Timelines（時間軸）

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對於需要可視化按時間順序繪製的專案的任何人（無論是小時，年份還是介於兩者之間的時間），Notion的時間軸是一種資料庫形式，可讓您始終按時完成任務。⏰

建立一個 timeline Full-page timeline（整頁時間軸）In-line timeline（內嵌時間軸）資料庫裡的 Timeline 視圖 Timeline 選單顯示或隱藏表格調整時間範圍回到今天新增一個專案不顯示表格時顯示表格時調整專案長度像頁面般的開啟一個專案自訂專案頁面專案選項自訂你的 timeline 顯示、隱藏表格限制專案的顯示編輯屬性顯示、隱藏屬性重排行與列繪製不同的日期 (Timeline by)篩選你的 timeline 排序你的 timeline 搜尋你的 timeline 連結你的 timeline 計算 Timeline 用例 FAQs 相關指南

建立一個 timeline

這有幾種方式來給 Notion 新增 timeline 視圖

Full-page timeline（整頁時間軸）

在你的 workspace 建立一個新頁面。

在提供的灰階選單上按一下 Timeline。

如果你想在另一頁面建立一個全頁時間軸：

在新的一行，輸入 /timeline 並選擇 Timeline - Full page.
Now when you go back to your original page, you'll see this timeline nested inside it.

In-line timeline（內嵌時間軸）

你能在頁面中新增一個內嵌時間軸，其包含著許多不同種類的內容。

在新的一行輸入 /timeline 然後按下 enter.

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注意：Expand in-line timelines to full-page by clicking ⤢ at the top right. Hover over the top of your timeline to see its option menus. Click ••• to see the Properties, Filter, and Sort options.

資料庫裡的 Timeline 視圖

將時間軸新增到現有資料庫以查看該格式的資料。 More on views here →

按一下 + Add a View or the name of the current view at the top left of your database.

從下拉選單中選擇 Timeline ，在文字區給他取個名字。

按一下 Create 會彈出全新的時間軸視圖。

你仍可使用左側的下拉選單切回到其他視圖。

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注意：Timelines 只工作於你資料庫中擁有至少一個時間屬性，其包含一個時間區間。不然沒有東西會被顯示。

Timeline 選單

在整頁 timeline 的右上角，你會看到一些選項：

Properties (More on properties here →)

By [Date Property] - 讓你選擇哪個日期屬性你想繪製。

Filter (More on this →)

Sort (More on this →)

Search (More on this →)

And ••• - which, in full-page mode, contains:

Copy link to view - 將指向資料庫的此精確視圖的連結複製到剪貼簿以進行貼上。
Templates - 允許你為這個特定的資料庫新增或編輯資料庫範本。 More on database templates here →
Timeline by - 如果您在時間軸中有多個日期屬性，讓您選擇一個不同的日期屬性或日期範圍進行繪製。

在內嵌 timelines ， ••• 選單也包含：

Delete - 刪除整個 timeline.
Duplicate - 複製整個 timeline.
Open as page - 擴展你的內嵌 timeline 到一整頁。
Merge with CSV - 你能上傳 CSV 檔案來 timeline 上顯示資料。
Export - 你能匯出 timeline 到 PDF、HTML 或 Markdown 檔案。
Move to - 讓你移動這個 timeline 到另一頁面或工作區。

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注意：For full-page databases, these additional options can be found in the ••• menu at the very top right hand corner of the Notion page.

顯示或隱藏表格

One of the major options for timelines is to show or hide a table view to the left of your chart. Tables allow you to freeze a column of all your projects at the far left so they're always visible even if they are plotted months or years apart.

By default, timelines hide the table. To show it, click >> at the top left of your timeline. To hide it, click the << that appears at the top right of the table you're showing.

You can show whatever properties you want as part of your table too. They will also be fixed to the left of your timeline. More on adding and editing these properties here →

調整時間範圍

您可以在任何時間範圍內查看專案，從幾個小時一直到幾年。

On the right side of your timeline, to the left of < Today >, you'll see a dropdown menu with a unit of time. Click that to see your options:

Hours（小時）
Days（日）
Weeks（週）
Bi-weeks（雙週）
Months（月）
Quarters（季）
Years（年）

Click to choose and your timeline will automatically adjust to show your current projects rendered on the new time scale.

