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Gantt Chart Legend

You can open the legend from the Gantt View toolbar. The Gantt chart displays the following indicators to specify the type or status of a task:

Indicator

Description

This illustration shows the task Gantt bar.

Task. A task is an activity that is required to be accomplished within a time frame. Tasks define the project work, the staff member, and the resource that performs the work.

The illustration shows the Progress Through Gantt bar

Progress Through Bar

This illustration shows a completed task Gantt bar.

Completed Task. A completed task is a task where its status is set to "Completed".

This illustration shows a late task Gantt bar.

Late Task. A late task is a task or milestone where the Finish date field value is later than the Baseline Finish date field value.

This illustration shows a summary task Gantt bar.

Summary Task. A summary task is a task that has one or more subtasks nested beneath it.

This illustration shows the external task Gantt bar.

External Task displayed in the Gantt chart. An external task is a task in another project on which a task within the project has a dependency.

This illustration shows a subproject Gantt bar.

Subproject displayed in the Gantt chart. A subproject is a project located within a master project.

This illustration shows the External Task icon.

External Task displayed in the WBS. An external task is a task in another project on which a task within the project has a dependency.

This illustration shows the Subproject icon.

Subproject displayed in the WBS. A subproject is a project located within a master project.

This illustration shows the Milestone icon.

Milestone. Milestones are tasks that have a due date but not a duration (a period between a start and finish date).

This illustration shows the Completed Task icon.

Completed task. A completed task is a task where its status is set to "Completed".

This illustration shows the Late Task icon.

Late task. A late task is a task or milestone where the Finish date field value is later than the Baseline Finish date field value.

This illustration shows the External Milestone icon.

External Milestone. An external milestone task is a milestone in another project on which a task within the project has a dependency.

This illustration shows the Critical Path icon.

Critical Path. The critical path determines the earliest finish date of the project.

This illustration shows the Link To Hidden Task icon.

Link to hidden task.

Change Gantt Chart Timescale

You can change the Gantt chart timescale as needed so that you can zoom in and out of the timeline. Click the single arrow at the top left or right of the Gantt chart to scroll one time unit at a time. Or, click the double arrows to jump to the next set of time periods.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the project.

    The properties page appears.

  2. Open the Tasks menu and click Gantt.

    The Gantt view appears.

  3. Click the Time Scale icon on the toolbar and select the desired timescale.

    The Gantt timescale changes based on your selection.