Ability To Set y-Axis Start Point

[jakejgordon]

As a user with a long running project, I can set a y-axis start point so that as the number of completed points over time gets large I can still make sense of the smaller bands (like In Progress or In Testing).

See attached image for an example of where this would be useful. Over time, one of the bands has a tendency to get very large and squeeze out all of the other bands. If we could adjust the graph to start at 500 points (in this example) instead of 0 then we could see the details of the other bands more easily.

Thanks again, I love your tool!

[jakejgordon]

To clarify, the reason that I don't just exclude the Kanban State of "Production" is that you want to see that band growing to represent what is getting deployed to production.

[jmartin-rally]

Before I go too deep into this one, have you tried the zoom? If you highlight from what you want the starting point to the top and over to the right in a single drag, you'll make a rectangle that will set the zoom, which seems to do what you want. We just don't save the setting.

[jakejgordon]

Zooming definitely helps but since it doesn't save the last zoom setting you have to do it every time. And if you have a large band on top (e.g. backlog) and a large band on the bottom (e.g. completed) then when you zoom in on the narrow band that you care about (e.g. in progress, testing, user acceptance) you still can't see the total numbers for the top band unless you capture the top of that band -- which defeats the purpose of zooming in the first place.... if that makes sense.

Another option rather than explicitly picking the starting y value would be an option to make the y value offset by the value of y at x = 0. In other words, if your "completed" band at the bottom started at 575 at x = 0 and grew to 700 over 30 days, then your starting y value would be 575 and you could easily see the growth from 575 to 700. I realize this is a tough one from a UX perspective in terms of how you present that setting. If you figure out a way to solve this then you are a genius. :)

[jmartin-rally]

Thanks, that makes it clearer. I'm having trouble because much of my data is by default coming out as lots of small areas on the bottom so starting at y=100 eliminates those areas. I suppose I'll want to put a setting for arranging the data stacked by size instead of by order. I'll noodle on it.