回到今天

在任何時間你都能跳回今天。只要在頂層選單下方的右側。按一下 < Today >。

新增一個專案

A timeline is a list of projects displayed based on dates. There are several ways to add a new project to your timeline:

不顯示表格時

Click the blue New button at the top right. This creates a new project in a new row and immediately opens it as a page.

Click the + New button at the bottom left of your timeline to add a new project right there.

Hover over any empty row in your timeline and you'll see a phantom project show up on hover. Click to drop it in the right place and adjust the project's length to fit your needs.

顯示表格時

Click + New at the bottom left of your table.

Click the + that appears on hover next to any row. This creates a new row below it.

You can create projects in this table without assigning them dates.

When you want to assign dates, either change the date property inside the page, or hover over the timeline. You'll see a phantom project with the name you've created in the table row. You can click to place it wherever you want and adjust accordingly.

調整專案長度

Hover over the left or right edge of any project. Your cursor will indicate that you can drag and drop each edge to make it as long or short as you want it to be.

You'll see date indicators appear to guide you.

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注意：You'll see small arrows appear on each row of your timeline to indicate that a project has occurred before or after your current view, or included scope before or after. You can click on these arrows to jump right to the project.

像頁面般的開啟一個專案

Every row in a timeline is its own Notion page where you can add more content.

Click on any project plotted on your timeline. The page will open in preview mode.

If you're showing table rows in your timeline, hover over any row and click ⤢ OPEN.

From preview mode, click ⤢ Open as Page at the top left to make it full-page.

You'll see all your properties organized at the top.

Click on the property name to edit it or its type.
Click in the property field to edit its content.
Reorder properties by hovering and using the ⋮⋮ to drag and drop them up or down.

You can also add a new property to your timeline by clicking + Add a Property.

Under properties, there's space for comments that will be attributed to you. You can @-mention people or pages here, too.

The body of the page can be edited just like any other Notion page. Add whatever content blocks you want, including in-line databases.

自訂專案頁面

When you open any project page, you have the ability to change how it looks in a few ways that go beyond typography and text size.

Click ••• at the top right of any open project page, then Customize page.

You'll see a menu to edit the appearance of Backlinks and Comments, as well as Properties.

For backlinks, choose to show them expanded in the body of your page or in a popover.
For comments, choose to show them expanded or off in the page body.
For properties, rearrange them using the ⋮⋮ icon, and choose whether to always show them, always hide them, or only show them when in use.

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注意：Backlinks show you what other pages this page is linked to across your workspace. More on backlinks here →

專案選項

When showing table in your timeline, click the ⋮⋮ icon that appears on hover to the left of each row (or, if you're not showing table, right click on any project plotted on your timeline) to bring up this menu of options:

Delete: 從你的 timeline 刪除這一行。

Duplicate: Creates an exact copy of the row below it.

Copy Link: Copies an anchor link to that specific row to your clipboard.

Rename: Lets you rename the page in your row without opening it.

Move to: Lets you move the row to another workspace or page (where it will show up as a sub-page).

Edit Property: Brings up a menu with all your timeline's properties. Click the one you want and then click the new value for it.

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小提示：顯示表格時，您可以一次將這些操作應用於多行。只需選擇要修改的所有行，然後按一下右鍵以批次編輯屬性。

自訂你的 timeline

編輯 timeline，以便它完成您需要做的工作。有多種方法可以更改 timeline 的外觀以及在其上繪製的專案，但是這對您最有幫助。

顯示、隱藏表格

In Notion, you can show a table to the left of your timeline so you can always see a full list of your projects no matter when they are scheduled. They show up as a locked column so they are always visible even as you scroll through time.

You can also display other properties of your projects in this table so they are immediately visible as well. Like project owners, or which team is tagged.

When you first add a timeline, you won't see the table. Here's how to add it:

The easiest way is to click the >> icon at the top left. This will expand the table.

Click Properties at the top right of your timeline.

