Gantt Views

Gantt Views allow you to visualize the schedule of your Records over time. Users can easily identify overlapping activities and their duration.

Requirements

Before you can get started with Gantt views, you’d need a table to store your events. This table needs the following fields:

1. Name - This can be any field type, the name will display on each of your gantt records.
2. Start Date - For recording the start of each gantt record.
3. End Date - For recording the end of each gantt record.

Creating Gantt Views

To create a new Gantt View, open the Add View menu in the sidebar and select the Gantt option.

1. Select the Start Date, End Date and Name fields.
2. Enter a name for your Gantt View and click the next.

Configuring a Gantt View

Once you have configured the fields above, you can now use gantt to visualise your records.

Gantt Settings

You can access your gantts settings from the Settings button at the top of your Gantt view. This also contains some for options for customising.

Colour Setting

Here you can select a List Field or a User Field. When configured each gantt record will display based on the colour of the list item or user.

Completed Field

If you would to show a tickbox per gantt record, you can use the Completed Field option to set a state for when your record is complete. For example assign a list field value of Done.

Tip: If you want to mark multiple records as complete, hold CTRL while dragging to select all of the records you want to complete. Then click the Complete all records button in the bottom right.

Show Milestones

When enabling Show Milestones, records which only have a end date configured will display as a milestone event.

Show Sidebar

By Default a Gantt View has a sidebar containing information about each event. If you would prefer to view this inline, you can toggle off the sidebar to allow the gantt to fill the screen.

Display Fields

Display Fields provide additional context about Records in the Gantt View.

• Click Display Fields in the navigation above your gantt.
• Click to toggle fields you would like to see on your view.
• Adjust their order by dragging them up or down.

Grouping Events

Group entries based on a linked Parent or Grandparent Table to organize your Gantt Chart clearly.

• Click Group By in the navigation above your gantt.
• Select your grouping criteria.
• Optionally, add additional Display Fields for groups.

Gantt Dependencies

Gridfox supports relationships within your tables. This allows you to connect records to other records.

A common requirement with Gantt Views is to define task dependencies, ensuring that project timelines are accurately maintained. By linking tasks together, you can automatically adjust schedules based on changes to dependent items. This helps keep workflows organized and prevents scheduling conflicts.

Gantt Dependency Modes

When a dependency is configured, you have the following options to choose between: Strict, Flexible and None.

• Strict: Automatically adjusts an item’s dates to align precisely with changes in its dependent item.
• Flexible: Prevents overlapping by ensuring dependent items maintain a gap as needed.
• None: Displays dependencies visually without enforcing date adjustments, even in cases of conflicts.

Gantt Dependency Types

Dependencies determine how tasks are related to one another on your Gantt Chart. Common dependency types include:

• Start-to-Start (SS): Task B cannot start until Task A has started.
• Start-to-Finish (SF): Task B cannot finish until Task A has started.
• Finish-to-Finish (FF): Task B cannot finish until Task A has finished.
• Finish-to-Start (FS): Task B cannot start until Task A has finished (most common).

Renaming a Gantt View

To rename your Gantt View, simply double click the view in the sidebar. You can then type a new name for your view and hit enter to save.

Deleting Gantt Views

To delete a Gantt View, right-click on your view in the sidebar, click delete and confirm to save. When deleting a gantt view, your data is still accessing from the Grid View.