Planner tab in Microsoft Teams now includes the Schedule view and Charts view
Published Apr 24 2018 11:33 AM 104K Views
Microsoft

When we released the first version of the Planner tab in Teams, we noted that our goal was to support the same feature set in Teams as we do in the Planner web app.  We recently took another step towards our goal and have completed the roll out of a few more popular features from the web.

  • Schedule view - get an overview of upcoming tasks and drag and drop them to set dates
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  • Charts view - stay up to date on the status of your plans 
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  • Filter and Group by options - focus on key tasks and group by Assigned To, Progress, Due Date, and Labels 
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For more information about using Planner in Teams, check out this article.

 

Happy Planning!

 

36 Comments
Brass Contributor

This is a very good addition to Teams.  Is it possible to connect this calendar to Outlook (similar to what we have with SharePoint calendar) so the team members can see all the tasks along with their personal calendar? Thanks

Steel Contributor

Nice, thank you for all new features

Iron Contributor

Thanks for the update @Eray Chou - this is REALLY great to see and very timely too! 

Iron Contributor

Wow! This is awesome!

One of the most needed feature. It makes Planner more simple to use.

Thank you for the update.

Bronze Contributor

@Sohail Merchant - yes, but not from within Teams. Launch that planner in the web view, then click the ellipses next to the SCHEDULE item, then select Add Plan to Outlook Calendar.

Copper Contributor

Is it possible to add Time (Hours and minutes) in Schedule Planner?

Brass Contributor
@Ed Hansberry Have you checked this? When I create plan inside the teams, I won't see the three elipses at planner web app. I must create plan (and alongside - new group) inside planner web app to get the possibility to Add Plan to Outlook.
Bronze Contributor

@Mateusz Szuter - it works, but the ellipses isn't in Teams. In whatever plan you have, open it in the browser (use the box on upper right with the arrow pointing out of it), then when it loads in your browser, you can add the Outlook link.

 

The browser allows a few things in Planner that Teams doesn't. At least this and the ability to upload files to a task, vs just a link to sharepoint or a URL. But it doesn't matter where or how the Planner was created. It is just that right now, the Teams app itself (or Teams UI even in the browser) doesn't have all of the features that viewing the Planner at tasks.office.com has.

Brass Contributor
@Ed Hansberry It doesn't - automatically :D (I wrote I've tried web app) BUT! If you access plan directly from teams, and then open it in web app using icon in teams, the dots magically shows :D
Copper Contributor

I am new to Microsoft Teams. I still need a way to have a task list that everyone on my team can see. It appears that Planner may be able to offer this but I can't get that app to show up when I press to add a tab. I've tried to find it from several different browsers and from different devices but I get nada. Is there another app that provides itemized lists or what is the secret to finding Planner?

Brass Contributor

Can you look to get a "timeline" view for Planner?  Unfortunately, having a "Calendar" view for all our teams task is a nice start.  However, seeing that it's limited to only show up 2 lines (we have 25 items) and restricted to just the monthly calander we find it extremely limited for our needs.

 

Attached is another project management tool we prefer as they include a "timeline" view of all the on-going tasks/items.

 

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Copper Contributor

Looking for a timeline view similar to 'Monday' tool. Is this available in Planner?

Copper Contributor

does planner calendar sync to outlook group calendar?

Copper Contributor

This is a great feature, i wonder, a great future would be to view the calendars of all planner channels in one central location? That way managing multiple project teams could be made a little simpler.

 

Copper Contributor

Hi, a lot of our members use TEAMS and the Planner app on their mobile device (phone/tablet). Aparently the shedule view does not exist in the app... which is very difficult if you have a lot of upcomming tasks. You lose the overview. Is it possible to have the shedule view for mobile devices?

 

Thanks in advance !

Copper Contributor

I'd also be interested in scheduling hours and other task details as Jasmin had mentioned. similar to the functionality of Monday.com.

Copper Contributor

Hi, planner is good.

Currently the week starts with Sunday in Teams Planner for me and my colleagues.

