Timeline View
Timeline view plots your database items across a horizontal time axis — making it immediately clear what's happening when, how long things take, and where your schedule is tight or sparse. It works for projects, content calendars, hiring pipelines, product roadmaps, event schedules, or any dataset where dates matter.
Create a Timeline View
New Full-Page Timeline Database
- Create a new page in your workspace
- Under "Get started with," click
•••→ Timeline
Inline Timeline
Type /Timeline view on any page and press Enter.
Add Timeline View to an Existing Database
- Click
+next to your current view name - Select Timeline from the dropdown
Your database must contain at least one Date property with a range of dates (start date + end date) to render items as timeline bars. If your date property only stores a single date, items will appear as point markers rather than bars.
Customizing Your Timeline
Change the Time Scale
Use the dropdown to the left of "Today" to change how much time is visible on screen at once. Options range from hours to years, so you can zoom in to plan a single sprint or zoom out to view an entire annual roadmap.
Resize Project Bars
Hover over either edge of any item's timeline bar until a resize cursor appears. Click and drag to extend or shorten the bar, adjusting the item's start or end date directly on the canvas. Date tooltips appear as guides while you drag.
Navigate to Off-Screen Items
Items that fall outside the current date range aren't visible on the canvas. Click the arrows that appear on timeline rows to jump forward or backward to items that exist outside the current view. Click Today to return to the present date instantly.
Toggle the List Panel
The left side of the timeline view can display a List panel showing each item's name and properties alongside the visual bars. Toggle it open or closed using the >> and << arrows on the left edge of the timeline.
Control How Many Items Load
For databases with many records, you can limit how many items load at once:
Settings → Layout → Load limit → select the number of pages to display
Show/Hide Properties in the List Panel
- Settings → Property visibility
- Click 👁️ to show or hide individual properties
- Use
⋮⋮to reorder them
Switch Which Date Property the Timeline Plots
If your database has multiple date properties, you can control which one the timeline uses:
Settings → Layout → Show timeline by → select your preferred date property
Example: A product development database has both a "Design Start/End" date property and a "Development Start/End" property. You can flip the timeline to show engineering schedules instead of design schedules without creating a separate database.
Calculations
Click any property column header in the List panel, hover over Calculate, and choose a calculation to summarize that column across all visible items:
| Category | Options |
|---|---|
| Count | Count all, Count empty, Count not empty, Count values, Count unique values |
| Percentage | Percent empty, Percent not empty |
| Dates | Earliest date, Latest date, Date range |
| Numbers | Sum, Average, Median, Min, Max, Range |