[okfn-labs] Timeliner

Mon May 27 16:42:40 UTC 2013

OK, I've identified the issues here:

1. With your primary
data<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0As0FnuJ8x8p2dGF4VVAxTUMwSUc5US10UXJxUEs4Qnc#gid=0>
you
are lacking an end field / column. Currently this is required even if
empty. This is really a bug IMO and we should fix it so if you are missing
the end field its fine.

2. With your alternative
data<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkitojFFyvjCdDVDNGpZSU9TV3VyODc1MW90QWlJbWc#gid=0>
it
worked (you have end field) but is *very* slow. The basic reason for this
is that Google's API seems to be super slow atm (you do have a lot of data
- 3k+ items). On my machine looking at the network tab in google chrome dev
tools we're talking 1.5m+!!. I have no idea why google's api is so slow
here (and opening the data link directly in my browser was not quite so bad
but still slow). Once it loads it does seem fine (other than bad dates) -
which I'm impressed by given how many items you have!

Rufus

On 25 May 2013 22:33, Hack CFCH <hackcfch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm trying to work with Timeliner for the first time and I can't seem to
> get any visualizations. It seem like it's not reading the data. I've tried
> inserting my data to the suggested template<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0As0FnuJ8x8p2dGF4VVAxTUMwSUc5US10UXJxUEs4Qnc#gid=0>,
> an alternative template<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkitojFFyvjCdDVDNGpZSU9TV3VyODc1MW90QWlJbWc#gid=0>,
> and a test template<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0As0FnuJ8x8p2dEI2ZDU2VFVqSXpXbjJpclg4X2hEcGc#gid=0>with fewer fields and no empty dates. None of these have produced a
> timeline visualization. Any advice?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Meredith
>
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