Benefits

1. Identify any delayed timeline.
2. Plan upcoming work items based on the current baseline.
   
3. Find and resolve project bottlenecks.

Feature availability: Enterprise plan.

Access privilege: User profiles with 'Create Baseline for Project' permission can view, create, and edit a baseline.
                                          User profiles with 'Delete Baseline' permission can delete a baseline.

Set a baseline  

1. Navigate to a project from the Recent Projects section, or select a project from the Projects tab.
   
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation panel.
   
3. Select Gantt from the view drop-down.
   
4. Click the   icon from the smart bar on the right.
   
5. Click Set Baseline.
   
6. Enter the baseline name and click Enter.

1. A baseline is created with a set of open tasks available in the project.
   
2. Tasks without start or end dates are not included in the baseline.
   
3. A user can set up to 15 baselines.
   
4. Only project users can create a baseline (client users are restricted).

Manage Baseline

1. Hover over the baseline and click the icon.
   
2. Enter a new baseline name and click the enter/return key on your keyboard.
   
3. Hover over the baseline and click the icon to delete it.
   
1. Deleting a baseline removes it for all users.
   

You can save baseline reports or convert them into PDF files for easy access.

Compare baseline  

1. Click the  icon in the smart bar on the right.
   
2. Select any two baselines to compare them with the current open tasks in the project. You can deselect them at any time to discard the comparison.
1. Gray and green bars represent the baseline and current tasks respectively. Blue bars are the subtasks.

Example:
Because of the delay in the Basement Tiles task, the other dependent tasks are also delayed. Without the baseline tool, it would be tough to spot the bottlenecks. Based on your needs, you can create multiple baselines and compare them with the current schedule to identify the project delay.

Compare two baselines at a time

End variance 

Slippage  

1. Click the  icon in the smart bar on the right.
   
2. Toggle the button next to Slippage to calculate the slippage of a baseline.
   
1. Slippage is the dark gray line from the baseline start date to the current start date.