Print a timeline

[Ezequiel_Buenrostro]

Our company chose Asana over all other project management tools and I instantly went looking for the timeline pdf export feature. This thread is form 2018. How is this feature not available yet?

[Ezequiel_Buenrostro]

Our company chose Asana over all other project management tools and I’m enjoying it so far. After I created my first project I quickly went looking for the timeline pdf export button. I was surprised that Asana doesnt have this feature built in.

I know there are many threads about this. I’m aware of the workaround but resizing the screen, taking a screenshot, then exporting that as a pdf is not very productive for a productivity tool.

I’ve seen threads about this going back to 2018. Seems odd that Asana doesn’t have this built in yet.

[lpb]

Welcome, @Ezequiel_Buenrostro,

I’ve merged your post into an existing thread where you can click the title to scroll to the top and vote by clicking the purple Vote button.

Thanks,

Larry

[Rupert_Howe]

I’ve seen quite a few threads about PDF Export and printing of Timeline GANTT view. I can see that it doesn’t exist as a feature, and that instead there is a feature to share a read only link of the Timeline which is OK for some things.

That didn’t work for what I needed, which was to export a GANTT chart of my project plan as a PDF for an InnovateUK grant. So I used a workaround of taking a full screen screenshot, which I thought I’d share in case useful to anyone else.

NB I’m on a MacBook Pro with a high res retina screen, which helps this as it doubles the res of the saved image. I have a Timeline with only 3 months and 35 lines in 10 sections. So if you have a lower res screen or a bigger Timeline, your mileage my vary. There’ll be an equivalent workflow for non-Macs, going full screen and taking a screenshot. Anyway, for what it’s worth, here it is:

To do it I:

1. Maximised my browser window by pressing the green button at top left.
2. Zoomed out with Cmd & - til the Timeline area filled the screen.
3. Took a screenshot with Cmd & Shift & 4.
4. That gave me a 3840x2400 screenshot on my Desktop of the whole project as a png image, which I could open in Preview and go to File > Export as PDF.

Hope that’s helpful to someone

[Rebecca_McGrath]

Hi @Rupert_Howe, welcome to the Asana Community forum

Thank you for sharing this tip with our Community!

[Matt_Dickinson]

Great workaround @Rupert_Howe thank you for sharing!

[Jim_McLaughlin]

This basic, widely-used feature of project management presentation and collaboration should not require such a gross workaround. Please fix this Asana.

[Claire_Richards]

I agree!

[Marc_Schreinemacher]

+1

[Catherine_Ward]

I also agree

[Hilary_Bedford]

Agree!! It is actually a HUGE flaw for a project management software

[Joss_Hawkins]

Hi, Is this topic still open? I’d also be interested to know if there’s a better route to share a PDF of the timeline feature.

The screenshot workaround isn’t great, and doesn’t suit longer timelines that stretch off the screen.

[Richard_Sather]

@Hilary_Bedford , @Joss_Hawkins , have you tried Instagantt? You can try it now for free! (no affiliation)

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[anon54089026]

I agree 100% - I’ve just started using Asana and foresee this being a major drawback that could limit others in my organisation endorsing its use

[Axel_Clauzon]

Totally.
This has been asked for FIVE YEARS on the forums !

The moderators are closing these requests because ‘‘you can share it’’ !

ASANA doesn’t want to work on a basic printing fonctionnality, clearly…

[Anton_Dyshkant]

It’s been asked for 5 years and still being ignored by Atlassian - that does not sound very user-centric and agile, does it?

[Ezequiel_Buenrostro]

This threat is from 2021. How is this feature not built in yet?

[lpb]

I’ve merged this thread into an existing one where you can click the title to scroll to the top and vote by clicking the purple Vote button.

Thanks,

Larry

[Guthrie_Straw]

Airtable did this in 2019.

2.0.1.9.

Solved: Printing gantt to pdf - Airtable Community (and it took them just over a month…)

Asana would seem to prefer an integration that costs $12/user/mo (instagantt).

There are so many places where basic functionality is just… not even there with this app, or punted off with the burden being put on users.

[Arthur_BEGOU]

Hi all

To solve a case, and export a massive timeline for one of our clients, I’ve taken the opportunity to create a full article to test and reflect on the great solution proposed by @Nick_Dilisio

Method to Export (big) Asana Timelines in High Definition

Hi all I’ve found a method with Google Chrome to export timelines of large projects in HD to image or PDF, and with no information cut out. From an original great idea by @Nick_Dilisio Print a timeline - #87 by Nick_Dilisio that I have detailed added my own tips. Try to zoom on my timeline below and be amazed And notice how : Almost 100 tasks visible All tasks are readable (if you zoom in) All campaigns titles are correctly displayed We even see the owners’ picture …

Still a workaround to a native solution that would be much better

Open to your feedback.