We have development timelines and testing timelines in the same item. We use this to track the passage of time against the completion of sub-items which is a shocking enhancement to visibility of potential slippage. We add these items to a gantt view in order to more easily modify dependency changes. The problem is that both timelines are displayed in the Gantt chart with the name of the item (which is already present to the left of the line) instead of the name of the column the timeline represents. This is keeping us from easily identifying which lines are test lines and which lines are development lines. This means it’s very hard to confirm that there is no overlap in test resource utilization specifically.
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We really need to know which timeline is from which column so that we can visually confirm resource over-commitment.
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This makes it very difficult to manage testing and development timelines in relation to one another. When something affects a timeline, it is mentally difficult to parse each line’s relative discipline to confirm we have no overlaps.
List any workarounds you may have tried and to what degree this is solving the issue for you
There are no workarounds I have found that makes this easier.
Has anyone figured this out? I have a similar issue where I 3 timeline columns for each item in a group. I’d love to be able to group by item name and label/color by timeline column name.
Hi @ChrisJ and @Burt ,
Is it possible to make a separate task for other tasks with timelines or make subtasks for these situation? It looks like it may address your case.
It sounds like you’re facing challenges with distinguishing development and testing timelines on a Gantt chart in Monday.com. To help with resource management and avoid overlap, you’d like a feature to visually differentiate timelines by column name rather than item name. Currently, it’s hard to track which timeline belongs to which phase, impacting the ability to confirm no overlap in resources. You could suggest this feature enhancement directly on the community platform for better visibility.
We’re facing a similar challenge. Having multiple timelines in a single item is great for clarity overall, but it becomes confusing on the Gantt chart when all the lines are labeled with the item name instead of the timeline column name. It makes it hard to quickly distinguish development vs. testing timelines. A simple label using the column name on each bar would make a huge difference for resource planning and avoiding overlaps. Hoping this feature can be prioritized!
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Hi everyone! Are there any updates on this matter? I am facing similar issues so I would highly appreciate it if you could share any solutions or work-arounds in case you found any.
I have a Project Item with multiple timeline columns for different project tasks. In my Gantt Chart I’d like to distinguish the timelines now by naming them according to the project tasks they are named by.
