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What Appears on a Timeline

Every event type the Timeline can show, and where each one comes from.

Last updated April 2026

The Timeline is built from events. Every action you take in Manager Toolkit that meaningfully changes the state of an entity emits an event, which then surfaces as a bubble on every Timeline that scope is part of.

Per-entity events

Actions

  • Action created the moment the action is saved.
  • Status changed for every transition, e.g. Not Started → In Progress. The previous and new status are shown.
  • Field changed when the title, priority, deadline, notes, team, member, or source link is updated. Each field is a separate bubble.
  • Subtask added / completed / reopened for each subtask change.
  • Action completed when the action moves to Completed or Won't Do.

Projects

  • Project created.
  • Status changed between Idea, In Progress, On Hold, Completed, Cancelled.
  • Field changed for title, description, leader, target, deadline, teams.
  • Project completed as a dedicated event for review purposes.

Targets

  • Target created.
  • Progress changed when the slider moves. Bubble shows the percentage delta.
  • Target due at the deadline.
  • Target completed when progress reaches 100%.

Reminders

  • Reminder created.
  • Field changed for title, notes, reminder date, team, member, type.
  • Reminder archived and Reminder restored when status flips.

Cross-cutting events

These can appear on any entity that has a Timeline scope:

  • Document attached / detached when you link or unlink a document. Surfaces on the parent entity and, for actions linked to a project / target, on that parent too.
  • Theme added / removed when key themes are wired up.
  • Comment added for every comment you post in the Timeline composer.

Lifecycle events on Performance Reviews

Reviews emit their own lifecycle events alongside everything pulled in from the period:

  • Review created, period started / ended, marked in progress, completed, reopened, reverted to draft, notes updated.

Aggregation

Project, target and review timelines aggregate. A document attached to an action connected to a project shows up on both the action's timeline and the project's. The same applies to action status changes when the action lives under a parent.

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