Quick summary
The Asana Timeline is a Gantt-style project planning view that lets teams schedule, reschedule, and organize tasks visually by date. You can add tasks, drag them to new dates, bulk-reschedule, sort by assignee or due date, and customize color coding — all within a single project view.
Steps
- In your Project section, navigate to the Timeline menu.
- Review your tasks displayed as bars on the timeline — each bar's length represents the task's duration.
- Click a task box to view its subtasks; the subtask count appears next to the task name.
- In the task pane that opens, scroll down to see the subtasks listed below the parent task.
- Click an unscheduled subtask and schedule it directly from the task pane.
- Click the Add task button, name your task, and it will appear on the timeline.
- Drag the task bar along the timeline to position it on your preferred date.
- Hold the CTRL key to select multiple tasks and reschedule them in bulk.
- With multiple tasks multi-selected, drag them together to a more realistic date on the timeline.
- Sort your tasks on the timeline by start date, due date, or assignee using the sort options.
- Click the Save view button to preserve your current timeline layout as the default view.
- Click the Color option to open color preferences and customize how tasks are color-coded.
- Choose Asana Default to inherit existing Asana colors, or apply custom field-based color logic.
- Once your timeline is fully configured, save your changes to finalize the setup.
