# Feb 22, 2024 / State types, resizable Timeline lanes **URL:** \ **Category:** Changelog\ **Created:** [February 22, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890 "2024-02-22T14:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![antoniokov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/antoniokov/32/201_2.png) [@antoniokov](https://community.fibery.io/u/antoniokov)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/1 "2024-02-22T14:48:43Z")
## šŸ State Types ![state-types](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/0/07f17443b1184ac1e1fd80b633925ed82e43e8a1.png) One of the most recurring confusions across Fibery have been why cards in some states are greyed out: > my tasks are dimming even when i have marked the state as ā€œawaiting others.ā€ (a GTD convention). what am i doing wrong? and why some states have a checkmark while others donā€™t: > Hi, Iā€™m having trouble making a workflow state be the final one. If i create a new state it juste adds it as another step in the process. Previously, this depended on a well-hidden `Final` checkbox. From now on, the Workflow Field features state types instead. Dragā€™nā€™drop a state to `Finished` to grey out the cards and get a checkmark: ![finished-features](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/e/e269935f63bbb387afc9e13796a098c12c6f008c.png) Also, feel free to distinguish between `Not started` and `Started` states: this only adjusts the progress icon for now but later will be used in cycle time and flow efficiency calculations. Check out more details in the [Workflow Field guide](https://the.fibery.io/@public/User_Guide/Guide/Workflow-Field-292). ## šŸ“ Resizable Lanes on Timeline ![resize-timeline-lane](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/0/075a2e2385dabe92811001f334bdf5f49c7e0006.gif) Our Timeline View is full of papercuts, and we are fixing the first one today. If the lane section is too narrow and the names are cut, you are now able to resize it. ## šŸ¦‹ Minor Improvements - There is a new easier-to-find `>` icon for hiding the right column on Entity View. We also remember the collapsed state per User per Database now. - If you `@mention` yourself, you wonā€™t get a notification (ā€œimprovementā€ reverted). - Your preferred date and time format is applied in the Report filters and integration configuration. šŸ§‘ā€šŸ”¬ There have been no improvements to expanded pinned Fields as we consider alternative approaches to the Entity View layout. ## šŸ¦ Fixed Bugs - Weird navigation bug: wrong entity has unexpectedly loaded on the right panel - New Table view (grid): if user scrolls down, opens entity and returns back to table, it scrolls up to the top - ā€œCould not load source infoā€ message once account start being invalid - Automatically watch entities I add into Favorites should also work for Documents - Loader blinking when changing value for Reference Unit/Collection Unit - Slack bot duplicates entries - UI is broken when you press Cmd+K with opened comments - There is no Open in a new tab option for Spaces - Changing comments order does not work ---
**Author:** ![antoniokov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/antoniokov/32/201_2.png) [@antoniokov](https://community.fibery.io/u/antoniokov)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/2 "2024-02-22T14:48:58Z")
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**Author:** ![YvetteLans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yvettelans/32/6101_2.png) [@YvetteLans](https://community.fibery.io/u/YvetteLans)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/3 "2024-02-22T14:55:29Z")
Love this release šŸ¤©šŸ¤© These kind of improvements give such joy on a daily basis. Thank you so much guys! ā¤ ---
**Author:** ![YvetteLans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yvettelans/32/6101_2.png) [@YvetteLans](https://community.fibery.io/u/YvetteLans)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/4 "2024-02-22T15:06:03Z")
> [@antoniokov](#): > > šŸ§‘ā€šŸ”¬ There have been no improvements to expanded pinned Fields as we consider alternative approaches to the Entity View layout. Really curious šŸ¤© I hope we can also edit pinned/left column fields in the future. Thatā€™s currently not possible (i.e. edit a state field, change the name of a field, delete a field etc.) and therefor we canā€™t work without the right column. ---
**Author:** ![ccollins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ccollins](https://community.fibery.io/u/ccollins)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/5 "2024-02-22T15:50:26Z")
> [@antoniokov](#): > > There is a new easier-to-find `>` icon for hiding the right column on Entity View. We also remember the collapsed state per User per Database now. This is so much better!!! Great update ---
**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/6 "2024-02-22T16:29:05Z")
> [@antoniokov](#): > > There is a new easier-to-find `>` icon for hiding the right column on Entity View. We also remember the collapsed state per User per Database now. Donā€™t undersell this feature. Itā€™s a huge quality of life improvement! Also love the improved state type management stuff. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/7 "2024-02-22T17:42:53Z")
Whatā€™s the right way to use state types in formulas? It seems to accept string values without an error, but then when I try and filter an array on it, it doesnā€™t seem to work. Related\_Entity.Filter(State.Type = ā€œNot Startedā€).Sort().First() isnā€™t working for me. ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/8 "2024-02-22T18:45:19Z")
~~ā€œNot Startedā€~~ ā€œNot startedā€ ---
**Author:** ![Lod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/lod/32/8358_2.png) [@Lod](https://community.fibery.io/u/Lod)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/9 "2024-02-23T02:43:04Z")
Is there any change on Calendar View? I am using Stylus to customize css tofill an entity with one color. The customization not work today. > [@What CSS do you use to adapt the Fibery interface?](https://community.fibery.io/t/what-css-do-you-use-to-adapt-the-fibery-interface/5421/9): > > Full background color coding (calendar cards) .c12jeug2 { width: 100%; opacity: 1; } .t8g2uh7.title-wrapper.card\_container, .t1mu84wd { z-index: 1; } Before: [image] After: [image] ---
