Customizing the Resources Assignments Gantt Chart Bars
Customize the settings for the Gantt chart view on the Resources Assignments page. You can set features for up to three bars per assignment.
To customize the resource assignments Gantt chart bars:
- Click
Resources. - On the Resources navigation bar, click
Assignments. - On the Assignments page, click View
and choose Gantt Chart Options. - In the Customize Gantt Chart Options dialog box, click the Bars tab.
- On the Bars tab:
- Click the Type list and choose one of the following bar types:
Note: Set at least one bar to Current Bar.
- Current Bar - Shows a bar that spans the early start date/actual start date to the early finish date/actual finish date for each assignment. For a Current bar, you can select an additional option for showing the progress of activities.
- Late Bar - Shows the late start date to the late finish date of an assignment. A Late bar does not display if the project has not been scheduled.
- Plan Bar - Shows the planned start date to the planned finish date of an assignment. This bar is used for simulating the outcome of the project schedule as part of project planning.
- In the Height field, select the height in pixels of each bar.
- In the Color options, choose to display the bar with a selected color or to set an activity code for the bar.
Note: Your administrator sets color definitions of activity codes.
- To select a bar color, click
to display the Color dialog. Select the color to display from the Swatches, HSB, or RGB tab, then click OK. - To set the bar color by activity code, click
and choose an activity code from the Select Activity Code dialog. Click OK.
- Select the Show Necking option to apply bar necking to each of the three bars. Bar necking refers to indentations of bars in the Gantt chart during periods of nonwork time.
- Set Current Bar Options:
- Select the Show Progress option to chart progress, or actual work, along the Current bar. The Progress bar is blue.
- In the Label field, select a bar label.
- In the Label Position field, select the location on the bar to position its label.
Note: When you display many bars at once, for greater ease in reading the bar labels and identifying a specific bar, you might find it helpful to vary the position of the label on each bar.
- In the Label Font field, click
and select options for the font type, size, and color of the bar label.
- Click OK.
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