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h2. Time Series Dot Chart

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The time series dot chart consists of pairs of values (plotted as points) drawn as marks for each series in the given dataset. Each pair of values consists of one date and one numeric value.  This chart will have one date\time based axis (the domain axis) and one numeric axis (the range axis).


h5h3. Dataset Guidelines

This chart expects its data as a [time series dataset|The Time Series Dataset].

h5h3. Required Properties

The following properties are required:

*chart-type*

{code:XML}
<chart-type>DotChart</chart-type>
{code} 

*dataset-type*

{code:XML}
<dataset-type>TimeSeriesCollection</dataset-type>
{code} 

The optional chart properties that are supported for this chart are listed in the [Chart Properties Reference].

h5h3. Example

The following chart definition will produce the chart in the example below.

{code:XML}
<chart>
	<chart-type>DotChart</chart-type>
	<dataset-type>TimeSeriesCollection</dataset-type>
	<subtitles>
		<subtitle>
			<![CDATA[Product Lines]]>
		</subtitle>
	</subtitles>
        <dot-height>5</dot-height>
        <dot-width>5</dot-width>
	<title>Time Series Chart Sample</title>
	<border-visible>false</border-visible>
	<domain-title>Time</domain-title>
	<range-title>Sold Price</range-title>
	<range-maximum>60000</range-maximum>
	<range-minimum>0</range-minimum>
	<date-maximum>June 14, 2005, 00:00:00 </date-maximum>
	<date-minimum>January 1, 2005, 00:00:00 </date-minimum>
	<domain-vertical-tick-labels>true</domain-vertical-tick-labels>
	<color-palette>
		<color>#EE7733</color>
		<color>#9EAA36</color>
		<color>#BF0000</color>
		<color>#FCCF12</color>
		<color>#772200</color>
		<color>#DDCC88</color>
		<color>#123D82</color>
		<color>#4A0866</color>
		<color>#445500</color>-
		<color>#FFAA00</color>
		<color>#1E8AD3</color>
		<color>#AA6611</color>
		<color>#772200</color>
	</color-palette>
</chart>
{code}

!sample_timeseries_dot_chart.png!