**Author:** ![njyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/njyo/32/923_2.png) [@njyo](https://community.fibery.io/u/njyo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/10 "2024-02-23T08:37:30Z")
> [@antoniokov](#): > > Previously, this depended on a well-hidden `Final` checkbox. From now on, the Workflow Field features state types. > > Dragā€™nā€™drop a state to `Finished` to grey out the cards and get a checkmark: Love that yā€™all are trying to improve the workflows, and I think this is a step into the right direction. However, I wish that things would have gone a bit further and also support an Archive state: > [@An archive or failure Workflow state?](https://community.fibery.io/t/an-archive-or-failure-workflow-state/1650/14): > > Just to update this thread, I ended up just creating a separate DB for archived entities. This is a clunky solution because you need to manually convert entities to the archived DB and then delete the original entity. This also might possibly breaks some long-term report types, although you might be able to join the entities from the two DBs. But it does have the added benefit that the archived entities are completely separate in search and selection fields. Also has the benefit that you can hā€¦ With many entities (e.g. offices, vendors, employees, customers, systems, environments, features etc.) there is a need to sunset/archive them in a way that the information is still in Fibery, but clearly not active anymore. Ideally, that should be a perpendicular dimension so that I can archive something thatā€™s `Released` or something thatā€™s `In Progress` to go with your example. Also, based on workflow, sometimes I may want to grey out (and give less priority when searching) all items that are `finished` while sometimes I may wanna grey out only whatā€™s `archived`. For example, tasks would be greyed out once finished, while for my features we probably want a state like `Released` to mean `finished` but a state like `Deprecated` to be `archived` and greyed out. Thanks! PS: I noticed that the status now has a `Type` text field taht behaves like a formula? Interesting approach. Hope that allows for more flexibility. šŸ¤“ ---
**Author:** ![njyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/njyo/32/923_2.png) [@njyo](https://community.fibery.io/u/njyo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/11 "2024-02-23T08:39:57Z")
> [@antoniokov](#): > > - If you `@mention` yourself, you wonā€™t get a notification (ā€œimprovementā€ reverted). > - Your preferred date and time format is applied in the Report filters and integration configuration. šŸŽ‰ šŸ™ ---
**Author:** ![antoniokov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/antoniokov/32/201_2.png) [@antoniokov](https://community.fibery.io/u/antoniokov)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/12 "2024-02-23T11:22:27Z")
> [@Lod](#): > > Is there any change on Calendar View? No, at least not intentionally ā€” perhaps, this is a butterfly effect from updating a component somewhere else but hard to sayā€¦ Unfortunately, custom CSS is a fragile technique so we can offer no guarantees here. ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/13 "2024-02-23T11:36:29Z")
> [@njyo](#): > > However, I wish that things would have gone a bit further and also support an Archive state: > > With many entities (e.g. offices, vendors, employees, customers, systems, environments, features etc.) there is a need to sunset/archive them in a way that the information is still in Fibery, but clearly not active anymore. > > Ideally, that should be a perpendicular dimension so that I can archive something thatā€™s `Released` or something thatā€™s `In Progress` to go with your example. Thereā€™s no reason why you canā€™t add a field (e.g. checkbox) to support an ā€˜Archiveā€™ option for workflow states, which would allow you to do various useful things (e.g. filter out items based on State.Archive = true Unfortunately, it wouldnā€™t have all the workspace implications that the workflow final state has (e.g. greying out in search) ---
**Author:** ![Yuri\_BC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yuri_bc/32/8803_2.png) [@Yuri\_BC](https://community.fibery.io/u/Yuri_BC)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/14 "2024-02-23T11:53:14Z")
State Types is a pretty amazing improvement. I used it in Clickup a lot. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![njyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/njyo/32/923_2.png) [@njyo](https://community.fibery.io/u/njyo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/15 "2024-02-23T16:35:51Z")
> [@Chr1sG](#): > > Thereā€™s no reason why you canā€™t add a field (e.g. checkbox) to support an ā€˜Archiveā€™ option for workflow states, which would allow you to do various useful things (e.g. filter out items based on State.Archive = true That is exactly what I have done in a good amount of entities. And I think 70% of my entities have a state field. So yeah, I love the solution given for the `Finished` state, Iā€™d just want more. Alternatively, if I can add two workflows, then thatā€™s also solved. I can technically use the approach you have with the `Users` and have an `Active?` checkbox. Sadly, all these approaches do not bring the benefits of greying out or automatic filtering/prioritising search results, etc. As we see in my linked item, some others share my needs. šŸ™‚ Anyway, thanks for the improvement already. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![SantiagoAGR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/santiagoagr/32/8172_2.png) [@SantiagoAGR](https://community.fibery.io/u/SantiagoAGR)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/feb-22-2024-state-types-resizable-timeline-lanes/5890/16 "2024-02-26T11:07:34Z")
> [@antoniokov](#): > > There is a new easier-to-find `>` icon for hiding the right column on Entity View. We also remember the collapsed state per User per Database now. The collapsed state per user per database is huge! this is something I asked in this post. I wanted to hide, but collapsing is good enough! > [@Customizable Entity View. Shown Fields per User](https://community.fibery.io/t/customizable-entity-view-shown-fields-per-user/5422): > > 1 sentence request: Show/hide fields state in an entity view (for a specific database) per user (I say specific database because I expect the hidden fields settings to apply to all entities in the same database just like it is now, no craziness about unique settings per unique entity) I created a draft of a solution for a company in my free plan. I have a Contracts database that links to Operations orders and Invoices (just an example, in the future could link to many other databases). The prā€¦ Love the release, I hope performance improvements are coming soon for the ā€œnewā€ table view