Bars tab of the Manage Views Dialog Box of the Activities Page, EPS Page or Assignments Page

Overview

Use this tab to configure the bar type, height, and color options of bars for the Gantt chart.

Screen Elements

Configure button

Displays the Configure panel.

Preview button

Displays the Preview panel.

Configure panel

Add menu

Bar: Adds a new bar.

Label: Adds a new label.

Reset button

Restores all options to default settings.

Theme list

Determines the color theme for the bars.

Bar Type field

The type of bar in the Gantt.

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.

Early Bar: Shows the early start to the early finish of an activity.

Float Bar: Shows the total amount of time that an activity can be delayed without delaying completion of a project.

Free Float Bar: Shows the amount of time that an activity can be delayed without causing subsequent activities to be delayed.

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

Percent Complete Bar: Shows the completion percentage of an activity.

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

Post Response Bar: Shows the post response pessimistic dates of activities calculated by Oracle Primavera Cloud.

Pre Response Bar: Shows the pre response pessimistic dates of activities calculated by Oracle Primavera Cloud.

Project Baseline Bar: Shows the project baseline start and finish dates of an activity, and indicates how the schedule is progressing according to the original plan.

User Defined Bar: Shows the amount of time spanning the selected Activity UDF start date and the Activity UDF finish date. UDF bars can be used to show a risk adjusted schedule using dates imported from Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis.

User's Primary Baseline Bar: Shows the primary baseline start and finish dates of an activity, and indicates how the schedule is progressing according to the original plan.

Progress Color picker

Determines the color of progress bars. To see this picker, select the Show Progress option.

Swap Colors button

Swaps the Progress Color and Bar Color.

Bar Color picker

Determines the color of bars.

Height list

Determines the height of the bar.

Progress Color by Activity Code option

Determines that the color of progress on a current bar is dependent on the colors assigned to the values of the selected activity code. To see this option, select Current on the Bar Type list.

Progress Color by Activity Code list

Determines the activity code to use for color coding progress on a current bar. To see this list, select Current on the Bar Type list.

Configure link

Click to customize the colors assigned to values of the selected activity code. To see this link, enable the Progress Color by Activity Code option.

Bar Color by Activity Code option

Determines that the color of the bar is dependent on the colors assigned to the values of the selected activity code.

Bar Color by Activity Code list

Determines the activity code to use for color coding the bar.

Configure link

Click to customize the colors assigned to values of the selected activity code. To see this link, enable the Bar Color by Activity Code option.

Show Progress option

Determines whether to display progress for the activity, project, or assignment.

Show Critical option

Determines how to show critical activities in the Gantt chart. Select the option to represent critical activities with a red bar instead of the color you selected for the Current Bar.

Note: The Show Critical option is available in the Bars tab of the Manage Views dialog box in the Activities view.

Progress Style list

Determines the style for progress bars.

Preview panel

Preview area

Provides a preview of how the selected options will look.

Getting Here

Click Projects or Resources.
- On the Projects navigation bar, click Activities, EPS, or Assignments.
- On the Resources navigation bar, click Assignments.
Click the Views menu and select Manage Views....
In the Manage Views dialog box, click Bars.

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