Editing the Timeline in Project Center

One great new feature of Project Server 2016 and Project Online is the Timeline. The Timeline was added to Project Center and to task views in Project Web App. The timeline is blank by default.

tasks for today

To add a project to the Timeline:

  • You must be an Admin to perform this function
  • Highlight the row of the Project and select Add Project on the ribbon

 

add project or task to timeline

 

tasks for today

 

To format the the Timeline:

  • click on the Timeline to display the ribbon
  • Change the fill color, font, or date format
  • Project with little duration can Display as Callouts

timeline

timeline

tasks for today

  • Create multiple timelines using the Add command      add or remove task

today's tasks

  • Projects can be moved from one timeline to the other using the Move Up and Move Down commands

Tasks from projects can also be added to the timeline. When adding tasks such as key milestones, you will want to consider editing the task name to include the project name otherwise it will be difficult to distinguish which project the task belongs to.

select tasks for timeline

 

tasks for timeline

 

At PPM Works we found this to be a great new feature. Please contact us with questions. Enjoy!