View event information in the timeline

View event information

You can access event information from the timeline in multiple ways:

• Hover over an event in the program timeline to see its name, status, and planned date.
• Click Timeline Information to toggle the display of event information. If you are in the Day view, the event name is displayed in the timeline. If you are in the Weeks or Months view, the event name and planned date are displayed.

Note: For larger programs, Active Workspace may hide some of the event information to prevent overlapping of text on the program timeline.

Select a layout from the Layout Manager to display details below the timeline, such as the associated events and their dependencies, risks, issues, and opportunities.

Stacked events on the program timeline

For larger programs, you may have multiple overlapping events displayed on the program timeline. In this situation, the event icon on the timeline displays the number of overlapping events. When you select the event on the timeline, the first three events are displayed.

If you need to see more than three of the events, click the More link to open the Objects panel and view all overlapping events. Select a layout from the Layout Manager to display information below the timeline when selecting an event from the timeline or Objects panel.

Tip: You can click Open next to an event on the program timeline or the Objects panel to open the event's details in a full screen view.

Whether the event icon on the timeline shows stacked events is based on the hours between the events and the zoom level of the timeline:

Zoom Level	Hours between overlapping events
Days	3 hours or less between two adjacent events
Weeks	12 hours or less between two adjacent events
Months	48 hours or less between two adjacent events
Quarters	200 hours or less between two adjacent events
Years	360 hours or less between two adjacent events

Configure what event information displays on the program timeline

Your administrator can configure the PP_Event_Information and PP_Event_Tooltip_Information preferences to control event information displayed on the program timeline.

Note: The Event Name, Event Code, Event State and Open icon are fixed values and are always displayed for an event. By default, the first three values specified for the preference are displayed when hovering over the event on the timeline.

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