When you create a timeline, it is stored in a map. To manage timelines in a map, do the following:
- Activate the map containing the timeline you want to manage.
- Expand Timelines in the Contents pane.
- To open a timeline, right-click the timeline and click Open Timeline .
- To delete a timeline, right-click the timeline and click Delete .
Rename a timeline
To rename a timeline, do the following:
- Right-click the timeline and click Properties .
- Click the General tab on the Timeline Properties dialog box.
- Edit the Name property.
- Click OK.
Edit timeline layer properties
To edit a timeline layer's properties, do the following:
- Expand the timeline.
- Right-click the timeline layer that you want to edit and click Properties .
- Optionally, edit the Name property.
- Optionally, select the field you want to display in the ToolTip when you hover over data in the timeline from the Display field property drop-down arrow.
- Optionally, select the field that you want to use to categorize the layer data in timeline lanes from the Category field property drop-down arrow.
- Click OK.
Edit timeline metadata
To edit the timeline metadata, do the following:
- In the Contents pane, right-click the timeline and click Properties .
- Click the Metadata tab on the Timeline Properties dialog box.
- Select Timeline has its own metadata from the drop-down arrow.
- Edit the metadata properties.
- Click OK.