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With a new Gantt report option, end users can create fully customisable Gantt reports without scripting expertise.

Create a Gantt Report just like any other report on the Reporting tab. There are two tabs on the report - a Setup tab and a Result tab. You do all of the configuration of the report on the Setup tab, and then switch to the result Result tab to see the result.

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General Settings	Main setting of Gantt report in the Result tab
Gantt Bar Method	Select from the dropdown preferred Gantt Bar Method “Scheduled” or “FullPeriod”. Scheduled will use the date/times as they are actually scheduled in the software. FullPeriod will assume actions are taken over the duration of the period rather than at the instant they are actually done. Info Depending on the model setup, FullPeriod may give a better representation of the scheduler’s intent in ATS, but for better visualization of results in APS, “Scheduled” method is recommended.
Result Panel Column Section Max Width	Specify the desired maximum width of the section with columns in the Result tab.
Page Row Height	Specify the desired height of rows in the Page list. Info To display Page list, select “Page” as location in the Groupings tab.
Gantt Row Height	Specify the desired height of rows in the Gantt.
Compress Blanks	If selected, when a value does not apply to a grouping at a level, a blank will be used instead. This can lead to a chain of nodes which just say “blank” before you get to the userful node at the end of the chain. If compress blanks is enabled, this will remove the intermediate blank nodes for a cleaner look. Example, if you’re looking at Stockpiles and Reserves: Reserves/Mine1/Pit1/Stage1/450/hg (either way) Stockpiles/SP1/blank/blank/blank/hg (Compress Blanks Off) Stockpiles/SP1/hg (Compress Blanks On)
Split Noncontiguous Chronologically Sorted Leaf Tasks	This option will split and duplicate leaf tasks (tasks with no child tasks) if all of the following are true: The option is enabled. The task is done at multiple different times, and other tasks occur between the start and end of the task. The level is chronologically sorted. This option generally only makes sense if the leaf tasks are dig or blast blocks being operated on by a single Agent. If this option is enabled and an agent finishes half block A, then does block B, and then returns to finish block A, there will be two rows for task A, rather than just one.
Show Horizontal Lines	Flag this box to display or hide horizontal lines between rows in Gantt.
Horizontal Line Color	Optionaly, specify a color and opacity of a horizontal line.
Show Multi-Shading Badge	Flag this box to display or hide multi-shading badge.
Multi-Shading Badge Color	Optionaly, specify a color and opacity of a multi-shading badge.
Rostered Delays Settings	Settings of Delays display in the Results tab
Shading	Select “(none)” of or “<Default Delays>” shading. <Default Delays> reflects delays colors set in the Delays setup step. Image Removed	Hatch Pattern	Optionaly, select You can also add custom Delay Shading in the Shadings tab, and select it from the Shading dropdown. Image Added Info Note that in order to see Rostered delays in the Gantt report, the Agent must be added as Group Option in the Grouping tab, otherwise no delays will be displayed for Activity/Source/Destination group options.
Hatch Pattern	Optionaly, select a different hatch pattern for the delays shading.
Opacity	Optionaly, specify a different hatch pattern for the delays shading.
Group Header	Settings of Groups display in the Results tab
Text Color	Optionally, specify a color of text for “Groups” header in the Result tab.
Back Color	Optionally, specify a background color for “Groups” header in the Result tab.
Text	Optionally, change “Groups” header text in the Result tab.
Width	Optionally, specify a width of the Groups column in the Result tab.
Font
Family	Optionally, specify font, size and style of the “Groups” header text.
Size
Style
Periods	Periods display settings in the Result tab
Period Set	Select which period set will be used in Gantt report. This will determine the periods shown in the timeline at the top. Available Period sets are configured in the Periods setup step.
Start Period	Select a period to start your custom Gantt report.
End Period	Select a period to finish your custom Gantt report.
Left Timeline Buffers (Pixels)	The blank space on the left of the timeline to leave room for labels.
Right Timeline Buffers (Pixels)	The blank space on the right of the timeline to leave room for labels.
Schedule Start Guide	Setting of the red dashed line at the start of the schedule
Enabled	Leave flagged (default), if you want the red dashed line to be shown at the start of the schedule, otherwise unflag this option.
Color	Optionally, specify a color of the schedule start guide line.
Line Style	Optionally, specify a style of the schedule start guide line.
Line Width	Optionally, specify a width of the schedule start guide line.
Dash Multiplier	Optionally, specify a dash multiplier of the schedule start guide line.
Schedule End Guide	Setting of the red dashed line at the end of the schedule
Enabled	Leave flagged (default), if you want the red dashed line to be shown at the start of the schedule, otherwise unflag this option.
Color	Optionally, specify a color of the schedule end guide line.
Line Style	Optionally, specify a style of the schedule end guide line.
Line Width	Optionally, specify a width of the schedule end guide line.
Dash Multiplier	Optionally, specify a dash multiplier of the schedule end guide line.
Axis Display
Major	Settings of the first row in the timeline.
Enabled	Leave flagged (default), if you want the first line (with Year and Month) to be shown at the very top of the schedule, otherwise unflag this option.
Text Color	Optionally, specify a color of the Major Axis Header text in the Result tab.
Back Color	Optionally, specify a background color of Major Axis Header text in the Result tab.
Header Font	Optionally, specify font, size and style of the Major Axis Header text.
Guide Line	Settings of the Guide Line between Major periods (only visible if Major Axis display is enabled). Optionally, specify font, color, style, width and dash multiplier of the Major Axis Guide Line.
Minor	Settings of the second row in the timeline.
Enabled	Leave flagged (default), if you want the second line (with Dates) to be shown at the top (middle row) of the schedule, otherwise unflag this option.
Text Color	Optionally, specify a color of the Minor Axis Header text in the Result tab.
Back Color	Optionally, specify a background color of Minor Axis Header text in the Result tab.
Header Font	Optionally, specify font, size and style of the Minor Axis Header text.
Guide Line	Settings of the Guide Line between Minor periods (only visible if Minor Axis display is enabled). Optionally, specify font, color, style, width and dash multiplier of the Minor Axis Guide Line.
Period	Settings of the third row in the timeline.
Enabled	Leave flagged (default), if you want the third line to be shown at the top (bottom row) of the schedule, otherwise unflag this option.
Text Color	Optionally, specify a color of the Periods Axis Header text in the Result tab.
Back Color	Optionally, specify a background color of Periods Axis Header text in the Result tab.
Header Font	Optionally, specify font, size and style of the Periods Axis Header text.
Guide Line	Settings of the Guide Line between Periods (only visible if Periods Axis display is enabled). Optionally, specify font, color, style, width and dash multiplier of the Periods Axis Guide Line.
Even Back Color	Allows you to alternate background colors of the Gantt each period. This may be useful for night/day shift.
Odd Back Color
Color Badges	Leave flagged (default), if you want colored periods badges to be shown at the top (bottom part) of the schedule, otherwise unflag this option.

