Use Timeline Visualization

concept australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read c_UseTimelineVisualizations.md

Timeline Visualization provides a high-level view of an organization's strategic and operational activities over time.

Organizational decision makers can use the information in visualizations for activities such as planning future projects and estimating resource requirements. Users can personalize the information displayed with the visualization Settings pane.

Activating the Timeline Visualization application does not install the CIO Roadmap. You require PPM (com.snc.financial_planning_pmo) plugin to use CIO roadmap. CIO Roadmap is a timeline visualization that displays an organization's IT projects and portfolios. This following sections use the CIO Roadmap to demonstrate features of timeline visualizations.

Lanes, markers, and panels
Lanes, markers, and panels are the fundamental elements of a timeline visualization appear in the 3D view only.
Personalize Timeline Visualizations
You can configure settings for timeline visualizations like lane and panel conditions, colors, and labels.
Use the slider and slider track
The slider and slider track are useful for quickly navigating to any point in time on a visualization.
View timeline visualization
You can view timeline visualizations from a project.
Work with timeline visualizations
There are various tools that allow you to move visualizations backward and forward in time depending on whether you are in 2D or 3D view.

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title: Use Timeline Visualization
description: Timeline Visualization provides a high-level view of an organization's strategic and operational activities over time.
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# Use Timeline Visualization

Timeline Visualization provides a high-level view of an organization's strategic and operational activities over time.

Organizational decision makers can use the information in visualizations for activities such as planning future projects and estimating resource requirements. Users can [personalize](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/r_PersonalizeTimelineVisualizations.md) the information displayed with the visualization Settings pane.

Activating the Timeline Visualization application does not install the CIO Roadmap. You require PPM \(com.snc.financial\_planning\_pmo\) plugin to use CIO roadmap. CIO Roadmap is a timeline visualization that displays an organization's IT projects and portfolios. This following sections use the CIO Roadmap to demonstrate features of timeline visualizations.

-   **[Lanes, markers, and panels](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/c_Lanes.md)**  
Lanes, markers, and panels are the fundamental elements of a timeline visualization appear in the 3D view only.
-   **[Personalize Timeline Visualizations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/r_PersonalizeTimelineVisualizations.md)**  
You can configure settings for timeline visualizations like lane and panel conditions, colors, and labels.
-   **[Use the slider and slider track](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/c_UseTheSliderAndSliderTrack.md)**  
The slider and slider track are useful for quickly navigating to any point in time on a visualization.
-   **[View timeline visualization](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/t_ViewTimelineVisualization.md)**  
You can view timeline visualizations from a project.
-   **[Work with timeline visualizations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/r_WorkWithTimelineVisualizations.md)**  
There are various tools that allow you to move visualizations backward and forward in time depending on whether you are in 2D or 3D view.

**Parent Topic:**[Timeline Visualizations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/c_TimelineVisualizations.md)