Show Lag in Gantt view

[Tom]

Is there a way to show lag in Gantt View area? Like showing free slack. Other
than in the column area.

Thx

 

[JackD]

Not really. You could show the predecessors or successor as gantt bar text,
but that would get messy quickly.

 

[Brian K - Project MVP]

Is there a way to show lag in Gantt View area? Like showing free
slack. Other than in the column area.

Thx

When you say "Lag" what do you mean?

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Tom,
I you want to show the free slack, go to Format / Bar Styles
Create a new bar which will go From "Finish" To "Free Slack".
That's all
Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret

 

[Tom]

In the task information window, under the predecessors tab, you enter the lag
between the task and the predecessor. So, lag is a time delay between tasks
that have a dependency.

 

[Brian K - Project MVP]

In the task information window, under the predecessors tab, you enter
the lag between the task and the predecessor. So, lag is a time delay
between tasks that have a dependency.

OK. Then I agree with the others. There is not a good way to do this.

I only asked because I have seen lots of people that use the word lag
to describe the slip of a task off the baseline.

 

[JulieS]

Hi Tom,

I haven't found a way to draw a line representing the *amount* of lag or
lead, but you can color task Gantt bars differently depending upon whether
they have lag or lead added to the predecessor field.

I used [Flag1] for lag in the following example, and [Flag2] for lead.

In the flag field [Flag1] enter the formula:
IIf(InStr([Predecessors],"+")<>0,"Yes","No")

In the flag field [Flag2] enter the formula:
IIf(InStr([Predecessors],"-")<>0,"Yes","No")

Then create two bars in the Gantt chart, using [Flag1] and [Flag2].

Hope this helps.

Julie