% complete in a Multiple bar Gantt chart view

[FreeWill]

How do I show % complete in a Multiple bar Gantt chart view?

 

[JulieS]

Hi FreeWill,

I assume you wish to show the % Complete value next to a bar in a Gantt
chart? Choose Format > Bar Styles to show the Bar Styles dialog box.
Select the bar in the list that you wish to show % Complete. Click the
"Text" tab at the bottom and select % Complete from the drop-down list for
the location (left, right, etc) where you want to show the value.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[JulieS]

Hi FreeWill,

I am not sure what view "multiple bar gantt" you are referring to. The only
standard Project view that I am familiar named "multiple" is the Multiple
Baselines Gantt, showing data from Baseline, Baseline1, and Baseline2. The
Multiple Baselines Gantt doesn't contain definitions for normal or critical
tasks which is what we usually show progress bars on.

Never-the-less, I think what you are searching for is a progress line. If
you add a new bar definition (Format > Bar Styles) and draw the line from
"Actual Start" to "Complete Through" that should give what I think you are
seeking. Take a look at the Bar Style definition in the Tracking Gantt for
an example of the progress line definition.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[Dean C]

Will,
I prefer to show Gantt bars as follows:
for planned start and finish as an empty rectangle on the top half of row 1,
for baseline as a solid line below the rectangle and
progress as a solid rectangle (you may want to review the "Progress"
discussion)

The order that you define the Gantt bars is important, because Project
treats them like they are being painted on the screen. If you define Progress
above planned start and finish, your progress is covered up by the bar for
start and finish.

From "Help" in the "Bar Styles" dialog box:
"Bars are drawn in the order they are listed in the table, starting at the
top. Make sure that any overlapping bars are listed in the proper order so
that the ones you want on top are drawn last. Use the Cut Row and Paste Row
buttons to rearrange bars in the Gantt bar definition table."


With the possibility of 7 distinct middle shapes on each of the 4 rows
available, you could theoretically have 28 bars for a single task. I prefer
to use just one row. Defining a second row, without reducing the height of
the row, doubles the amount of space taken for each task, which reduces the
amount of information per page, which doubles the number of screens or pages
required to display the information.

Placing text above or below a bar has a more pronounced affect. Beginning
with an 18 page printout, a second row changes it to 36 pages, text above
(without a second row) changes it to 30 pages, and text above and below
changes it to 42 pages. If you want to display more than start and finish for
a Gantt bar, use a custom text field to concatenate the date and one or more
fields to display next to the bar.

If you want to