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# View process timelines

Use Timeline view to gain increased visibility of your release processes and individual process flows.

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## Process timeline overview

In Timeline view, release processes and process flow items are displayed in a Gantt chart. This visual representation helps you analyze and compare the items' planned versus actual times against the defined process milestones. It also lets you easily identify the items that failed or are overdue.

To display the timeline, in the Processes or Process Flow grids, select Show Timeline . For details, see Views.

Tip: Use the timescale slider in the toolbar to adjust the scale of the timeline to months, weeks, or days.

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## Timeline elements

The following table provides an overview of the timelines' elements.

Timeline | Details
--- | ---
Processes timeline | The release processes timeline displays the process stages of different types. The timeline includes the following elements: Timeline bars: A timeline bar represents a process stage. The bar's position and length are set according to the stage start and end dates. The bars are marked with different colors based on the stage type. The default stage types and their colors are the following: Light blue: Plan Purple: Dev Blue: Test Green: Deploy Gray: Not defined Hover over a segment of the bar to view the corresponding stage's details, such as type, phase, start and end dates, as well as duration. Tip: You can move between the process stages using the tooltip bottom arrows. Click an arrow, and the bar for the next or preceding stage is highlighted. This helps you quickly move between the stages that are remote in the timeline, or identify the stages that overlap. Timeline indicators: If a release process is aborted, the Aborted icon is displayed at the end of the aborted stage's bar. If a process spans the period beyond the timeline, gray arrows are displayed over the bars to the left/right of the timeline. You can use the scroll bar to go to the relevant period in the timeline. The legend: The legend provides definitions for the stage type colors, as well as the timeline indicators. Note: The colors reflect the default stage types. Your admin can define new stage types by modifying the Stage Type list. For details about lists, see Lists.
Process flow timeline | The process flow timeline displays a process's items in different phases. A timeline bar represents a separate item, such as stage, action, or quality gate. It can also represent a grouped item. The bar's position and length are set according to the item start and end dates. Hover over a timeline bar to view the corresponding item's details, such as phase, start and end dates, as well as duration.

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## Milestones and the current date

The following table provides details about the milestone and current date indicators:

Indicator | Representation
--- | ---
Vertical blue line | The vertical Today line along the timeline represents the current date. For items that are in progress, the line is filling the bars (process flow timeline) or bar segments (processes timeline) with colors. As a result, the bars or the bar segments for the past periods are filled with color, and the future periods remain unfilled. This helps you easier identify items that are planned or already in progress. Note: The bars or their segments remain unfilled if the overdue items are still in the Planned phase.
Diamonds | Diamonds in the timeline represent milestones. The milestone diamonds are displayed next to their associated release processes. The timeline views display both release-related milestones and the milestones that are not associated with a specific release. The milestone types are distinguished by the diamonds at the top of the lines: A solid diamond represents a milestone the release process is assigned to. An outlined diamond represents a shared milestone (cross). Overlapping diamonds represent overlapping milestones. Hover over the diamond(s) to display the milestone details.

Tip: You can assign the release process to a milestone on the Details tab.

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See also:

- Execute a release
- Release process flow
- Create a release process
- Run a release process

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