Plugin Tracker Timeline
Introduced in Tiki3, with support for SIMILE Timeline added in Tiki7. SIMILE timeline was replaced by Vis Timeline in Tiki29.
Use this wiki plugin shows a timeline view of a tracker, which can be used to display event schedules or gantt charts. The tracker needs to have a field title, a field summary, a field start, a field end, a text field (to group event together). The plugin can work on different scale: hour, day, month, year
Parameters
Show a timeline view of a trackerIntroduced in Tiki 3. Required parameters are in
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Preferences required: wikiplugin_trackertimeline, feature_trackers
| Parameters | Accepted Values | Description | Default | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
tracker |
digits | Numeric value representing the tracker ID | 3.0 | |
start |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the element start date. The field must be a datetime/jscalendar field. | 3.0 | |
summary |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the summary of the item. The summary will be displayed on the timeline when the item is focused. | 3.0 | |
title |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the item title. | 3.0 | |
band2_height |
int | Height of the lower timeline band as a percentage (default: 250p - - * SIMILE only) |
30 | 9.0 |
scale |
alpha | Set a fixed scale for the time axis of the Timeline. Choose from 'millisecond', 'second', 'minute', 'hour', 'weekday', 'week', 'day', 'month', 'year' | month | 29.0 |
step |
number | Set a fixed step size for the time axis. Only applicable when used together with scale parameter. Choose for example 1, 2, 5, or 10 | 1 | 29.0 |
height |
text | Height of the timeline band as a CSS unit (for example 250px, 75%,...) | 9.0 | |
orientation |
text | Orientation of the timeline axis and items. When orientation is a string, the value is applied to both items and axis. Can be 'top', 'bottom' (default), 'both' or 'none'. | bottom | 29.0 |
link_group |
(blank) y n |
Convert the group name to a link | 3.0 | |
lower |
The initial start date for the axis of the timeline.
If not provided, the latest date present in the items set is taken as end date.
Date must be provided in YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss format. |
3.0 | ||
max |
TSet a maximum Date for the visible range.
It will not be possible to move beyond this maximum.Date must be provided
in YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss format. |
29.0 | ||
min |
TSet a minimum Date for the visible range.
It will not be possible to move beyond this minimum.Date must be provided
in YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss format. |
29.0 | ||
upper |
The initial end date for the axis of the timeline.
If not provided, the latest date present in the items set is taken as end date.
Date must be provided in YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss format. |
3.0 | ||
color |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the item color(that field must contains valid css color like : red, yellow,#FAEBD7,BlanchedAlmond , ... . | 29.0 | |
group |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the element's group. Elements of a same group are displayed on the same row. | 3.0 | |
end |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the element end date. The field must be a datetime/jscalendar field. | 3.0 | |
image_field |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the image file. | 7.0 | |
link_page |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the page name for item details. | 3.0 | |
type |
digits | Tracker Field ID containing the type of item. The type of the item can be 'box' (default), 'point', 'range', or 'background'. Types 'box' and 'point' need a start date, the types 'range' and 'background' needs both a start and end date. | 29.0 |
Examples
Example 1
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{trackertimeline tracker="8" title="39" color="40" type="point" summary="43" start="41" end="42" scale="day" group="44"}
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{trackertimeline tracker="8" image_field="45" title="39" color="40" type="point" summary="43" start="41" end="42" scale="day" group="44"}
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Data comes from Tracker5 with this type of information:
| Title | color | start | end | description | Group | image |
| Pelegrinage at Kibeo | 2025-08-04 06:00 | 2025-08-07 17:00 | Go to Rwanda to visit the sites where people died during the genocide, and also meet Nathalie, to whom the mother of Christ appeared. | Events | ||
| Camille's birthday | DarkGoldenRod | 2025-07-12 22:00 | Camille birthday date | Birthday | ||
| Meet Daniella | yellow | 2025-07-21 08:00 | Daniella ma perle | Events | Screenshot 2025-08-10 at 23.51.57 |
Example 2
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{trackertimeline tracker="7" title="33" type="point" summary="35" start="36" scale="day"}
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