View the Assignments Gantt
Objective
To view the Assignments Gantt and see a multi-day view of resource requests and resource assignments.
Background
The Assignments Gantt allows you to view resource requests, resource assignments, and time off for a specific project or across all projects and people within your company. It also provides a multi-day view from one (1) day up to three (3) years.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions
- Assignments and requests can be grouped based on the project or by people.
- You can choose a date range from one (1) day to three (3) years.
- You you choose to show job title, the job title appears when hovering over the person's name.
Steps
- Gantt (Legacy)
- Gantt (Beta)
View the Assignment Gantt (Legacy) for a Specific Project
- Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
- Click Projects and select Project List.
- Click the project name.
- Click View Gantt.
You will be navigated to the Assignments Gantt view for the project.
Note: Additional projects may show if the there are projects with similar names.
View All Assignments by Project on Assignments Gantt (Legacy)
- Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
- Click Assignments and select Gantt (Legacy).
- Select the Group.
- Select Projects.
- Select your date range.
- Click Configure and select your configurations.
- Select to display Gantt 'Bars Solid/Split' by Solid Bars for the entire resource request or assignment, or Working Day Splits.
- Select 'Total Cell Units' to display column totals by People, Man-Days, Hours, or Cost.
- Select to show 'Assignment Bar Colors' by Project Color, Job Titles, Allocation %, Status, or Overtime. See What is a resource allocation type?
- Select to 'Sort Projects By' Name, Project Number, Earliest Start Date, or Earliest End Date.
- Select to 'Sort People By' Name, Job Title, or Earliest Assignment.
- Mark the checkbox to Show Job Title.
- Mark the checkbox to Show Project Numbers.
- Mark the checkbox to Show Project Status.
- Click Apply.
Example
To see assignments and request by status, select the following configuration:
- Select to show 'Assignment Bar Colors' by Status
Note: The Assignment Color Bar defaults to black when assignments do not have a status.
View All Assignments by People on the Assignments Gantt (Legacy)
- Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
- Click Assignments and select Gantt (Legacy).
- Select the Group.
- Select People.
- Select your date range.
- Click Configure.
- Select to display Gantt 'Bars Solid/Split' by Solid Bars for the entire resource request or assignment, or Working Day Splits.
- Select 'Total Cell Units' to display column totals by Allocation, Man-Days, Hours, or Cost.
- Select to show 'Assignment Bar Colors' by Project Color, Allocation %, Overtime, or Status. See What is a resource allocation type?
- Select to 'Sort Projects By' Name, Employee Number, or Job Title.
- Select to 'Sort People By' Name, Project Number, Earliest Assignment, Earliest Start Date, or Earliest End Date.
- Mark the checkbox to Show Job Title.
- Mark the checkbox to Show Project Numbers.
- Mark the checkbox to Show Employee Number.
- Click Apply.
View the Assignment Gantt
- Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
- Click Assignments and select Gantt Beta.
- To configure the information shown, see Configure Assignments Gantt View.