Oddness on the Google AnnotatedTimeLine
Well, I got one thing figured out - the bottom 'graph' on the Google AnnotatedTimeLine is a graph of what? Well... it appears that it's a graph of the final column in the dataset. Odd, but I guess that's one way to look at it. I might have liked it to be the first, but that's only because I have the total in the first column (after the date/time). Interesting.
I suppose that now I could move the total to the last column, but that would take a bit of effort, and based on the discussion I started on the Google Groups, it looks like I'm not the only one that's interested in this being a little more flexible. Here's to hoping that they respond with some flexibility in this.
[4/16] UPDATE: the last message in this thread was from VizGuy at Google:
- Its the last data series.
- Its a logarithmic manipulation of this data.
- We have an open feature request to let the users control this data.
- For now, you can hide this part of the chart (displayRangeSelector:
false). I know its not perfect, but for those who get crazy, it might be
better than leaving it as is... 🙂
From this, it's clear that I'm not alone in my confusion and the solution wasn't at all clear. Saying it's a logarithmic manipulation of the last column is really not at all clear. But it's on their list of things to do, and that's going to have to be enough. If I really wanted it to mean something, I'd move the totals data to the last column.