Gantt chart

PPM revamped some of the Gantt charts in version 9.65. The new Gantt charts provide a new, modern look and improve user experience.

Where new Gantt charts are used

The new Gantt charts are used in the following PPM components:

  • Project Gantt portlet

  • Resource Gantt portlet

  • Project Timelines portlet

  • Capitalized Project Timelines portlet

  • Resource Gantt chart on the View Resource page: Capacity/Load tab

  • Gantt chart on the Scenario Details page: Timeline tab

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New Gantt chart vs. old Gantt chart

The following table lists the differences between the new and old Gantt charts.

Portlet New Gantt chart Old Gantt chart
Project Gantt portlet
  • Summary task and leaf task use the same legend. Summary task has a triangle before it, you can expand a summary task to view the leaf tasks under it.

  • Adds icons for tasks.

  • Summary task and leaf task were differentiated by different legends.

  • No icon for tasks.

Resource Gantt portlet

Resource Gantt chart

Task, request, and staffing profile are differentiated by icons in the front:

  • "T" for task

  • "RQ" for request

  • "SP" for staffing profile

  • Task, request, and staffing profile were differentiated by different colors.

  • No icon for task, request, and staffing profile.

 

Project Timelines portlet
  • Displays legends on the portlet.

  • Shows project progress and exceptions (if any) on the Bar.

  • Adds icon for projects.

  • No legends on the portlet.

  • Did not show project progress and exceptions on the Bar.

  • No icon for projects.

Capitalized Project Timelines portlet
  • Displays legends on the portlet.

  • Shows project progress on the Bar.

  • Adds icon for projects.

  • No legends on the portlet.

  • Did not show project progress on the Bar.

  • No icon for projects.

 

Gantt chart on the Scenario Details page

Project, proposal, and asset are differentiated by icons in the front:

  • "PJ" for project

  • "PP" for proposal

  • "AS" for asset

  • Project, proposal, and asset were differentiated by colors.

  • No icon for project, proposal, and asset.

Known issues of the new Gantt charts:

  • Exporting a dashboard page that has Project Gantt portlets on it to PDF in Firefox may cause the browser performance to decrease.

  • The Gantt charts are not fully displayed in mobile devices, you need to swipe left to view the right part.

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