Timelines in Lucidspark allow you to visualize past events or future plans. Pair them with Lucid Cards for enhanced project management, roadmaps, school projects, and presentations.

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Add a Timeline to the canvas

To add a new Timeline to a Lucidspark board, follow these steps:

Click the Organizers icon from the Primary Toolbar on the left-side of the canvas.
Select Timelines from the menu that appears.
Click anywhere on the canvas.
- You can also click and drag the timeline from the Primary Toolbar onto the canvas.

Add a Lucid Card to a Timeline

There are a couple of ways you can add a Lucid Card to a Timeline:

Double-click the space on the Timeline where you want a new card to appear.
Drag an existing card on the canvas onto the Timeline.

Drag an existing card onto a Timeline

When dragging an existing card onto a Timeline, you have two options which determine where the Lucid Card is placed:

Drag the card and hover over a specific date on the timeline. Once a shaded box appears on the date you want, drop the card. Using this method overrides any existing dates on the Lucid Card, updating it to reflect the new date's position on the Timeline.
Drag the card and drop it quickly anywhere on the Timeline. By doing this, the card is placed automatically depending on the Lucid Card’s date.

Sync Lucid date fields with a Lucid Card integration

If you are using a Lucid Card integration such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Asana, you need to sync the date fields from the original source (Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.) with the date fields in Lucidspark. Syncing date fields enables the following:

Dates on Lucid Cards update automatically when a card is moved on the Timeline.
Dates on Lucid Cards update automatically when changes are made in the original source (Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.).
Lucid Cards added to a Timeline are automatically placed according to the card’s date as described in the section above.
Dates in the original source are updated when a Lucid Card is moved in a Timeline.

To sync date fields, follow these steps:

Select a Lucid Card on the canvas.
Click the Edit details icon.
Click Settings in the top-right corner of the Card details menu that appears.
Select Lucid Fields in the panel that appears on the right-hand side of the screen.
Under “Project and issue type”, select an option from the dropdown.
- Because date fields may differ from project to project, you need to map the data fields separately for each one. For example, bugs and tasks might have a different name for their date field in Jira, so bugs and tasks need to be done separately.
Click Select Field to the right of the “Start date” and “End date” Lucid fields.
Select a field from each dropdown menu.
- The options are generated from date fields in the original source.
- You must have edit access to the field in the original source.
- The field you select for “Start date” is used as the start date in the Timeline. The field you select for “End date” is used as the end date.
Check the box next to “Apply mappings to all project and issue types” if you want to sync these fields across all project and issue types.
- This setting applies your field selections to any matching fields in other projects and issues.
Click Save.

Your date fields are now synced for you and any collaborators in your Lucidspark board. The field selections you make apply only to the Lucidspark board you are working in.

Customize a Timeline

There are several customization options available for Timelines in Lucidspark. Before moving on to the next sections, follow these steps to open the Context Toolbar:

Hover your cursor over the Timeline.
Click Timeline in the top-left corner.

Adjust the start and end date

To set a start and end date for the Timeline, follow these steps:

Click the dates next to the calendar icon.
Select a date from the calendar that appears.

Select a unit of time

To determine what unit of time your Timeline uses, follow these steps:

Click the Set column icon.
Select Days, Weeks, Sprints, Months, or Quarters.

Determine row filters

To filter the cards in your Timeline by rows, follow these steps:

Click the Set row icon.
Select a row filter from the options in the dropdown.
- Select None to remove the row header from the Timeline.
- Select Custom row to manually sort cards in one or more custom rows. To add additional custom rows, select the Add row icon from the Context Toolbar.

Add a milestone

Select the Milestone Options icon.
Toggle on "Milestones".
Double-click the milestone row that appears under the Timeline dates.

Format a milestone
Once you have added a milestone to your Timeline, select the milestone to:

Add text
Change fill color
Change text color
Adjust the deadline date
Adjust line style

To delete a milestone, select the milestone and press "Delete" on your keyboard.

Add fill color to a row or date

To change the fill color of a row or date on a Timeline, follow these steps:

Hover your cursor over the Timeline.
Double-click a row header or date header.
In the Context Toolbar that appears, click the Color icon.
Select a color or set a custom color.

Additional customization options

In addition to the customization options in the sections above, you can select:

the Share icon to copy a shareable link that will take users directly to the Timeline.
the Planning and tracking icon to add a progress bar.
the Wrap content icon to wrap the Timeline in a Frame.
the Copy to icon to copy or move the Timeline to another Lucid document, a Breakout Board, or to wrap it in an existing Frame on the board.
the Milestone Options icon to toggle the following options on or off:
- Today Marker: adds a line indicating today’s location on the Timeline.
- Highlight Weekends: adds gray shading to Saturday and Sunday.

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