Gantt

Using a Gantt page component, you can incorporate a Gantt chart into your details pages and visualize the scope and timeline for a project. This provides a clear view of the project schedule, task distribution, and progress.

The following table shows standard use cases with the general settings.

After you define the Gantt settings and click Update view, you can see a Gantt chart.

To add a Gantt page component:

1. On the menu bar, click Manage .

2. On the Manage page, click Pages.

3. On the Pages page, select the details page that you want to modify.

4. On the Layout tab, add the page component.

5. Click the component to open its details page.

6. In the left pane, in the MAIN SETTINGS section, define the following settings:

   Setting	Description
   Display Gantt chart for	Lists definitions that are related to the page definition. Select the definition for which you want to display a Gantt chart, for example, The same as details page (M.Project.Block).
   Gantt chart relation	Displays possible relations, such as relation links or self items, for example, Items (BlockToSelf - Parent).

7. In the left pane, in the TABLE VIEW SETTINGS section, define the following settings.

   Setting	Description
   Name	Determines the name displayed in each row, for example, Name (BlockName).
   Start date field	Indicates the field used for the start date of each item in the Gantt chart, for example, Start (CalculatedStartDate).
   End date field	Indicates the field used for the end date of each item in the view, for example, End (CalculatedStopDate).
   Duration	Indicates the duration of each item in the Gantt chart. This is optional because it's derived from enddate-startdate.
   Status field	The status of each field in the Gantt chart, for example, Status (BlockLifecycleStatusToBlock).
   Select dependency relations	The relation dependencies (self relations) that you want displayed in the Gantt chart, for example, Assets (BlockToSelfPredecessors).

8. In the CHART QUICK ACTIONS section, click an action to select a details page to use when creating the new item or for the quick edit. Quick actions are added to each row.

9. In the CHART ROOT ACTIONS section, click an action to add a milestone or stage. Chart root actions are added at the top of the Gantt chart.

10. To preview the Gantt chart, above the chart preview area, select an entity to preview, and click Update view.

11. In the duration drop-down list, select the time period of the Gantt chart. You can use the buttons above the chart to expand and collapse records, to zoom in or out, or zoom to fit.

12. Click Save and close.