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JanRak
Helper I
Helper I

Charticulator - cant set Time format for X-axis (can't change from Categorical to Numerical axis)

Hi

(I'm not the first person trying to solve this problem). Hope someone from the community can help with this!

I have a data table with a column "Time" of type Time:

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X-axis in the chart is displayed as following (would like to have HH:MM or HH:MM:SS)

JanRak_2-1675720884347.png


Field Time is set as temporal (tried different types as well):

JanRak_3-1675720946666.png



X-axis is Categorical:

JanRak_4-1675721017144.png


I've read that I need a numerical axis to be able to change the tick format.

How can I change from Categorical to Numerical X-axis? Or is there another way to change the X-axis formatting?

 

Any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers

Jan

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JanRak
Helper I
Helper I

Ok, I found the solution. What I had to do is to drag the Time field (set as temporal) to the X-axis, and now the X-axis switched to a Numerical type. 


JanRak_0-1675948544631.png



Result:

JanRak_1-1675948685658.png


Hopefully, it will be useful for someone in the future!
Cheers!
Jan

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JanRak
Helper I
Helper I

Ok, I found the solution. What I had to do is to drag the Time field (set as temporal) to the X-axis, and now the X-axis switched to a Numerical type. 


JanRak_0-1675948544631.png



Result:

JanRak_1-1675948685658.png


Hopefully, it will be useful for someone in the future!
Cheers!
Jan

JanRak
Helper I
Helper I

Thank you @amitchandak . I'm afriad these options might not be available on the Charticulator visual.
Not sure, but thinking that the only solution is to build everything again from scratch.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@JanRak , On the normal visual you have option for continuous axis

https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/blog/using-continuous-x-axis-column-charts-year-and-month-labels

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