Time machine backing up my HD on Airport but does not show when I open time machine

Good day all,
I have been playing with this forever. 
I have a HD on my Airport Extreme which I keep my Itunes library and I have a stand alone external HD which I connect directly to my machines about once a week which is used exclusively for time machine.  Time Machine does it's thing when it comes to backing up the internal HD on my MacBook and the HD that is shared on the Airport but once I open Time machine to see the time line, I cannot see the HD hanging from the Airport. 
My question is, why does it back it up but at the same time when I want to check it out on the Time machine time line, I can't see it.
Thanks

Time Machine (like most backup apps) cannot back up from a network disk.
Either connect the drive to your Mac occasionally, so Time Machine can back it up (remove it from the exclusion list in TM Prefs > Options), or try a 3rd-party app.  Chronosync may be a good alternative.

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