Hello All,
I have been exploring updating the timeline with various set dates using the Column Magic suite of automations. It has been working well enough so far, but because I have been setting the Start Date and the End Date through the automation, Monday understandably interprets that an item takes 1 day if the Start Date and End Date are the same. Is there a way to make it the timeline interpret a Milestone when the Start and End Date are the same?
hi @Stowl
The API supports setting the timeline as a milestone. When writing the timeline through the API the developer can set the visualization_type to the string “milestone”, and have the start and end date the same. The timeline in your monday board will now show as a milestone.
If this is supported by the Column Magic app should be asked to the developers.
@mondayMan1 , this one is for you I believe 
@Stowl
If you connect the timeline column to a duration (numbers column), and then enter 0 (zero) as the duration, it will change the timeline to a milestone. If timeline column is not populated, then it automatically set the milestone for today. If populated it choses the start date.
I’m not sure this is helpful for your case, but still interesting to know.
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Hello everyone,
I’ve been using Column Magic automations to set Start and End Dates on a timeline, and it’s mostly working well.
However, when the Start Date and End Date are the same, Monday shows it as a 1-day task — which makes sense. But in my case, I want that to be treated as a milestone, not a task.
Is there any way to make Monday treat same-day Start/End entries as milestones automatically through an automation?
Would love to hear if anyone has done this or found a workaround.
Thanks!
So simple but it works. I cannot believe I overlooked this. I guess I need to make some more exception automations.
I created the automations setting duration to 0 when the start and end date match. Now I guess I have a visual bug. I can longer select milestone when I click on the timeline. The only way I can make I milestone now is by changing duration to 0.
I have tried different browsers, deleting my browsers cache, and restarting my computer. The affected template with the automations that creates milestones under the aforementioned circumstances is the only project that no longer has the milestone checkbox item.
It seems there is always something wrong.
@Stowl Did you try to turn the milestone back on in the column settings?
See screenshot.
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That did the trick thanks. I have no idea why working on a project would somehow change the what the template does, but it is now fixed!
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