The Gantt diagram is a project tracking tool used in X3, namely in manufacturing management.
It provides a graphical representation of the scheduling and planning in time of the different tasks and operations necessary for a project to succeed.

  • The tasks are displayed on the ordinate.
  • The duration (month, day, week) is displayed on the abscissa.
  • Each task is illustrated by an horizontal bar which length is proportional to its duration.
  • The MiniPad gives an overview of the part of the graph being viewed.

 

Thanks to this MiniPad, it is possible to move in the graph and to zoom in on the duration of a specific task or on a given hour or day range.

 

Notes:

  • When the cursor hovers over a task, a short record is displayed with the nature of the task, the start and end day and hour and its duration. 
  • This graph can only be accessed in viewing mode; it does not allow the creation or modification of operations.
  • The grid that contains the diagram data is similarly displayed in the same place as the graph.
    Going from one mode to the other is done by clicking on the following icon:  ./TBL_MGT_01.jpg in client server mode, or ./TBL_MGT_10.jpg in web mode. It is located on the upper left corner of the diagram. An example and additional information on the common characteristic between graphical representations can be found in the general document Graphical representations.

Prerequisites

If you use the Mozilla browser, the Flash Player plugin will need to be installed to display correctly the calendar in its graphical form. This plugin is available at the following address:
http://get.adobe.com/fr/flashplayer/ 

How to move?

It is possible to move in the graph, either horizontally for the duration, or vertically for the list of operation. This occurs at the MiniPad level, by dragging from the overview of the part being viewed.

For example :

 

Other possibility:

If you click on the description of an operation in the list, the corresponding bar is positioned near the description you clicked on.

Holding the Shift key (SHIFT) when clicking leads to the end of the bar being positioned near the description.

How to zoom ?

Two possibilities:

  • Either by moving the cursors of the MiniPad,
  •  Or by selecting with the mouse the part of the graph to view:

    - left to right selection: zoom in

    -  right to left selection : zoom out

When zooming, the timescale is adjusted in real time to the zoom coefficient used.

Example: :