microsoft / microsoft/SandDance

Date only as Categorical instead of Numeric

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Description

Date strings are parsed correctly. However they seem to be only interpreted as categorical.

As a consequence of having larger datasets, the axis that is used for the date is messed up by date labels (one for each data-point).

I'd like to see a date/datetime being interpreted as a numeric variable instead, where labels are automatically aligned (or can be set with a given step size).

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Research direction

Start by tracing how date strings are parsed and how chart axes generate labels for large datasets. Define the expected numeric date treatment and label alignment or step-size behavior, then verify that the axis no longer produces one label per data point.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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