Multi-project timeline

Since InLoox 11.14, you can switch the project list view to a timeline view. This timeline visualizes every project you have a role in, including planning elements (activities, summary activities & milestones) that have been pinned to the individual project timelines. This gives you a multi-project overview of every important phase and milestone within a customizable time frame. This view tells you which projects are overlapping, when your next projects start and when you have some time to breath because no project is scheduled.

PLEASE NOTE The multi-project timeline visualizes projects or planning elements from the Gantt chart as is. You cannot edit them in this view. If you need to make changes to projects or the activities and milestones, you need to open the individual projects.

If you want to switch to the timeline view, simply click on the icon next to list icon in the menu.

Filter and adjust the time frame

When you set a certain time frame from the date menu, only projects that start and/or end or are ongoing within this time frame are displayed in the timeline. Important to know: InLoox references the start and end dates of the project, not the projects planning dates!

InLoox lets you set the following time frames:

• Custom time frame: pick a start and end date from the calendar.
• This month: shows all the projects that either start or end in this month, or are ongoing in this month.
• Next month: shows all the projects that either start or end next month, or are ongoing next month.
• This year: shows all the projects that either start or end this year, or are ongoing this year.
• Next year: InLoox shows the next year as a number, e.g. 2025; it shows all the projects that either start or end next year, or are ongoing next year.
• Previous year to next year: InLoox shows this time span as e.g. 2023 - 2025. This time frame displays all projects that have start and/or end dates within this time frame, or are ongoing during this time frame.
• This year to the year after the next: InLoox shows this time span as e.g. 2024 - 2026. This time frame displays all projects that have start and/or end dates within this time frame, or are ongoing during this time frame.

Zoom in & out

With the two zooming icons, you can zoom in and out of the time frame, showing the entire year(s), quarters, months, calendar week number, or days and even the time in the day.

Status filter

You can also filter the projects based on their status. You can display either all projects or choose one project status. Please note, that InLoox lets you customize the project status in the settings. So you may find many different status in this list. 

Sort projects in the timeline view

You can sort the projects in the timeline view. Per default, InLoox lists the projects based on their start dates. You can change that by clicking on the sorting icon in the menu.

You can sort the displayed projects by:

• Name: all the projects are displayed in alphabetical order A-Z
• Start date: all the projects are displayed in chronological order from earliest to latest start.
• End date: all the projects are displayed in chronological order from earliest to latest ending.

Jump to the individual project

When you need to edit one of the projects from the timeline, simply mark it and then click on the icon to open the project in a new browser tab. Then you can edit the project.