At the top of the menu that appears, toggle on Show table.

You'll see all the properties in your timeline appear in two sections in this menu. This allows you to show/hide some properties in your table and other properties on the projects themselves as plotted in your timeline. More on this below.

在任一 timeline 隱藏表格

在左上方按一下 <<。

Or click Properties at the top right and toggle off Show table.

限制專案的顯示

Depending on how many projects you have in a timeline, and what you're using the timeline for, you may want to only see 10 project pages at a time, or many more. To set your preference:

Click Properties at the top right of your timeline.

Click the dropdown for Show on first load and choose how many project pages to display from a menu of 10, 25, 50, 100 or all pages.

編輯屬性

有一些方式能在 timelines 上顯示屬性

Click Properties at the top right of the timeline, then + Add a property.

Give your property a name and select the type of property from the Property Type menu. Learn more about properties here →

When not showing table, click on any project and edit properties at the top of the page that opens.

When showing table, click the name of any property column to change its name, type or order. You can also use this menu to hide, duplicate or delete it.

顯示、隱藏屬性

Timelines give you a few ways to display properties at a glance so you can see information about your projects right away.

在 timeline 的右上方按一下 Properties。

You will see all your properties in this menu displayed next to a toggle. To show properties directly on your project cards in your timeline, toggle them on. To hide them, toggle them off.

When showing a table in your timeline, you'll also have the option to display properties as frozen columns to the left. You can toggle these on and off in the Properties menu, too, but only if you have Show table switched on.

You can also hide properties displayed in this table portion of your timeline by clicking on your column headers and choosing Hide from the menu.

Lastly, when you open a project as a page, you can click the ⋮⋮ icon next to any property listed at the top to see options for hiding it.

Choose to always show or hide the property, or hide when it's empty.
To edit this for all your properties at once, choose Customize page from this same menu. More on this here →

重排行與列

Switch how projects and properties are ordered in your timeline with drag-and-drop:

When not showing table, click and hold any project page plotted on your timeline, then drag it up or down.

When showing table, hover over any row, then click and hold the ⋮⋮ icon on the left to drag it up or down

You can also re-order columns when showing table. Click and hold their headings to drag them left or right (like below).

Resize columns by hovering over their edges, and dragging right or left.

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Tip: You can also rearrange the order properties appear in by clicking Properties at the top right, then using the ⋮⋮ icon next to the properties shown to drag them up or down.

繪製不同的日期 (Timeline by)

If you have multiple date properties in your database, you can plot your projects on your timeline using any of them. And it's easy to switch between them.

For example, you might have one date property for project work and another for the time needed to prep launch. To show the one that you want:

Click ••• at the top right of your timeline and click Timeline by.

Choose which date property you want your timeline to show.

You can choose to have start and end dates as separate properties that dictate how your projects or plotted. You can turn that on in this menu.

Or you can have the date range you want to plot exist in the same date property.

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小提示：You can create multiple timeline views in this database so that you have one to show each set of dates you want plotted, easily switched between.

篩選你的 timeline

View only the projects that fit certain criteria, depending on what you need.

Click Filter at the top right of your timeline. (In the ••• menu if in-line.)

Choose which property you want to filter by from the dropdown.

Choose the condition you want to use, i.e. Contains, Does not Contain, etc.

Define the value of the property you want to see, i.e. a specific tag or date.

You can add multiple filters at once this way too!

Remove filters by clicking the ••• icon next to them in the Filter menu and choosing Remove.

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小提示：Create a new view of your timeline and apply your filter. Now you can toggle between your full data set and filtered timeline any time.

排序你的 timeline

When you sort your data by any property in Ascending or Descending order, all the data from that row will travel together automatically.

Click Sort at the top right of your timeline.

Choose the property you want to sort by and then choose Ascending or Descending. You'll see your timeline rearrange in real-time.

You can add multiple sorts to a timeline, with sorting criteria taking precedence based on their order in the list. (You can use the ⋮⋮ to drag and drop them up or down.)

Remove sorts by clicking the ••• icon next to them in the Filter menu and choosing Remove.

