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Timeline

The Timeline bar in the Zelos App provides an interactive way to select specific time windows, ranges, and move through time-series data efficiently.

Overview

The timeline bar offers a visual representation of your data’s time window and time range with interactive controls.

Timeline Overview

Interactive timeline bar with controls.

Using the Timeline

Adjusting Time Windows

Hover over a marker to display a tooltip with the precise timestamp. Click and drag horizontally to reposition the marker.

Dragging Markers:

  • Left Marker: Adjusts the start time of your time window.
  • Right Marker: Adjusts the end time of your time window.

Adjusting Time Window

Drag the left/right markers to adjust the time window.

Moving the Entire Window

There are three ways to shift the entire time window along the timeline without changing its size:

Dragging the Highlighted Area

Click and drag the highlighted area between the markers to move the entire time window.

Time Window Drag

Drag the highlighted area to move the time window.
Using Navigation Buttons

Clicking the left arrow button will moves the time window to the left, and clicking right will move the time window right.

Time Window Buttons

Click the left/right buttons to move the time window.
Using Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keys on your keyboard to shift the windows left/right:

  • Left Arrow Key: Move the time window to the left.
  • Right Arrow Key: Move the time window to the right.

Controlling Live Data Playback

In Live Mode, you can control the playback of live data.

There are two ways to toggle live data streaming:

  • Click the play/pause button
  • Using the spacebar keyboard shortcut

When you are live, a pulsating indicator will appear on the right end of the timeline.

Live Data Indicator

Pulsating indicator showing live data streaming.