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Taskbar
Overview
The taskbars on the Gantt timeline (Gantt chart) represent your project work items (for example, epics, Jira issues, and basic tasks).
Each taskbar can immediately provide you with the following information:
task start/end dates
color (by default, the color is based on the task status)
If the task is scheduled or partially scheduled (it has only a start or end date), it will be visualized as a taskbar on the Gantt timeline.
The beginning of the taskbar marks the start date.
The end of the taskbar marks the end date.
If the start/end date is not defined, the relevant side of the taskbar is faded.
If you cannot see the exact date, zoom in on the timeline or snipe to its start/end date.
You can add an additional layer of information to the Gantt timeline by selecting the relevant option from:
View
Taskbar
Dependencies
View (option)
Click the View option.
From the menu, check one or several options:
Baselines
Period warnings
Progress
Critical path
Overdue
Baselines
If you have baselines created for your tasks, they can be displayed as horizontal lines under the taskbars.
Period warnings
The Period warnings option adds a yellow overlay to the taskbar to indicate a mismatch between the task's period and that of the child or parent task.
Progress
The taskbar color gradually fills up as its progress advances.
Critical path
If you have created dependencies between the tasks, this option will change the color of the tasks on the critical path to red stripes.
Overdue
Enable this option to see tasks that were not completed on their due date. The color of the due taskbars changes to red, and the number in a red circle indicates the number of due days.
Taskbar (option)
Click the Taskbar option.
From the menu, check one or several options:
Label position
The Label position determines where the task summary will be placed in relation to the taskbar. The task label can consist of the Key and/or Summary field values.
You must first check the Key and/or Summary in the Show options.
Hidden (Removes the label leaving the taskbar blank (but still colored).
On taskbar (displays the label on the taskbar. If the label is longer than the taskbar, the label is truncated)
Next to taskbar (displays the label on the right side next to the taskbar)
Smart labeling (displays summary on or next to the taskbar depending on whether the summary exceeds the taskbar length)
Show
The Show options add more info on/next to the taskbar.
Key taskbar label
Summary taskbar label
Other scope info (adds an indication on the taskbar when a task is in the scope of multiple boxes)
This taskbar indication applies only to boxes of the Own scope type.
If a task is in the scope of a sub-box, it belongs to multiple boxes but not multiple Own-scope boxes.
Dates
Assignee (adds the assignee avatar/icon)
Priority (displays the priority icon taken from the built-in Priority field on the left side next to the taskbar)
Scheduling mode (displays the scheduling mode icon on the left side next to the taskbar)
Task color
Colors the taskbar by its status or by manually selected colors)
Dependencies (option)
The Dependencies button controls the visibility of the dependency links on your Gantt timeline. Check the box next to the dependency type you want to see and how:
Category
Strong
Soft
Display
Expanded
Collapsed
Browse dependencies
Check this option to open the Dependencies tab in Gantt’s Infobar.