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Timeline view is now available in AU!
September 29, 2025 Timeline view is now available for customers in the Smartsheet AU environment. This new view empowers teams to visualize tasks along a timeline and manage date-based work in real time, helping them instantly see the big picture and adjust details with ease. Learn more Environments availability:…
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Help Article updates September 2025
Hello Community, We’ve published new videos on these topics: How to use sheet settings in Sheet settings in table, board, and timeline view How to use filters in table, board, and timeline view in Filter your data in table, board, and timeline view How to set up a sheet in Create a sheet To view the entire catalog of help…
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Planned vs Actual Charts
Hi everyone! Looking for suggestions on how to show planned vs actual in chart format. In Excel, we can have a line that shows numbers or percentages for planned and another for actual and then put it into a chart which shows the planned line and then actuals in a bar graph. I've provided an example below. Looking to do…
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Roundup of top timeline view enhancements (January - August 2025)
Hello Community, If you’ve used timeline view, you already know it helps teams visualize and manage date-based work in real time. It reimagines how work is managed in Smartsheet, allowing users to easily track tasks and milestones, group information by theme, and adjust plans with clarity and speed. Whether you're building…
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Timeline widget - change start period for scroll bar / zoom / hide
A couple of questions on this: How do I stop my widget from allowing someone to scroll too far to the left? I can scroll back to the 1950s! I don't want it to go back any earlier than where my tasks start. Is this not an option? Once you scroll back far the scroll bar then shrinks in size. 2. How can I zoom out so that…
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Timeline - Bar color
In the Grid view, it would be helpful to have a Conditional Formatting option that allows carryover to Timeline view bar color. For example, a checkbox to the right of a Conditional Formatting row that states "Apply format to Timeline view bar." Currently it is a manual process to switch back to the Gantt view, then click…
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Analyze data now available in board, table, and timeline views!
August 05, 2025 Analyze data is now accessible in board, table, and timeline views! The analyze data AI tool helps you quickly get insights into your data, instantly generate charts and metrics, and then add those AI-generated charts to your dashboards. Previously, analyze data was only accessible through the Generate with…
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Dates in Timeline View are not the same as Grid/Gant View
Does anyone else have the issue where the dates in the Timeview line (mainly Milestones) are a day ahead of what they are in Gant/Grid View. It seems to be correct for some milestones but not others- I can only assume it's to do with predecessors with/without lag. As you can see on my screenshots, the ones highlighted…
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Timeline settings not saving
I created a grid sheet with the following data - Project Name, Start Date, End Date, Project Status, % Complete, along with other columns. When clicking over to Timeline view, nothing is showing up. When clicking into Settings, the Start and End date are flipped. If I try to correct these and click Apply, I'm seeing this…
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What is the best template to create a time tracking tool?
I need Task, Note, Priority, Ststus, Created by, Assignee, Start date and time, End date and time, Duration in days and time. And a dashboard to see an overview.
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NEW! Timeline view widget in dashboards
We’re excited to announce that the highly requested timeline view widget in dashboards is now generally available! With this new widget, you can easily bring timelines from large-scale projects into a single, centralized dashboard, giving stakeholders a clear, at-a-glance view of key initiatives and milestones. When adding…
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Arbitrary dates for projects
When creating a workspace, there should be an option to use dates based on calendar year, fiscal year, or arbitrary dates from project kickoff. Furthermore, one should be able to change this on the fly. Use case and potential solution: I am planning a project with no concrete start date, and I want to communicate how long…
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Year in Timeline View shows as 2026 when clicking 'Go to Today'
Hi Everyone! Not sure if I'm missing something embarrassingly obvious, but for some reason my Timeline view shows FY 2026 when I click on 'Go to Today'? As far as I can tell, it's an issue specifically in relation to this particular sheet, as I've tested it on empty sheets and it reverts to 2025. However, I can't pinpoint…
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Help Article updates June 2025
Hello Community, We’ve published the following new content. New articles: Filter your data in table, board, and timeline view Introduction to timeline view Smartsheet essential glossary New videos on these topics: Manage your True-up Process in Get started with the User Subscription Model How to use Column Links in Create…
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Can't use the new "Timeline View" when leveraging the new "Columns Link" in Table View
What I'm trying to do: I'm trying to leverage some of the new/upcoming features from Smartsheet to put together a sheet that brings information from multiple sheets to generate a timeline view of our Program Portfolio. The problem I'm facing: Column Linking in Table View uses essentially column formulas. Timeline view and…
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Resource Management Schedule view by department
Hello, Is it possible to get projects grouped by department like in the attached picture? I don't see where there's an option to sort by department, and from my understanding using tags for projects (i.e. creating a "Marketing Department" tag and attaching to appropriate projects) doesn't consolidate them as nicely. For…
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Can Smartsheet Resource Management Schedule be grouped by Department?
In Resource Management schedule, I would like to be able to see all of the projects each department is committed to in a timeline view. For example, I'd like to see Marketing department (projects A, B, C), IT department (projects, A, C, D), etc. It seems like I can only view by people with varying filters. Does anyone know…
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How to save group selection in timeline view
Hi there, I'm trying out timeline view for the first time and wondering how to save the group selection in timeline view. I have to reselect the group every time I go back to the sheet and it is quite troublesome especially when I'm sharing the sheet directly with our client. I can't seem to find any button to save my…
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Timeline View with Dependency Arrows
It would be great to have dependency arrows from Gantt View carry over to Timeline View!
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Days of the Week in Timeline View
It would be helpful to have the addition of days of the week in Timeline View! It's difficult to plan for weekdays/weekends. I can jump to calendar view, but when I go back to timeline view, it defaults to the current date, and I have to scroll a long way to find the dates I want to work with.
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Jump to Date in Timeline View
I use timeline view to plan dates up to a year in advance. It currently defaults to the current date and I have to scroll all the way to future/past dates. It would be very helpful to have a "jump to date" feature.
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How have you creatively implemented reporting via Generate Documents? Timelines? Project Status?
Hi! I am building a program management tool with multiple projects with their own WBS. I want to create a few different PDFs which can be automated send to key leaders in the project weekly to highlight any major changes, and visually display a timeline (since timelines can't be embedded into Smartsheet dashboards … yet!).…