Create a Timeline

Learn how to create a timeline with Vincent. This guide shows how to build a chronology of events for your legal case timeline from multiple documents automatically.

Summary

Learn how to Create a Timeline with Vincent. This guide shows how to automatically build a complete chronology of events for your legal case timeline from multiple documents, saving you hours of manual review and organization.

Why This is Important

Building a clear and accurate timeline is a foundational step in case preparation, due diligence, and internal investigations. The Create a Timeline workflow automates this meticulous process, transforming unstructured information from multiple documents into a structured, chronological table. This allows you to quickly grasp the sequence of events and identify critical facts.

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Start the Workflow and Upload Your Documents

To begin, select Create a Timeline from the list of workflows on the Vincent landing page. You can then upload all the documents you wish to include in your chronology.

Select 'Create a Timeline' and upload your relevant documents.

Supported File Types: You can upload a wide variety of files, including: .pdf, .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .csv, .txt, .eml, .msg, .html, and image files like .png and .jpeg. You can also upload .zip files containing multiple documents.

Step 2: Review the Generated Timeline

Vincent will immediately begin to read your documents and extract all relevant events, organizing them into a chronological table. The table will typically include columns for the Date, the Event, and the Source Document.

Vincent automatically creates a chronological table of events from your documents.

Step 3: Interact with and Export Your Timeline

Once the timeline is generated, you have several options:

  • Give Further Instructions: Use the chat box at the bottom of the page to ask follow-up questions or request modifications to the timeline.

Give Further Instructions.

  • Download the Table: You can download the complete timeline in CSV or Excel format for use in other applications.

Download the Table.

Trust but Verify with Enhanced References: Vincent is built on transparency. You can instantly verify any source by hovering over the blue highlighted text to see the original quote, or clicking to view the full document in context.

  • Copy to Clipboard: Use the copy icon at the top right of the answer to quickly copy the table for pasting into a brief, memo, or email.

Copy it to your clipboard.

Best Practices & Pro Tips

  • Be Comprehensive: The more relevant documents you upload at the start, the more complete and accurate your initial timeline will be.

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