To quickly locate the activities you need to update, you can use the Progress Spotlight feature, which highlights all activities that should have progressed during a specific time period. This time period is defined by the smallest increment of the current timescale starting with the data date. For example, if the current timescale is set to Month/Week, Progress Spotlight highlights all activities that should have progressed during the week starting with the data date.
To show or hide the Progress Spotlight:
- Click Projects.
- On the Projects navigation bar, click Activities.
- On the Activities page:
- Click Gantt View, if the Gantt view is not selected.
- Click Progress Spotlight (Ctrl+Alt+S).
- Click Save View.
Tips
- In the Gantt chart, Progress Spotlight displays a yellow background, or curtain, to indicate the time period during which progress should have occurred. You can drag the end point of the highlighted area to extend or compress the time period.
- In the table, all activities that should have progressed are highlighted. You can use Ctrl+ the Up or Down arrow key to navigate to each highlighted activity in sequence, recording progress in the appropriate data columns.
- You can make the Progress Spotlight visible or hide it using the Gantt Settings menu.