I live in a country where weeks start with Monday.

Found an internet page saying 56 % of countries start their week with Monday, 30 % with Sunday and 14 % with Saturday.

Hence I'd like to suggest a possibility to change* start day of week or somehow have it set automatically, thanks in advance!

 

* = It would be best to be able to change date per planner since many organisations sometime work internally and sometime with countries having other start day of week.

Iron Contributor

Along with setting the start date for the week in the Teams Planner Schedule view, I would also like to be able to assign non-working days such as weekends and public holidays.

Currently each task has a start and end date and if these span across a weekend the schedule shows the weekend days as working days.

Copper Contributor

Is there a way to make tasks dependent with each other as an option?  Example Task 1 duration is 5 days by default.  Task 2 is scheduled to start on day 6 right after Task 1 in finished.  However, Task 1 timeline is extended by 2 days.  Then Task 2 is automatically rescheduled to start on day 8.  If this doesn't exist, this would be great addition in my book.

Copper Contributor

Hi, I have a questions. 

 

I like the schedule view in planner however I would like the tasks to be different colors, e.g. to reflect who the task is assigned to or the colors of the labels (I have renamed these to individuals names)

 

Any help would be much appreciated. 

Copper Contributor

Is there a way to keep completed tasks on the Schedule Calendar? I want them to still be visible, so we can look back in the past and see what we have accomplished. I would like for the task to be green as completed, but still visible on the calendar. 

Iron Contributor

I also think it would be a great aid to keep completed tasks on the schedule. It would help with future planning to show if tasks completed earlier so that adjusted times could be used in later plans with the same tasks. It would also be a great management aid.

Copper Contributor

An very nice tool to be used. Especially with the Teams and Planner pair.

Would like to know if we have any option of showing the % complete when a task is in progress

Copper Contributor

I no longer have the option to see the Planner calendar(schedule) on Teams. I can now only see buckets. What happened to the calendar and charts?

Iron Contributor

Same here. This was one of the great features of Planner in Teams which allowed managers to see project scheduling and progress.

Brass Contributor

Same here - I can't see it in the demo contoso electronics tenancy, and a client can't see it in their tenancy, but I can see it in my company tenancy. I can't find anything online that says why this is happening.

Copper Contributor

Same here, happened today in our tenant and we would be very happy to get it back.

Tried to search online, but no information on any site..

Copper Contributor

@Eray Chou Any idea why this issue is happening? My team makes frequent use of the Planner tab in Teams and the loss of the Board/Chart/Schedule views is causing some headaches.

Copper Contributor

I have the same issue.  In the time being, my IT deparment found a workaround. That is, the web app of Microsoft Planner still has the Dashboard and Schedule views, so you can go there to see if it works for you as well. https://tasks.office.com/

Copper Contributor

And like thunderstrike from blue sky.. this morning, Board/Chart/Schedule views is again available from teams..

Would  be nice to have somekind of notification if those there is something like this around..

Copper Contributor

Confirm what @petro_din said,  it has been gone, and now it's back. 

It would be nice to have some notification upfront for these changes. 

Copper Contributor

Is the Microsoft Planner no longer available in Teams?

Copper Contributor

What about an actual timeline view, seems

Like  a major Oversight 

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i want to view activities on a traditional timeline (MSP timeline) 

 

is the functionality in Planner already and I just haven’t seen it?

 

if not can you consider for an upcoming release.

 

also dependencies ??

 

 

thanks 

 

 

Copper Contributor

it is good,however, schedule view is lack of resource details.

I want to view the team members tasks allocation for this week ,but I can only see entire team planned tasks,again I will have to check separately to whom the task was assigned. 

Happy to use if there is any alternative option in MS team or am I missing any feature in existing MS Planner.

Copper Contributor

Can i view my schedule using the planner app on my phone, i cant find the button 

Copper Contributor

Hi there, hoping in May 2022 to get an update on whether Teams will be offering a timeline view in Planner? Please, please, please!!

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