Timeline grouping

[Tuur]

Hi there!

I’d like to be able to group different records on one horizontal line or near each other as opposed to random. It would be awesome if this would work automagically by using grouping in the view.

This way you would e.g. be able to create single rows for segmented phases (different colors) of individual projects. One project would always be one line (or group) in this example.

Right now if you have more than one project with multiple phases (multiple records starting & ending neatly after each other) the lines are plotted all over the place.

In short I’d love to able to influence the horizontal position of records somehow.

Best,

Arthur.

[Heracles]

Timeline allows missing Start or End dates where Gantt does not, so we had to restructure our data a bit.
It is a valid workaround, but time line has better zoom in/out and click to drag that make it easier to use.

[Sally_Duan]

I’ve been scouring the interwebs for exactly this! I started off using a Gantt Chart before discovering the Timeline block. The Timeline blocks does almost everything I’m after for my project. I would love to have a “move up” “move down” functionality - just to be able to align Timeline events that correlate.

This was first requested two years ago. Any updates, Airtable team?

[Keelan_Hostin]

Gantt feels like a great alternative, however, you lose color-coding when the group is not the source of coloring. If grouping by a task name, but color-coding by a category, collapsing the group loses the coloring.
Adding de-duping to the Timeline (realistically better than grouping and more appropriate) would be a very valuable addition.

[Tuur]

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