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Setting the default x-axis width for the chart when viewed post-test

In brief

By default, when a chart is displayed post-test, the x-axis will display the entire period of the test. If you wish, you can change this so that the default width will be some other period, by selecting the appropriate option on the chart's settings page and entering the period you wish to use.

Note that when you actually view a chart, you can alter its x-axis width - so the value you specify here is just the default value; that's to say, the value shown when the chart is opened.

Details

Usually when you view a chart post-test, you will probably want to see the entire test displayed across the graph - this makes it easy to review what happened in the test, and you can then 'zoom in' on any areas that interest you (by moving the mouse over them and rolling the mouse wheel).

However, in very long tests - for example, tests that last for days - this might be inappropriate, as the graph's trace may just be an almost 'solid block'. In these cases, you might want to specify that the default width is something less, perhaps 6 hours, and then you could scroll the graph to review the entire test's data.

ANY-maze help topic T0665