With a new Gantt report option, end users can create fully customisable Gantt reports without scripting expertise.
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In the bottom part of the Groupings tabc configure how Group sets will appear in the resulting Gantt report.
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Group Set # | Group set number as per level number, specified in the Group column above. If several records are added to the same level, they will be displayed as Item #1, Item #2, Item #3, etc.  Use the blue arrows to move Group Sets to the right/left.  | ||
Location | You can choose for the first grouping to be allocated to a Page instead of the Gantt. This will create a panel on the left of the Gantt, and you can switch between the items there. 
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Collapsed | Determines whether this node in the tree is expanded or not. | ||
Name Separator | Specify a symbol for name separator to be used between name levels. | ||
Tree | Colors and Fonts settings for the Tree items in the Result tab. | ||
Text/Background Color | Optionally, specify text and background colors to be applied to the tree records. | ||
Font | Optionally, specify font, size and style of the tree records. | ||
Bars | Shadings and Labels settings for Gantt bars in the Result tab. | ||
Shading | You can choose from one of the Shadings options (created in the Shadings tab). Alternatively you can choose <Continuous/Discrete Solid> and then choose a color for the bar. You can also choose “(none)”, in which case no bar will appear on the row. There are certain types of shadings that can only be shown if at the level the shading is applied has been filtered down to a single activity either through the selections at a level above or through the Filters tab.
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Left/Right Labels | Choose a label that will appear on the left and/or right of the Gantt bar. This can be a multi-label or a single label. |
Columns tab
You In the Columns tab, you can create extra columns - these to display various data. Created columns will be shown to the right of the group names. These , only is ticked as Visible. Columns can only be have single labels.
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Extra Guides tab
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You can create extra guides (vertical lines on the Gantt at a specified date) to indicate certain important events.
Printing tab
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You can create one or more print configurations. These will be used when using the print function. The print function will save the document as specified to a PDF file. For printing on a plotter, use size A0 and get a PDF, then print the PDF from Acrobat.
Fit to Horizontal Pages - This will resize the Gantt such that it fits to the specified pages wide. If set to 0, it will use the required number of pages.
Fit to Vertical Pages - This will resize the Gantt such that it fits to the specified number of pages or less as it may not be possible to fit it to an exact number of pages vertically.
Result
Row Order
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Add as many columns as you need, and rename them accordingly.
Flag columns you want to display in the Gantt report as Visible, not flagged columns won’t be displayed.
Select labels for each column. Labels are added and configured in the Labels tab.
Optionally, specify background and text Colors, as well as Fonts, Sizes and Styles for Value and Header Text.
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Extra Guides tab
In the Extra Guides tab, you can create extra guides (vertical lines on the Gantt at a specified date) to indicate certain important events.
Add as many Extra Guides as you need, and rename them accordingly.
Specify date and time for each guide. The default time is set to the beginning of the plan.
Enable Extra Guides you want to display in the Gantt report, disabled guides won’t be displayed.
Specify Color, Style, Width and Dash Multiplier to make Extra Guide Lines easy to see in the Gantt report.
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Printing tab
In the Printing tab, you can create one or more print configurations.
Templates created in the Printing tab will be used when using Export to PDF function in the Results tab. This printing function will save the document as specified to a PDF file.
For printing on a plotter, use size A0 and get a PDF, then print the PDF from Acrobat.
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Add a printing configuration template and rename it as per the paper size.
Select required Paper Size Preset from the dropdown.
If required, change Paper Width, Height, DPI, Left/Top/Right/Bottom Margins, select “Landscape” or “Portrait” Orientation, change value in Fit to Horizontal/Vertical Pages if it is different from original, and specify Start and End Period, if other than default <Schedule Start/End>.
Fit to Horizontal Pages will resize the Gantt such that it fits to the specified pages wide. If set to 0, it will use the required number of pages.
Fit to Vertical Pages will resize the Gantt such that it fits to the specified number of pages or less as it may not be possible to fit it to an exact number of pages vertically.
In the Result tab, press Export to PDF button and select one of the printing configurations.
Specify a saving path and review the exported Gantt report.
Print the PDF report from Adobe Acrobat.
Result
The Gantt report with your custom configuration is displayed in the Result tab.
Review this chart and, if necessary, return to the corresponding Setup tabs and change the settings.
Use the horizontal slider to zoom in and out.
If grouping “Pages” is used, switch between the pages in the Pages list to display the corresponding activities.
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Two functions are available in the Gantt report Result tab:
Export to PDF
See the description in the section above (Setup > Printing tab).
Row Order
In the Result tab, click the Reorder Rows button to show Row Ordered dialog shown below.
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In the Row Orderer dialog you can change the order that items are sorted in the Gantt. You can choose either ascending, descending, or customized - which .
Levels are showing Result tab items from left to right as set in the Grouplings tab. In this example, Level 1 is Activity, Level 2 is Agent, Level 3 is Source.
Mode can be Chronological Ascending, Ascending, Descending or Custom. Custom mode will allow you to specify the order explicitly.
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