Project Gantt chart

Project managers and employees can use the Project Gantt chart to view and manage their project.

• Track project progress and update project information and task information on-the-fly by drilling down.
• Zero in on problem areas where an aspect of your project is over budget.
• View any multi-segment scheduling or task dependencies
• View additional project information by scrolling the left split-page.

You can customize your own view of the chart by selecting Customize, where you can choose to display resources, more projects, filter by project group, and filter by date.

Access the Project Gantt chart by drilling down from the Summary Gantt chart, or by going to Projects > All > Projects and selecting Gantt chart for the corresponding project.

How to read the chart

The Gantt chart is a split-page with projects, tasks, and resource assignments on the left side, and a bar chart on the right. You can scroll through the left portion of the split-page to see key project metrics like start and finish dates, estimated hours, observed hours, approved hours, and more.

Your projects and tasks are measured against time, so you can see how long each will take and how much progress has been made. The entire bar represents the duration of a project, task, or resource assignment. Inside each bar is a shaded area which designates actual work that's been completed.

Task dependencies and multi-segment scheduling of resources display graphically in the chart. Learn more about setting up task dependencies and multi-segment scheduling.

What can I do here?

Add a task

You can add a task to your project from the Project Gantt chart. Select Add Task on the menu bar to access the Task information page. After you create the task, select Refresh to see it appear on the chart.

Learn more about adding a Task.

Edit projects, tasks, and resources

You can update your project, task, and resource information directly from the Project Gantt Chart page. Select the element you want to edit, and the edit page will appear. After you save your changes and close edit page window, select Refresh to see your changes in the chart.

Customize your chart

You can customize how your Gantt chart displays projects based on project manager, project status, start date, and more. Decide to show resource assignments and change the date ranges.

Learn more about how to customize your chart.

Field descriptions

Left split-page

Left split-page field descriptions

Field	Description
Project / Task / Resource	The chart shows a hierarchic view of your project and it's tasks and subtasks. By default, the chart does not show resources. Select Customize, and in the Display section, select to Show resources.
Status	The project or task status you've assigned to this project.
Start	The Begin date of the project, task, or resource assignment.
Finish	The End date of the project, task, or resource assignment.
Estimated hours	The project, tasks, or resource assignment's estimated hours.
Obs %	The observed % complete hours.
Approved hours	The amount of hours approved.
All hours	All hours charged to the project, task, or resource assignment.
Actual start	The first day timesheets were entered against the project or task.

Right split-page

Right split-page field descriptions

Field	Description
Today line	The chart defaults to show project information relative to the current date. To change this, select Customize and clear the Position chart so Today is visible on load checkbox to have the chart load from the start date of your first project.
Progress bar	This bar shows how much progress has been made on a project, task, or resource assignment. The shaded region indicates the percent completed based on approved hours versus estimated hours. The entire bar represents the entire planned duration of the project. This bar appears by default in the chart.