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Anonymous
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How create a scroll bar X - axis

Hi, i have a bar chart with weekly information. I was able to handle it, but nowadays it contains so much info and I cant see the entire date. I'm not using hierarchies. 

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Can I make this graph scrolleable in the X - axis? I would like to mantain this format ('DD/MM/YYYY') but, if it´s not possible, is there other way to solve my problem?

 

Thank you so much!

 

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Uzi2019
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Hi @Anonymous 
As you can see in given screenshot I have taken same size chart but just modified few setting. Please refer below image.

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And try to set it below nos for better visibilty of date

Uzi2019_1-1697185124601.png

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

After testing, it is not possible to preserve the formatting of the axis with the axis set to continuous, please vote in favor of this idea and bring this need to the attention of the product team.

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Gao

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Anonymous
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Hi Christine, thank you for your answer!

 

No, the x axis is set to categorical. In my calendar date, the field "Inicio de la semana" (Start of week) has the next format : "DD/MM/YYYY"

TomasB_0-1697053186802.png

If i change the x axis to continuous, the x axis looks like this

TomasB_1-1697053223161.png

and I´m not looking for that, i want DD/MM/YYYY.

 

If i choose type "Categorical" I can´t set te max area height lower than 15 and I can´t see any scrollbar

TomasB_2-1697053304990.png

 

 

Thank you!

Yes you would want to set the max area higher if you want to be able to read the whole date. The scrollbar will only be created if the number of bars you have doesn't fit in the given area with the minimum bar width they're using. I would recommend trying to avoid a scrollbar and just having the max era be higher so that the text is able to be read - a scrollbar is a negative usabilility thing typically because you can't see the entire trend area at once. 

christinepayton
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Super User

If your date field is actually a date type, and the axis is set to continuous, it should automatically scale instead of doing what is in your screenshot. But you can also increase the space available on the axis labels if that helps (it's called 'max area height' in axis settings). 

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