View the timeline
The timeline represents the lifecycle of the project. It shows the state of your workspace and your changes. If you use P4 for collaboration, your changes are stacked on your current synced changelist and you can see if there are new changes in P4 that you should get to your workspace.
The timeline has the following elements:
- Current changes is displayed in the timeline if you changed items in your workspace since you last created a version.
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Versions you created are displayed in descending order.
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Tracks are colorful lines in the timeline that show branching of your changes. Tracks are automatically created when you create a version. To learn more, see Tracks.
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Changelist information is displayed at the bottom of the list if your workspace is connected to P4. The changelist number, user who submitted the changelist, and when it was submitted are displayed. If there are new changes on the server, click Get latest changes to update your files with the latest content while preserving your changes.
On this page:
Current changes
To work with current changes to the workspace, select Current changes in the timeline. You can perform the following actions on current changes:
| Action | Instructions | More information |
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| Create a version | Click the Create Version  button. |
Create a version |
| Discard your current changes | Right-click Current version and select Discard Changes | Discard current changes |
Versions
To work with a version, select it in the timeline. The version that is currently in your workspace is indicated with a green checkmark.
You can perform the following actions on versions:
| Action | Instructions | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Restore all files and folders from a previous version | Click the Restore Version  button next to the version |
Create a version |
| Submit a version to a P4 Server | Click the Submit Version button next to the version. The workspace must be connected to a P4 Server to submit a version. | Submit a version to P4 Server |
| Rename a version | Right-click the version and choose Rename Version. | Rename a version |
| Select the current version in the timeline | Right-click anywhere in the timeline and select Select current version. | -- |
| Select the parent version that a version was created from | Right-click the version and select Select Parent. | -- |
| View the P4 Server changelist submitted for the version | Right-click the version, select Select Changelist, and then select the changelist number. | View changes submitted to a P4 Server |
| Squash versions to remove them from the timeline and P4 One | Right-click the version to keep and click Squash to Version. There is no undo available. Make sure to commit any changes you want to keep before squashing a version. | Squashing local versions |
| Copy version information to the clipboard | Right-click the version, select Copy to Clipboard, and then select a value to copy. | -- |