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title: View SLA timeline
description: View an SLA timeline to review its details and its progress over time.
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product: Service Level Management
classification: service-level-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Using Service Level Management, Service Level Management, IT Service Management]
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# View SLA timeline

View an SLA timeline to review its details and its progress over time.

## Before you begin

Role required: itil, sla\_admin, sla\_manager

## Procedure

1.  Open an SLA timeline from the SLA definition form, Task form, or Task SLA form.

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Location

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Navigation

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**SLA definition**

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Navigate to **Service Level Management** &gt; **SLA** &gt; **SLA Definitions**. Select the name of a SLA definition and then select the **Validate SLA Definition** link.

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**Task SLA record**

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Open a task SLA record from the task form. Select the **Show SLA Timeline** link to view the SLA timeline for that specific SLA.

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**Task form**

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-   Select the **Show SLA Timeline** link that appears under related links in the task form. The SLA Timeline appears with the list of all the SLAs that are associated with the task.
-   Select and right-click on a Task SLA in the related list on a task form such an incident record and select the **Show SLA Timeline** option. The SLA Timeline appears for the specific SLA.


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</table>    The SLA timeline for the selected task or incident is displayed. It includes SLA report details and a visual representation of the SLA's progress over the lifetime of the task.


**Parent Topic:**[Using Service Level Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/service-level-management/using-service-level-management.md)