Add Tasks and Milestones

Available from Version: -

Operating System: Windows

empower^® Add-in: Charts

A Gantt chart displays phases that are divided up into rows. These rows contain Tasks or Milestones.
You can add a new task or milestone to every row.

For further information regarding editing options for tasks, milestones and phase arrows, see Edit Phase Arrows, Task Bars and Milestones.

Click into the Gantt chart and then either select the option Add Task (Figure 1, “Options Add Task and Add Milestone” (1)) or Add Milestone (Figure 1, “Options Add Task and Add Milestone” (2)).	Figure 1. Options Add Task and Add Milestone
Your project plan will then update in accordance to your settings.
When hovering the mouse over Gantt objects and when moving objects (e.g. a task bar), information about the start, end, and duration of the task is displayed (Figure 2, “Task Information”).	Figure 2. Task Information
The height of the task bar, as well as the size of milestones, is set automatically. However, changes can be always done via the button Properties in the action bar.

For further information regarding the Gantt chart properties, see Edit Gantt Chart Properties.

You can always enlarge or shrink a task bar by dragging its endpoints.

For further information regarding the editing options for task bars and milestones, see Edit Phase Arrows, Task Bars and Milestones.