Gantt View Format of the Activities Page

Overview

Use the Gantt View to view the dates, progress, and relationships of activities in a project.

Screen Elements

Relationship Lines

Enable you to view the relationship between different activities. The point at which the relationship line touches each Gantt bar, whether the beginning or end, determines the type of relationship between the activities.

Right clicking on the timescale in the Gantt View will display:

Timescale list

The Gantt chart time interval options. Select from one of the following intervals:

Week/Day: The Gantt View is divided into weeks which are then divided into days.

Month/Week: The Gantt View is divided into months which are then divided into weeks.

Quarter/Month: The Gantt View is divided into quarters which are then divided into months.

Year/Month: The Gantt View is divided into years which are then divided into months.

Year/Quarter: The Gantt View is divided into years which are then divided into quarters.

Financial Period: The Gantt chart is divided into years which are then divided into financial periods.

Zoom to fit: Adjusts the current view's height and width or timescale to fit as much of the data as possible into the current work area.

Notes:

If you select to show the Financial Periods timescale, you can hover over a financial period in the timescale to see the start and finish dates of the financial period.

Hovering over an activity bar will display:

Activity Name field

The name of the activity.

The activity name does not have to be unique.

Activity ID field

The unique identifier of the activity.

In order to identify and track activities, P6 assigns each activity a unique Activity ID that is the result of joining the Activity ID Prefix with the Activity ID Suffix and then adding an Increment value.

For example, a prefix of PROJ-A# combined with a suffix of 2500 and an Increment of 5 will yield the following activity IDs: PROJ-A#2500, PROJ-A#2505, etc.

Start Date field

The current start date of the activity. For started activities, this is the actual start date. For not started activities, this is the planned start date until the project is scheduled. When scheduled, the start date field is set to the remaining early start date.

Finish Date field

The current finish date for the activity. For not started activities, this is the planned finish date. For in-progress activities, this is the remaining early finish date. For completed activities, this is the actual finish date.

Drag lines

Enables you to drag the start or finish of a bar in the Gantt to change the start or finish date of an in progress or not started activity.

Hovering directly to the left or right of an activity bar when relationship lines are visible in the Gantt will display:

 Create Relationship

Enables you to create a new relationship in the Gantt.

 Show Legend

Enables you to view a description of the currently defined bars available on the Gantt chart and whether relationship lines are currently selected to show. To hide the legend, click  Hide Legend

Gantt Settings

Enables you to show or hide elements of the Gantt.

Data Date   Show or hide the vertical line representing the Data Date in the Gantt. If multiple projects are open, the line is drawn on the earliest data date for all open projects.

Relationships   Show or hide relationships between activities in the Gantt.

Sight Lines   Show or hide vertical sight lines in the Gantt.

Progress Spotlight   Show or hide the Progress Spotlight in the Gantt.

Timescale  Select a timescale for the Gantt.

Tips

If financial periods do not exist for part of the duration of your project, the Gantt chart does not show data for the parts of your project whose dates fall outside the existing financial periods.
If financial periods do not exist for the whole of the duration of your project, the Gantt chart does not show any data. Change the Gantt timescale for your view in the Manage Views dialog box.
You cannot zoom the financial period Gantt timescale using Zoom to Fit, nor by dragging the timescale.

Getting Here

Click Projects.
On the Projects navigation bar, click Activities.
On the Activities page, click Gantt View.

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