Work with the Timeline filter view

The Timeline filter view is an interactive graph that plots the timestamps of the artifacts on a timeline. The graph columns display the number of artifacts during a specific time period.

Note: Artifacts with multiple timestamps can be represented multiple times, but maximum one time per column.

The Timeline view makes it possible to select for example a year, a month, a specific day or hour and view all artifacts that have a timestamp within the selected period.

This Timeline filter view is located at the top of the Artifacts pane and can be accessed within all the different view modes. It works in combination with the filters in the Filter pane

Timeline Filter

Procedures

  • Click the Timeline tab at the top of the Artifacts pane. When activated, the Timeline filter view is displayed above the artifacts.

Use these methods to navigate on the timeline.

Zoom in or out
  • Double-click a column or a section of the timeline to zoom in on that period.
  • Scroll to zoom in or out, using the wheel button on your mouse.
  • Click the Zoom in or Zoom out buttons .
  • Select a level of granularity in the dropdown menu at the top of the timeline, for example Year, Month, or Day.
Move forward or backward
  • Click the arrows located on either side of the timeline.

Filter the artifacts based on selections on the timeline.

  1. Navigate to the period. See Navigate to a period on the timeline for information on how.
  2. Click a column in the graph to select it.
    • To select multiple columns in the graph, select and hold the Ctrl key and then click to select columns.
  3. When you select graph columns, the following happens:
    • In the Artifacts pane, all artifacts with timestamps in the selected period are shown.
    • In the Filters pane, the Selected in Timeline filter condition is activated. The total amount of artifacts in the period is shown next to the filter.
Add a custom time range filter to the Filter pane
  1. Navigate to the period. See Navigate to a period on the timeline for information on how.
  2. Click Add custom time.
  3. Click and drag to select a range on the timeline. The range is added as a filter condition in the Time filter section of the Filter pane, and automatically applied.
  4. If needed, right-click the filter condition and select Rename to more easily identify the different time range filters.

    Note: You cannot change the actual time range by renaming the filter condition.

Save a Quick view with a custom time range filter

Save the custom time range filters you have added in a Quick view to be able to reuse them later.

  1. Add the custom time ranges that you want to save in a Quick view as filters. See Create a filter for a custom time range for information on how.

  2. Click the Save Quick view button at the bottom of the Filters pane.

  3. In the Save Quick view dialog, in the Save as text box, write a name for the Quick view.

  4. Click Add to save the new Quick view.

Clear the timeline filter selection to show all available artifacts in the Artifacts pane again.

  • Click the Selected in Timeline filter condition in the Filters pane.

    or

  • Select and hold the Ctrl key and then click the selected columns in the timeline.

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