendant notes and in-scope aliases with qualifying dates. Either of these categories can be excluded via $TimelineDescendants and $TimelineAliases being set to the timeline's container note.



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