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title: "Project Timeline Report"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/project-timeline-report"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-06-26T18:04:03.441Z"
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# Project Timeline Report

## **🗓️ Project Timeline Report**  
 

The **Project Timeline Report** in Ontraccr provides a visual, calendar-style overview of project durations based on their **start and end dates**. It functions like a **lightweight Gantt chart**, helping teams visualize how their projects line up over time.

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## **📍 Accessing the Report**

1.  Open the **Reports** section via the sidebar.
2.  Click **Reports** again to access the main reporting hub.
3.  Select **Project Timeline** from the list of standard templates.

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## **🧭 What This Report Displays**

This report visualizes the **start and end dates** of each project, laid out on a timeline. Each project appears as a horizontal bar across the date range, indicating its planned duration.

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## **🔑 Prerequisite: Start & End Dates Required**

To see a project on this report, the following fields **must be filled out within the Project’s Budget page by enabling the Add Dates/Timelines? option**:

-   **Start Date**
-   **End Date**

These fields must be set under each project's **Budget** page.

⚠️ If start and end dates are not filled in, the project will not appear in this report.

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## **🛠️ Functionality**

-   **Select Projects**: Choose specific jobs to display, or show all
-   **Scroll Timeline**: Horizontally scroll through dates to view all project bars
-   **Zoom or Expand**: Use the full-screen toggle to expand the visible chart area

This view is ideal for high-level planning, resource alignment, and conflict identification across projects.

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## **🧠 Common Use Cases**

-   **Operations teams** reviewing how concurrent jobs align
-   **Project managers** identifying scheduling overlaps or gaps
-   **Executives** needing a visual summary of all active timelines

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## **📁 Export & Save Options**

-   **Save View**: After applying project filters, save the view for reuse
-   **Export Options**: Not explicitly mentioned in the transcript — leave out unless confirmed in future updates

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## **📌 Tips**

-   Always verify that **project timelines are updated in the Budget tab** to maintain accurate visuals here.
-   Use in tandem with the **Project Status Report** for a full picture of timeline + labor health.