Animating & Real-time Data

Animate your time series data to visualize dynamic changes over time on the Visualization. This is useful for observing trends, movement, or live updates from real-time data sources.

Animation Types

There are two animation types, based on whether your data includes temporal (time-based) information:

1. Realtime

• The Visualization will update using only the most recently fetched data.
• Manual animation controls (Play, Pause, Loop) are disabled.
• Realtime is automatically selected if no time column exists in your dataset.

2. Animation

• Use this if your data includes temporal data (e.g., timestamps).
• Allows playback of historical or simulated data changes over time.
• You must define which fields are used for X and Y Axes:
  • Go to: Settings > Dataset
  • Set X Axis and Y Axis using column names from your dataset.

Animation Settings

• Show Label
• Displays the current time of the animation on the screens.
• Force Label
• Forces the label to appear even if labels are globally disabled for the layout.
• Start / End Time
• Define the time interval to animate. This must match the time range in your dataset.

Base Parameters

Customize the visual appearance of your animation:

• Color schemes
• Title
• Legend visibility
• Axes appearance
• Text styles
• And more...