搜尋你的 timeline

You can search for specific content in your timeline.

Click Search at the top right and type the word(s) you're looking for in page titles or properties.

You'll see your timeline change in real-time to only show the rows that fit that criteria.

連結你的 timeline

You can copy an anchor link to any specific view of your timeline so you can share it elsewhere.

Click the ••• icon at the top right of your timeline.

Click Copy link and the URL will copy to your clipboard so you can paste it.

計算

When showing a table, you can run calculations that will show you information about the data contained in each column at the bottom of your timeline.

Hover below the last row in your table, then click the word Calculate that appears under any column you want to learn more about:

You'll see a dropdown menu containing these calculation options:

Count All: Gives you the total number of rows in the column.
Count Values: Counts the number of property values contained in the column. Example: See the total number of files uploaded in a column.
Count Unique Values: Counts the number of times a certain property value is used (without counting duplicates). Example: The number of people assigned tasks.
Count Empty: Counts the number of rows that do not have a value in the column. Example: See the number of tasks that have yet to be assigned.
Count Not Empty: Counts the number of rows where the column is filled. Example: See the number of tasks that are already assigned.
Percent Empty: Gives you the percentage of rows that do not have the chosen property filled in. Example: Let's say your table contains tasks and you want to see what percentage of tasks are not done yet. You could create a checkbox property column to check when tasks are done. Percent Empty could be selected under that column to show the percentage of cards without checked boxes.
Percent Not Empty: Gives you the percentage of cards that do have the property filled in. Example: Same one as above, only the percentage would show the percentage of tasks that have been done.
Earliest Date: If you have time-related properties in the table like Last Edited or Created Time, you can choose to show when the oldest row was edited or created — i.e. 4 months ago. Helpful to get a quick sense of how long tasks have been lingering.
Latest Date: Shows when the newest row was last edited or created — i.e. just now. Helpful for seeing how up to date the table is.
Date Range: Shows you the time gap between the oldest and newest edit or creation time — i.e. 2 weeks.

If you have a Number property in your table, you unlock several other calculation options:

Sum: Shows the sum of the numbers in the column.
Average: Shows the average of the numbers in the column.
Median: Shows the median of the numbers in the column.
Min: Shows the lowest number in the column.
Max: Shows the highest number in the column.
Range: Subtracts the lowest number from the highest.

Timeline 用例

Here are some use cases for tables from our team and the Notion community:

Project Schedule: Get your whole team aligned and productive in parallel

App Development: Schedule when you want to build what

Reading List: Plot out when you want to read certain books

Home Renovation: Plan the phases of remodeling your house

Goal setting: Stay ahead of the game on your areas for growth

FAQs

Is there a way to add conditional formatting? Like change the color of projects plotted on my timeline or background color of cells in the table?

Not yet, unfortunately. It's a popular feature request though, so definitely on our radar! For the time being, you can use Select and Multi-select properties to add a pop of color to your timeline 🎨

Why can't I delete the Name property when showing table in my timeline?

Timelines are essentially databases, and databases are essentially lists of items. That's what goes in the Name property. All the other data points contained are attributes of these items, like due dates, owners, tags and more. You can't remove the Name property because that's the core information contained. You can, however, rename that property to align with whatever you are working on.

Is there a way to skip the modal view, and always Open as Page by default?

Not right now, apologies!

Does Notion have simple (non-database) tables?

Not at the moment — it's a popular feature request though and on our to-do list.

For the time being, you can click and drag text blocks to create columns, more on that here.

How can I tell which pages in my database contain comments?

If you add a comment in the discussion section of a timeline project page, or anywhere in the body of the page, you'll see a word bubble appear in that row of the table portion of your timeline with the number of comments it contains. If you hide the table, you cannot see whether projects contain comments at a glance.

How can I turn a full-page database into an in-line database?

To turn a full-page database into an in-line database, you can just drag the database into another page in the sidebar, which will turn it into a sub-page.

Then click the ••• button at the right of the title of the subpage, and go to Turn Into Inline in the dropdown menu to turn it into an in-line database.

To turn it back into a full-page database, you can click and drag the in-line database back into your sidebar.