Schedule parent work items on your timeline

Parent work items on your timeline's timeline are scheduled using the Start date and Due date, regardless of whether you’re planning for scrum or kanban teams.

Start date and Due date are shown by default in the work item of team-managed spaces, but need to be manually added for company-managed spaces. It’s required when planning for kanban teams, and also is a common cause of completed work items not showing on your timeline. Find out how to add these fields to your work item

Schedule work items using the Start date and Due date fields

1. Ensure that the Start date and Due date fields are visible in your work item.

2. Select the work item that you wish to schedule from the Work items column, which will open the side info panel.

3. Find the Start date and Due date fields in the work item panel, and change the dates.

Schedule work items using the schedule bars

1. From your timeline view, place the schedule bar where you’d like. The default duration of work items depends on the timeframe setting on your timeline. If your timeline is set to:

   • Weeks - your work items will be 7 days long.

   • Months - your work items will be 14 days long.

   • Quarters - your work items will be 30 days long.

2. Drag either end of the schedule bar to change the start or end date.

Alternatively, you can right-click on the schedule bar to open the Change dates menu, then select Remove start date, Remove due date, or Clear both dates.

If the Start date and/or Due date fields on a parent work item are empty, the timeline infers its duration based on the dates assigned to child work items. We refer to this as a roll-up. These dates automatically update as those of the child work items change, but are overridden by any manually set dates.