Timeline view - display more than 1 year in "Years" view

[Itay_Kurgan]

Hi @Emily_Roman,

I am bringing up a known issue regarding Timeline views (days, months, quatres, years). There is a post about it here:

Timelines! Want to zoom out further to see years

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know the option to zoom out Timeline view by Years is already available [Screenshot 2023-06-29 at 12.00.31]

The post was closed about 10 weeks ago marked as resolved. My problem is that I don’t believe it to be properly resolved.

The “Years” option zooms out enough to display a bit more that 1 year (on a 27" 4K display). If you want to view more than that, you need to zoom out the entire app, which in itself is tricky (I wrote about this in a different post - don’t understand why this isn’t being fixed).

The situation is that if you want a project overview of say 3 or more years ahead, it is almost impossible, and what is possible looks terrible.

There should be an option to zoom in and out in years, maybe something like a volume slider but with a years scale. And most importantly without effecting the entire app (when zooming in and out with ctrl+/-, the entire app shrinks or zooms making everything else hard to read).

I also strongly believe there should be an “Export Timeline” option, with a “choose Range” option, in fact I would settle for just an export if zooming out is impossible.

This would make a huge difference and bring asana another step forward to being an actuate alternative to a project Gantt tool.

I hope to see asana implement this.

Thank you,
Itay

[Emily_Roman]

Hi @Itay_Kurgan, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us! You are right, it’s currently possible to zoom out by years in Timeline, however, it’s limited to 1 year view. We don’t have immediate plans to implement this option but I will keep this thread open and will share information with you as soon as I have any news

[Michele_Hooper]

This is something we need as well. I need to be able to export or screenshot for use in PPT decks for quarterly business reviews or management updates.

[Sebastian_Gliga]

I am canceling my Asana subscription!
‘We don’t have immediate plans to implement this option’ is not an appropriate answer! How difficult is it to show quarters instead of months on the timeline and make a few years fit into one screen? Come on – every other PM software can do it!

[Drew_Katnic]

Hi @Emily_Roman ,

What is the process for requesting new features like the ability to zoom out further than a year, as discussed in these threads?

Thanks,
Drew

[Andrea_Mayer]

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[Chris134]

We absolutely require this! We have carefully considered multiple PM tools to push our company in to, and this is quite the red flag for us. Any ETA on the rollout of this essential function?

[Mike_Hoefer]

Hi all just reporting in that was excited to stumble across a very good implementation of “zooming out” in the timeline view in projects! I have not noticed anything in the release notes about this major update but I suspect we here official about it soon.

Timeline view within in portfolios does not seem to have been updated to the new approach (at least for me) yet, the updates would be even more helpful there so I hope there are plans in the works to consolidate the functionality no matter if you are looking at a project or a portfolio of projects.

[lpb]

Hi @Mike_Hoefer,

This is an A/B test currently running; there’s a little more info here:

Ability to zoom by 'Six Months' in Timeline view

Hi @Nick_Cable, thanks for reaching out! We are currently running an experiment to improve the zoom functionality for Timeline and Gantt views and the change that you see is part of it. You are right, the ability to view project timeline and gantt has been limited to a default display of approximately 6 months at a time. With this update, we are introducing an enhanced zoom functionality that allows you to zoom in for just a week or zoom out to see the big picture scale of a multi-year project…

@Emily_Roman, Would you be able to forward Mike’s feedback below (nice idea!) to the product team? Thanks!

@Mike_Hoefer

Timeline view within in portfolios does not seem to have been updated to the new approach (at least for me) yet, the updates would be even more helpful there so I hope there are plans in the works to consolidate the functionality no matter if you are looking at a project or a portfolio of projects.

Thanks,

Larry

[Ian_Arevalo]

We need this asap. It is disappointing that this is not a feature right now. This might push me to a different PM tool. Please let us know when this will be rolled out.

[Jessica_Lozano]

This is a basic tool we need to plan and organize general projects. What is the status of this requirement?
It is impossible to manage effectively with the limited 1-year view.

[lpb]

Welcome, @Jessica_Lozano,

I believe this feature has been launched. Here’s a screenshot from a 13" MacBook Air at 100% browser zoom:

@Forum-team, can you move to Features Launched?

Thanks,

Larry