Ability to switch between a different set of dates for a Timeline Jira Product Discovery View

[Pintu Sethi]

Hello!!

We are trying to figure out a way to utilize one Timeline View and 'pivot' between different start and end dates for our stakeholders without having them trying to click on the dates and modify the start and end dates. 

Think about it like a "quick filter" but for a Timeline view. 

Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can do this without creating a new timeline for each of the different 'filters'?

[Tanguy Crusson]

Hi @Pintu Sethi , to do that you'll need to create different views (one for each stakeholder group). 

Could you share more about why you use different dates so we can inform how we improve this going forward? thanks!

[Pintu Sethi]

Hi @Tanguy Crusson! 

Thank you for your response. We are trying to solve the use-case for varying different parts of the product lifecycle with visibility for different stakeholders (from General Managers, exec staff, Product leadership, to even Engineering leaders). In a given JPD ticket, we are tracking the different target dates for release, early access, and general availability. We want to be able to switch between the different start/end dates for different stakeholders in one view. For example, a GM may want to see a engineering completion date on one project/deliverable vs. see the progress on the early access timeline for another. To be able to quickly switch between two in 1 view instead of switching between views would be ideal.

Thank you!

Pintu

[Tanguy Crusson]

Thank you, that makes sense! One workaround I can think of is to add date fields to the cards on the view.

 E.g. the view configuration goes from start to GA (Jan-June)

And on the card you show EAP: Apr

[Pintu Sethi]

Thank you, @Tanguy Crusson - that's what we're doing as the work around. Visually for an executive/stakeholder, it's not the best user-experience when the timeline view isn't showing the timeline they're hoping to see.

Thank you,

Pintu

[Tanguy Crusson]

That makes total sense @Pintu Sethi 

I'm wondering: would this help you? We're adding the ability to show connected ideas in an extra level in the timeline view

This means you could have the top idea with what you're trying to achieve, and you'd connect ideas of another type (e.g., "iterations", which would have their own start/end dates), and you'd see them all in the same view

• Idea: new rewards program (Jan-Jun)
  • Iteration: Rewards program EAP (Jan-Apr)
  • Iteration: Rewards program GA (Apr-Jun)

[Pintu Sethi]

Hi @Tanguy Crusson ,

I think this is a good solution for ideas that have sub-ideas (and see how this could be beneficial for ideas that have varying details that can't fit into one idea), however, for our use-case - when we have almost 50 ideas to go through, to open each one to see what's underneath as opposed to flipping to new dates to review on a timeline view it becomes a lot to scroll through for our executives and stakeholders. In fact, to have JPD produce JPGs/Slides from these views available/updated on a periodic basis for our audience would be a step up since not all stakeholders/executives are on Jira in general. 

Would love to see if this could be made a feature in a future release that you all are/were planning.

Thank you!

Pintu

[Tanguy Crusson]

That makes sense, thank you

[Pintu Sethi]

@Tanguy Crusson will this be a feature that the team will be considering? Can we be kept in the loop with other similar sets of features that we can test out and provide feedback on, please?

Thank you,

Pintu

[Tanguy Crusson]

We'll definitely consider it but it's unlikely to be in the short term. You can track what we're working on, and have planned for the short to medium term, in the public roadmap