@soumitrasahu would you be able to clarify this?

@bradley I didn’t get the context. Are you saying you are looking for some way to know upfront if the activity contains some Associated Record?

Here’s an example:

I hold a business review for Company A and Company B at the same time (doesn’t matter why at the moment). I want to document this business review for both companies with one timeline entry, so I create the timeline entry for Company A and then, using associated records associate it with the timeline for Company B.

Problem 1) If I go to the global timeline and filter to my entries, I will only see that this business review exists on Company A. e.g., there is only one timeline ‘card’.

Problem 2) I also cannot tell from looking at this single card, without clicking into it, that it has been associated elsewhere.

There are all sorts of other issues with reporting on this, but I’m just talking about these particular questions right now. 

@soumitrasahu let me know if you need any other context or maybe @anirbandutta if this should just be converted to a feature request

Checking on this w Soumitra, @bradley 

@anirbandutta or @soumitrasahu any update on this?

@Bhawya could you pl share an update?

On the Global Timeline front, you will only ever see the main entry, and will not be able to tell from looking at it (without clicking the record) if it has been associated, and to where. After two years of no answer from Gainsight, it appears this is intentional, likely because it Timeline does not reference the Associated Records objects at all.