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How do I read and change the projects' timeline?

How to read the bars and marks, how to move dates with the mouse or the keyboard, and who can change them.

On this page How do I change the scale and the filters? What do the marks mean? How do I change dates? Who can change dates?

Projects → Timeline lays the open projects and their work items along a line of time: from the planned start to the target. A smaller version of it sits on the Home page too.

The timeline puts each open project on a time axis, with its target, today and whatever is running late.
Projects › Timeline

How do I change the scale and the filters?

Choose Day, Week, Month or Quarter. The filters Whole office, Mine, Late and Without dates, together with customer and status, narrow the list; they are kept in the page's address, so a link opens the same view. Projects open one at a time, or all together with Open all.

What do the marks mean?

MarkMeaning
barStart and target; on a project, the fill shows how many of its items are done
◆A target only, no start
arrowOne item is waiting for another to finish
⏸The item is waiting for someone — the customer, an authority, a partner
⚠The item runs outside its project's dates
N days lateThe target has passed

How do I change dates?

Dragging a whole bar moves both dates, and the bar keeps the same number of working days — public holidays, days the office is closed and the person's leave are skipped. The right-hand end or the ◆ changes the target only. Without a mouse: select the bar and press ← or → to move a day; with Shift only the target moves. If the start would land after the target, nothing is saved and the bar springs back. Undo reverses the last move. On a phone the page becomes a list and nothing drags.

Pressing a row's name opens its dates panel: start, target and, on a work item, its status and estimated work.

Who can change dates?

Everyone in the office can see the timeline; without the permission below, the dates panel is read-only and the bars do not move.

PermissionOffice OwnerOffice administratorProject managerTechnical staffSecretariatAccountingWebsite manager
Create and edit projects and work itemsyesyesyesnononono
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