Gantt charts

A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that displays activities and the possible relationships between the activities. Gantt charts are frequently used in project management as illustrations of a schedule that are used to plan, coordinate, and track specific tasks in a project.

Updated Gantt chart

Rational® Focal Point™, version 6.5.1 provides improved visualization options in the updated Gantt chart.

Using the updated Gantt charts you can:
  • Display histogram in the Gantt chart
  • Select or clear the elements and values for calculation in the histogram
  • Select or clear the dates to reflect the changes in the histogram
  • Modify and save the dates, select or clear the dates to display in the Gantt chart.
  • Select or clear the links to display the linked elements. Display dependency lines between linked elements. To display links, click the element with the outgoing link to display the lines to those elements. If there are more than one link, each link is highlighted on subsequent clicks.
  • Copy chart to the clipboard
  • Generate or print reports from the chart
  • Display time grid attributes in the histogram
  • Display threshold line in the histogram
  • Support for graphical settings, such as 3D, Grids, Hovers, and Date icons
  • Select or clear the elements for histogram calculation
  • Use a variable time scale density
  • Zoom in and zoom out horizontally to examine the elements and to identify the elements that overlap
  • Sort elements by different attribute types in the gantt chart
  • Distribute values over a period of time
  • Display grid lines horizontally
Updated Gantt chart

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