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Gantt Chart

Gantt chart     

The Gantt chart displays a visual representation of your project schedule. It also shows information about the task progress, task owner, task status, and other task-related data.
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 Feature availability: The Gantt chart is only supported in the Premium and Enterprise editions.  

Access Gantt chart   

  1. Select Projects.
  2. Open a Project.
  3. Click Gantt Chart. 

 

Add Task list or Task   

  1. Click at the top-right corner.
  2. Choose either Task List or Task.
  3. Enter the necessary information.
  4. Click Save.
The side bar in the Gantt chart displays milestones, task lists, and tasks based on their hierarchy within the project.
 
Click the icon on the side bar to expand and view the work items within the project.
 
Click the Phase drop-down to view the associated task list, and click the Task List drop-down to view the tasks contained within.
 
Close the sidebar by clicking the icon. This gives you a full view of the Gantt chart.
 

    

Chart view   

In the Gantt chart, milestones are typically represented as red rhombuses, task lists as black horizontal bars, and tasks as horizontal bars in various colors.
 

 
The Gantt chart displays the assignee and title of tasks by default. Click on the user icon  to add new users or change existing user as assignees. Click Done.
 

 
 
The Gantt chart provides visual cues for task completion. You can see the progress of tasks and milestones within the chart.
 
Tap on a specific task in the Gantt chart to view more detailed task information.
 
Tap on a task and manage your task dependency in the Dependency section. Click the or  sign to establish task dependencies. Click the dependency type to edit it. Tap on Lag to edit the lag time between tasks.
 

 

Critical path  

The critical path represents the longest sequence of dependent activities in a project that cannot be delayed without delaying the overall project.
  1. Navigate to Gantt Chart. 
  2. Click the icon at the top-right and tap Critical Path.


 
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Feature availability: The critical path feature is only available for Enterprise edition users.

Other actions 

  1. Add new tasks: Click to add a new task directly within the Gantt chart. Provide the necessary task information, and click Save.
  2. Filter: Click the filter icon to apply filters based on task status, owner, time, priority, milestones, and task lists.