Gantt Chart

Select or deselect all task lines at once. Lines can also be selected individually using the Select Line button (see below).

 

 

 

To view and edit the details of a task, click the View Details Link. If you left click the link, and if the Display Task Tabs button is toggled on, the task details display in the tabs below the Gantt chart. If you right click the link the Task Details dialog opens.

Certain buttons in the Gantt chart toolbar - the Add Task and Delete Task buttons, for example - function differently when lines are selected using the Select Line button. Click the button on one or more lines to select them. Click again to deselect a line.

 

 

To select ALL tasks in the current display place a check in the Select All Lines checkbox (see above).

 

The fields that are displayed for each task are set using the Show/Hide Columns button in the Schedules Gantt Chart Toolbar. Some fields that appear here are also displayed in the Task Details tabs and in the Task Details dialog. Edits to a field in any of these views are also reflected in the other views. See Schedules Task Fields for information about individual fields.

 

 

 

Click these buttons to sort, in ascending or descending order, by the column.

This control allows you to directly scroll to a location in the task list. The number of lines scrolled is determined by the entry in the Page size field in the Schedules Gantt Chart Toolbar. Use the |< and >| buttons to scroll the first and last task pages, respectively, and the << and >> buttons to scroll one page back or forward. You can also click in the field and type the number of the page you wish to scroll to. The buttons will be disabled if there are not enough tasks in the current view to require scrolling.

You can left or right click on the time scale to zoom in or out. See Schedules Gantt Chart Toolbar for information about using the Zoom buttons to change the time scale.

This vertical orange line marks the start date of the schedule.

This vertical light blue bar marks days off as defined in the calendar linked to the schedule.

This vertical black lines marks the end of one month and the beginning of another.

This vertical red line marks the status date as defined in the header.

 

Each bar represents the duration of a task. The left edge of the bar represents the Start date and the right edge represents the Finish. The position and length of each bar is determined by entering data in the Gantt chart table, in the Task Details tabs, or the Task Details dialog, or by dragging and dropping in the Gantt chart itself. (See Interacting with the Gantt Chart for more information.)

 

The color format of the bar varies depending on the task's status. (See Reading the Gantt Chart for more information.)

Each connector represents a dependency relationship to another task. (See Schedules Task Details Dependencies Tab for information about dependencies.) The type and format of the connector is determined by entering data in the Gantt chart table, in the Task Details tabs, or in the Task Details dialog, or by dragging and dropping in the Gantt chart itself. (See Interacting with the Gantt Chart for more information.)

 

This vertical orange line marks the finish date of the schedule.

Click and drag this control to increase or decrease the height of the Gantt chart control. This setting is saved by user and device.

Click this handle to collapse or expand the Task Details tabs. This handle only appears if the Display Task Tabs button in the header toolbar is toggled on.