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title: "Identify work using the Timeline view"
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# Identify work using the Timeline view

You can use this view to capture and manage the work on a project depending on your personal preferences or the project delivery approach.  Using the **Timeline** view, we identify all the deliverables (or end results) that the project must deliver to ensure the desired results are achieved.  
  
**Important:** Schedules can only be set-up at the project level, not at the program or portfolio level at this stage. The aggregated percentage completion of all iinterrelated projects only roll up to the program and portfolio level.  
 

**Tip:** It is best to **Toggle to Full Screen** mode when building your schedule for optimal display the table and the timeline bars.   

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To identify work using the *Timeline* view:

**Capture project milestones**

1.  Open the project and select the **Tasks** tab.  
     
2.  Ensure that the project is using **the in-built Scheduler** rather than an external schedule tool by ensuring that the text “**Link to a project**” is visible, as opposed to an external tool icon.  
     
3.  Click **Timeline** from the sub-ribbon then **+New** within the view.  
     
4.  From the **Quick Create: Project Task** form, provide a name for the milestone.   
     
5.  Set the **Milestone flag** to **Yes** or set the **Duration** to **zero** to make it a **Milestone.**  
      
    **Tip:** Instead of clicking **Save and Close** straightaway, click the down arrow next to it and select **Save and Create New** to open a new blank form allowing you to continue your data entry without losing the page.  
     
6.  Set the **Start** date for the milestone and continue adding key milestones as required.   
     
7.  Once the key milestones are added, click **Save and Close.**   
     

**Capture project tasks:** 

1.  Under the **Timeline** view, click **+New** to launch the **Quick Create: Project Task** form.   
     
2.  Ensure that the **Schedule Type** is set to **Auto** to benefit from the auto-scheduling feature of the Altus.  
      
    **Tip:** If you need to override the **Start** or **Finish** date of a task to make it fall on a weekend, switch to **Manual** mode for that task. Otherwise, Altus will always schedule it to the next available workday.   
     
3.  Set the **Duration** estimate of the task in terms of workdays.   
      
    **Tip:** Instead of entering the **Start** date for each task, leave it unchanged to allow the auto-scheduling mode seamlessly predit the Start and Finish date for your tasks once you establish task dependencies.    
     
4.  Once all project tasks are added to the schedule, click **Save and Close.**   
       
    **Tip:** If you want to create a hierarchical **Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)**, you can use the **Indent** and **Outdent feature** from the sub-ribbon to create summary tasks and subtasks in your schedule.   
     

**Edit existing tasks in the schedule:**   
 

1.  If you need to make changes to a task or a milestone, highlight the row and click **Edit** from the sub-ribbon.   
     
2.  Once the **Task Information** dialog box is open for editing, make the necessary changes then click **Save and Close.**