About Gantt Charts

A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that is used specifically to show a project schedule, status, and task dependencies.

Sample Gantt chart

  • The vertical axis shows project tasks.

  • The horizontal axis shows the project timeline.

  • The width of the bars show the duration of each task.

  • Colors indicate a category to which a task is assigned.

  • Arrows can be drawn between bars to indicate dependencies. In this example, the arrow indicates that High Level Analysis must be complete before Core Module Analysis can begin.

    Dependentcy arrow

Gantt chart options

When you create a Gantt chart, you must specify:

  • A Dimension with task data

  • A Start value

  • An End value

Optionally, you can customize the appearance of the chart, including colors and labels for the bars and adding dependency arrows.

NOTE: Categories and dependencies are defined in the cBase.

See also Chart Portlet Options.