To create an animated Scatter plot as popularised by Hans Rosling’s famous TED talks, all you need is an extra column with dates.
| Country | Region | Year | GDP | Life expectancy | Population |
| Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | 1960 | 43.2044634146342 | 2120896 | |
| Korea, Rep. | East Asia & Pacific | 1960 | 158.236636232018 | 53.0018048780488 | 25012374 |
| Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 1960 | 49.2159756097561 | 41233 | |
| Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 1960 | 111.342479726807 | 41.2320243902439 | 5722370 |
| Macao SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | 1960 | 64.6589268292683 | 167796 |
To get started,
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Select a column containing dates and bind it to the Time data binding, to create a time slider.
Also, choose one or more Name columns so the template knows which rows represent the same thing, by creating a unique ID.
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With the Series data binding, you can group dots into a series based on the contents of a column.
Through the Lines & arrows settings, you can customize your lines. It is possible to change the line width, the line style (straight or curved), and the opacity.
If you want to set lines' colors, they have have a color of your choosing or them to match the dot colors.
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The Time slider settings give you a host of options to customize the time slider.
You can choose to update the either or both of the axes while the timeline moves. Moreover, you can opt to display the time label in the background of the chart.
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It is also possible to add a Control title, and change the slider width and maximum label width.
The Time between steps setting allows you to control the movement. Positive values move the slider left to right, negative, right to left.