Customizing Activity Layouts

Tip

When you hide a curtain attachment contained in a saved layout, the attachment is not deleted from the layout. If you save the layout after hiding the attachment, the attachment is still available for display by all users who have access to the layout.

Delete a curtain attachment from a Gantt Chart

1)Double-click the curtain attachment in the Gantt Chart.

2)Click Delete.

Note

If the curtain attachment you delete is part of a saved layout, you must save your changes to the layout after deleting the attachment; otherwise, the attachment will not be deleted.

Apply a Progress Line to the Gantt Chart

Applying a progress line to the Gantt chart enables you to quickly view the progress of activities with regard to their scheduled deadlines.

As a variance line, the progress line can represent a variance between the planned and actual start dates or finish dates of a task.

As a progress point line, the progress line shows either the remaining duration of an activity or the percent of the activity that has been completed.

In the Progress Line tab of the Bar Chart Options dialog box, you have complete control over how the line is drawn, whether it will be a variance line based on start or finish dates, or a progress point line based on remaining duration or completion percentages.

Tips

This feature applies to the Gantt Chart in the Activities window only.

The progress line will not be drawn if you do not display a baseline bar and you choose to base the line on activity % complete or remaining duration.

1)Select View, Bar Chart Options, and click the Progress Line tab.

2)Type or select the value between 1 and 10 points to set the thickness of your progress line.

3)Click the color button to choose a color for your Progress Line.

4)Select to use the Project baseline or Primary baseline when calculating the Progress Line.

5)Select one of the following:

If you want the progress line drawn based on the difference between activity start or finish dates in the current project and baseline project dates, select Based on Difference between Current and Baseline Activity's option.

From the list, select Finish Date to calculate the progress line based on the variance between the baseline finish and the current finish, or select Start Date to calculate the progress line based on the variance between the baseline start and the current start.

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