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Shadings tab

In the Shadings tab, you can add shading options to your Gantt. There are different types of shadings: DataSource, Source, Destination, Agent, Parcel, Activity and Delay.

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Any item that does not pass ALL filters configured here will not be considered on the Gantt.

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Groupings tab

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This is really the heart of The Groupings tab is a main section to configure how things are displayed on the Gantt.

The first thing to do is create “Group Options” which are string of text. If “Include in Name” is on - this text will appear in a node on the tree. You also need to choose a level number. This level number is referenced again below.

You can put more than one group option at the same level. If you do this, the text provided by the group option will be concatenated together with the others, using the “Name Separator” in the group set panel below.

You may disable “Include in Name” if you want to break apart two things, but not have that text appear in the treeThis is really the heart of Gantt report.

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Description of the items on this tab is shown in the tables below.

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Collapsed - Whether this node in the tree is expanded or not.

Shading - You can choose from one of the options in the Shading tab. Alternatively you can choose <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.

Left/Right Label - You can 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 can create extra columns - these will be shown to the right of the group names. These can only be 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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put more than one group option at the same level. If you do this, the text provided by the group option will be concatenated together with the others, using the “Name Separator” in the group set panel below. Image Added

Enable to display text of each Group Option in a node on the tree. You may disable “Include in Name” if you want to break apart two things, but not have that text appear in the tree. Image Added

Different Sites display options become available depending on the Group Option.

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Group Sets display configuration

In the bottom part of the Groupings tab, configure how Group sets will appear in the resulting Gantt report.

Field	Description
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. Image Added Use the blue arrows to move Group Sets to the right/left. Image Added Note that in order to display Multi-Activity labels, the first Group Set must be “Activity”.
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. Image Added Info Note, that only the first Group Set’s location can be set to Page.
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. Note that the final Group Set must have a shading other than “(None)”, otherwise you’ll get an error message
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

In the Columns tab, you can create extra columns to display various data. Created columns will be shown to the right of the group names, only is ticked as Visible. Columns can only have single labels.

1. Add as many columns as you need, and rename them accordingly.

2. Flag columns you want to display in the Gantt report as Visible, not flagged columns won’t be displayed.

3. Select labels for each column. Labels are added and configured in the Labels tab.

4. 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.

1. Add as many Extra Guides as you need, and rename them accordingly.

2. Specify date and time for each guide. The default time is set to the beginning of the plan.

3. Enable Extra Guides you want to display in the Gantt report, disabled guides won’t be displayed.

4. 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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1. Add a printing configuration template and rename it as per the paper size.

2. Select required Paper Size Preset from the dropdown.

3. 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>.

   1. 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.

   2. 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.

4. In the Result tab, press Export to PDF button and select one of the printing configurations.

5. Specify a saving path and review the exported Gantt report.

6. 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

1. Press Export to PDF button and select one of the printing templates preconfigured in the Setup > Printing tab (see the description in the section “Printing tab” above).

2. Specify a saving path and review the exported Gantt report.

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Note that depending on your machine display settings, in the generated PDF file you may see grey sections covering some parts of the data. If it causes any inconveniences and data loss, change your display custom scaling to 100 % (in System > Display > Scale > Custom scaling).

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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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