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#AIRTABLE STATUS HOW TO#

Record width - Options are Precise (default) or Expanded.

The short height setting will not allow you to configure the

Record height - As with any other view the options are short, medium, tall, and extra tall.

You can click each of the buttons next to a field’s name to either bold, italicize, or underline that field’s value.Ĭhanging the height, width, and layout of your recordsĬlicking the Appearance option will reveal additional options: The primary field of your record will always be the first label for each of your timeline records.You can draw attention to a particular field by emphasizing how it’s labeled on your record by bolding, italicizing, or underlining that label’s text.You can also drag and drop fields to reorder how those labels are displayed in your Timeline view. In this menu, you can toggle each field’s visibility as a label for your timeline’s records.However, you can toggle empty swimlanes on and off by clicking on the icon resembling a closed eye next to the pull handle for that grouping.Ĭlicking on the Customize labels button will open up a menu allowing you to choose which fields you want to see on each record in the timeline, and how that field’s text will appear as a label. By default, added groups on the Timeline view will exclude empty swimlanes.For example, if you are grouping by priority and have no low priority projects, a swimlane would be empty.Not every swimlane will have records that match that grouping’s current criteria.

You can click on the pull handle for a group and drag and drop it to a different position in the grouping menu, changing the swimlane order as shown below: You can rearrange the order of record groupings to affect how swimlanes are nested on your timeline.

We encourage you to play around with different levels of swimlane nesting on your timeline - displaying your data in different ways can give you new insights.

To add a new nested level of grouping, open the grouping menu and click on the Add subgroup option.

You can add up to three levels of grouping for each Timeline view, allowing you to nest swimlanes within each other to gain additional insight into the records in your timeline.

Swimlanes: In the Timeline view, when you add a grouping, your records are organized by that grouping and displayed visually on a horizontally-scrolling timeline called a “swimlane.”Īdding a new grouping to a Timeline view will add new swimlanes to your timeline based on the field you are grouping by.

Grouping: Like other views, the Timeline view allows you to group your records according to a field you select from your table.

Let’s take a quick moment to talk terminology: One of the most exciting features of the Timeline view is the ability to group records into visually distinctive and collapsible swimlanes.

Commentors - Can create, delete, and modify their own personal views.

Editors - Can create, delete, modify, and print views.Owners/ Creators - Can create, delete, modify, lock/unlock, and print views.You can group your records into swimlanes, configure each record’s labels, filter or sort through your records, and change each record’s height, color, and label layout. As with any view, there are several ways that you can customize records and their appearance within the Timeline view. Please see this support article if you are looking for more general information about the timeline view.

#AIRTABLE STATUS HOW TO#

This article will dive into how to get your records looking just right in your Timeline view.