Gantt Chart

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Gantt chart is now available in Ascora to help manage your projects or jobs and also show the dependency relationships between projects as well as the current schedule status.

There are a couple of ways to access the Gantt Chart, one is from the Scheduler → Project Gantt.

Another way to access Gantt Chart is to go to Reports and select Jobs Gantt Chart from the reports list.

Gantt Chart Overview

Here's an overview of the functionalities available in the Gantt Chart such as filter options, changing the view from weekly to monthly, adjusting task dates, and many more.

How to Display Projects Only

Projects are your section-based or stage-based jobs which you can display by ticking the box beside "Projects Only" and clicking on the "Generate Gantt Chart" button.

You can also click on the black triangle beside the parent job to toggle the view such as hiding or showing the section jobs.

Moving or rescheduling the parent job automatically reschedules the job sections.

How to edit Start/End Dates & Completion Percentage

Double-click the job box and you'll see a pop-up box where you can edit the dates and completion percentage.

Adjusting the dates and completion percentage

Another way to adjust the completion percentage is to hover the mouse cursor over the box until you see the little triangle which you can drag right or left to adjust accordingly.

Adjusting the completion percentage by dragging the triangle icon

How to Reschedule Tasks

You can drag and resize the tasks if needed by hovering the mouse cursor on the edge of the box until you see the double arrow which you can drag to reschedule the task or project.  You can drag and drop to move a task or project to a different date.

How to Create Dependencies

You can create dependencies between two tasks or projects in the Gantt Chart and once configured, these tasks will have lines connecting them to show these dependencies.

1. Hover the mouse cursor over the task or project until you see the black circle and drag it to the other task or project you need to connect it to.

2. Drop the mouse cursor in the circle next to the other task as shown in the image below.

3. The line connecting two tasks automatically adjusts or changes its format.

    Note: You can connect as many tasks or projects as needed as it's not limited to connecting just two tasks or projects.

Creating Dependencies

How to Remove Dependencies

To remove dependencies between tasks or projects, click on the arrow and press the Delete key on your keyboard.

Removing Dependencies

How to Resize the Gantt Chart

Hover the mouse cursor on the grey vertical line right next to the % Complete column which automatically changes to a blue vertical line.

Drag to the left side to decrease the task list box.

Note: You can drag it all the way across to the left side to completely hide the task list if preferred.

Resizing the Gantt Chart