Sort feature in Timeline View

I would love the ability to Sort within Timeline view. Having the two groups is not enough and with no sorting ability, it really limits the effectiveness of the information I am trying to show. For example, I may want to to see the projects that are being worked on. I would group by Resource, then Project Category, but then maybe I want to sort to by size of the project.

Currently, I would have to use a parent row to act as another grouping, but this adds unnecessary clutter to something that is supposed to be visually easy to digest.

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pmillikin

ability to customize sort order / ability to move the bars to specific vertical places

ChristianFinke

Hi @pmillikin

Smartsheet’s timeline view currently doesn’t allow manual reordering of bars or specific placement adjustments. However, you can try customizing the sort order by using a helper column with numbers or categories, then sorting the sheet based on that column. This will control the vertical order of bars in the timeline.

pmillikin

Yes, I did this but it is ugly, not a solution to my ask. I don't want to have to edit the sheet or sort order whenever I need to tweak the visual. I would like to be able to edit the Timeline picture - a workaround could be exporting to powerpoint so I can move them around for a specific report. The helper column has it's own issues - please see my other suggestion for improvement on this: https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/132783/timeline-swimlanes-shouldnt-show-if-field-isnt-populated-for-items-in-view#latest

jmarkovic

*In our timeline, we are grouping projects by team. I was able to control the sort order of the timeline view (i.e. which team's projects showed up grouped first, 2nd, 3rd, etc) by going to Grid view and editing the column properties for that corresponding "team" column. I re-ordered the team-based contact list based on how I wanted it to show up in the timeline view. Once I saved & refreshed, BOOM the timeline view was sorted in that order.

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