Bars Tab of the Customize Gantt Chart Options Dialog Box of the Assignments Page

Overview

Use the Bars tab of the Customize Gantt Chart Options dialog box to modify the type, height, color, and necking options of up to three bars, and additional font and progress options for the current bar.

Screen Elements

First/Second/Third Bar areas:

Use the following options to modify each bar's type, height, color, and necking options. Use the type list to determine whether the height and color fields become available. If <none> is selected, other options will not be available for modification and those bars will not be displayed.

Type list

Determines the type of bar shown in the Resource Assignments view Gantt chart.

Current bar: Spans the early remaining/actual start to the early remaining/actual finish for each activity, and indicates how the schedule is progressing according to the original plan.

Late bar: Shows the late start to the late finish of an activity.

Plan bar: Shows the forecasted status of planned activities, and is used for simulating the outcome of the project schedule as part of project planning.

Height list

Determines the height of the bar in pixels.

Color options

The options for selecting the color of the bar or for setting the bar to represent an activity code.

Show Necking option

Determines whether the thickness of Gantt chart bars should be reduced to show periods of non-work time. When bar necking is enabled, the horizontal bars representing activities "neck down" during periods of inactivity.

Example: Joan starts a 5-day activity before leaving on vacation for 3 weeks and then finishes it when she returns. Without bar necking, this simple one week activity might look as though it took four weeks to complete because Joan was on vacation for three weeks. With this feature, the bar appears narrow over the vacation period while her actual progress before and after the non-work time appear in the usual thickness.

Non-work time for resource assignment bars are based on the calendar non-work time and activity type.

  • If activity type is Task Dependent then the activity’s calendar will be used for displaying non-work time.
  • If activity type is Resource Dependent then the resource’s calendar will be used for displaying non-work time.

Current Bar Options area:

Use the following options to modify the label for the current bar selection.

Show Progress option

Determines whether to indicate progress by displaying a blue bar for actuals.

Label list

The type of label to display above the assignment line in the Gantt chart.

Label position list

The position of where the label will display above its related assignments line in the Gantt chart.

Label font field

The configurable options for the font.

Getting Here

  1. Click "" Resources.
  2. On the Resources navigation bar, click "" Assignments.
  3. On the Assignments page, click the View "" menu and select "" Gantt Chart Options.
  4. In the Customize Gantt Chart Options dialog box, click the Bars tab.

Related Topics

Working with Resource Assignments in the Gantt Chart

Viewing Resource Assignments in a Gantt Chart

Customizing the Resources Assignments Gantt Chart Bars

Setting the Resources Detailed Assignments Gantt Chart Timescale

Modifying Resource Assignment Dates in the Gantt Chart

About Resource Assignments


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