Gantt View

Toni Tolvanen
2024-04-11T13:32:41Z

A Gantt chart is a bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt is a type of visualization that helps teams understand task schedules, dependencies, and progress over time. Gantt charts are particularly useful for managing complex projects because they provide a clear, visual timeline of different tasks, their durations, and how they overlap or depend on each other.

Creating a Gantt View

Make sure that the view is enabled in the Settings - Maintenance - System Settings - Edit Platform settings - gantt.enabled → “true”.

In the ESM main menu:

1. Create a “New view”.

2. Select a template “Project”.

3. From the top right cornet on the list of views, select “Gantt”.

4. To populate the view, follow these steps:

1. Go to "Settings" for the project. In General-tab:

1. Template: Choose template → “Project”.

2. Folder: If not folder is set, then all data cards are used with no limits regarding to Folders.

3. Visible: All (show all data, this might incur slowdowns in the system, so use with care), Visible or Hidden.

2. Gantt Settings -tab:

1. By default, only the first level is shown. Once the Level 1 info has been filled, Level 2 can be added.

Note that only two levels are currently supported (level 1 and level 2).

2. Display name - Name of the level. This is mapped from the fields of the chosen template. For example, “Name” (only string-fields are supported).

3. From date - The starting point of Gantt-bar. This must be a field in date/time form and the attributes must not have a handler selected. This date should be earlier than "To date".

4. To date - The ending date of the Gantt-bar.

5. Reference to level 2 - Reference to level 2 Gantt-bar. For example “Tasks”.

6. Once all settings for level 1 have been set, it is possible to add the level 2.

Now that the Gantt-view has been created:

Under Level 1, the Level 2 bar are displayed.

The orange line, is the set length of Level 1.

Dark blue bar is currently summed up time of the all the subtasks.

Light blue bars are the set times for subtasks and work as their timelines.

Split view is always turned on.

Zoom, zoom to fit are available at the top bar.

Sorting and column selection are available behind the meatball menu (three dots).

Sorting is done by clicking the heading of the column.

Common Questions

I cannot find date fields for my view - You need an attribute an with no special handler attached to it.

All of my Gantt-bars are just points with not lengths - Make sure “From Date” is before “To Date”.

I cannot deselect any columns - In some configurations this is a known issue.