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Describe the events and dates
List what happened or what is planned, with dates where you know them. Mark approximate timing and name the period the timeline should cover.
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Describe your events, milestones, or project phases and AI builds a timeline — phases, dates, and durations, all laid out visually.
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The assistant orders events along a time direction and places short descriptions beside their dates. Related events can be grouped while remaining readable in chronological order.
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Check the sequence and ask to add an omitted milestone or shorten a label. Export PNG for free or PDF with Pro for a report or presentation.
What is a timeline?
A timeline places events or milestones in chronological order to show what happened and when. It can cover a life, a historical period or a planned sequence, with dates and short descriptions anchoring each entry.
When to use one
Use one when order and timing explain the story better than themes. Show periods as spans when duration matters. Choose a Gantt chart for task schedules and dependencies, or a flowchart for decisions rather than dates.
What a good timeline looks like
- A defined start and end period, keeping the timeline focused on the story it needs to tell.
- Dates at a consistent level of detail, using days, months or years as the subject requires.
- Events arranged in chronological order, with a clear reading direction through the sequence.
- Approximate dates visibly qualified, so an estimate does not appear as an exact historical fact.
- Spacing explained when intervals are uneven. State whether positions follow a time scale or simply show order.
How MyMap builds it
The assistant arranges your events into dated entries on the canvas. Ask to separate parallel strands or add a missing milestone. Check dates against your source, then edit each description to explain what changed at that point.
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Every map stays on your canvas; come back and ask for more.
Common questions
Is the example a timeline or a Gantt chart?
The example is a Gantt chart for a Q1 sprint, with task bars and dependencies. For an event timeline, ask for dated milestones rather than task durations.
Do timelines and Gantt charts use the same visual?
Not necessarily. A timeline can show events as points along an axis. A Gantt chart represents tasks with bars whose lengths show duration, often with dependency links.
Can I make a timeline without exact dates?
Give the order you know and label dates as approximate or unknown. Ask for an ordered sequence rather than a measured time scale when intervals are uncertain.
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