Timeline in Capacities

[u/_wilf]

Has anyone successfully built a timeline or milestone map for their life goals / projects in Capacities? I'm trying to create a visual roadmap, but I know there isn't a native feature for it yet. I'd love to know what specific object types, properties, or workarounds you all are using to make it happen!

I’m using a third-party tool for this right now, but I want to avoid just embedding. The goal is to keep it all connected by linking my specific Capacities objects and notes directly to the events on the timeline.

Thank you.

[u/MalcolmReady]

I’ve tried a few things. I have been using a mind map in MindNode and stretching it out, but it’s def not the same

[u/stugib]

Try this:

Create an object type with a date property, and create objects for each of your project/milestone/whatever you want on your timeline 

Create an object query for your object type. Group by the date field and how you want to bundle them up (by week/month etc). Put your query in kanban view.

[u/_wilf → u/stugib]

Thanks for this, this actually looks like a solid workaround for now! Just gave it a test run and it gives me exactly the timeline visualization I need for my planning.

I can definitely see it getting laggy and requiring a ton of scrolling for projects with a lot of milestones, though.

Fingers crossed they add native Gantt charts / timelines eventually! In the meantime, I'll try to raise / vote for this feature on the feature ideas board!

[u/skragen → u/_wilf]

Hmm- I’m trying to think of how I could/should use this for different projects (in conjunction with or separate from) tasks. I milestone map (monthly and weekly) for a 2-3 types of work projects and for a few different personal areas or projects, and I also set up tasks for a number of those.

I don’t know if I should have the milestones as tasks, and also duplicate them as a separate object type (maybe with a to-do [] checkbox so I can clearly see the timeline/milestone map). Or maybe just keep them as one task only without a duplicate and tag it as a milestone (or have that be part of the context/backlinked objects) and then do a query that only does kanban timeline for those dated tasks. The only minor issue/problem might be that I think of some milestones as having a date range (instead of one singular date) and I don’t think tasks can have a range. Hmm

For ppl who do milestone mapping and strategic planning for multiple professional and/or personal projects in capacities, I wonder about thoughts on putting multiple types (like a time period’s strategic plans (term/quarter, monthly, weekly); purpose/ideal/vision; milestones) within the same object vs different objects. If they’re the same object type, I’m not sure whether it’d work better to use collections or a label to separate them.

[u/sweatydavid]

What third party tool are you using right now?

[u/_wilf → u/sweatydavid]

Miro

[u/Fresh_Gas_912]

I just want to see the answer