Gantt view tools and GUI elements

The tools and GUI elements that you view and use most frequently for scheduling are as follows:

Shading in the Gantt and Resource Constraints charts

Shading is used in the Gantt chart and the Resource Constraints chart to indicate available time periods for scheduling a selected task. A non-shaded area represents time that is available; shaded areas indicate times when you should not schedule a task because of constraint violations.

Zooming options

You can manually resize the timeline in the Gantt view. Click to zoom in and widen the time periods; click to zoom out and see more time; click to zoom to fit all of the tasks and their currently scheduled time slots in the timeline.

Changes you make to the calendar scale are saved with the schedule.

Tools for focusing in on specific time frames

To focus the linear calendar on specific time frames, place your cursor on the calendar bar, and click a starting point. The cursor switches to a double-ended arrow. Click an end point, and then double-click the highlighted area to zoom in on it. For example, double-click a month to see a four-week view. Double-click a week to get a seven-day view. Double-click a day to get the view in hours.

Changes you make to the calendar scale are saved with the schedule.

Schedule refresh button

To reload the schedule details to include work record updates that have occurred since the schedule was created, click Refresh from the toolbar.