Bar Chart Options: Display

Decide what information is displayed in the Gantt Chart Area.

The following table describes the field on this tab:

Field Description
Display bars Select this field to have the Gantt chart area display Gantt bars that represent task duration.

By default, this field is selected.

Display field values Select this option to have the Gantt chart area display Gantt bars with the values of the selected field.

See the entry for Field, below. You can select this field as well as the Display bars field. By default, this field is not selected.

If this field is selected, the fields Only draw outline when showing field values and Display legends of fields activate.

Bar Border Select this field to switch on/off the Bar Border
Bar Shadow Select this field to switch on/off the Bar Shadow
Only draw outline when showing field values

Select this field to have all Gantt bars displayed as a gray outline.

This field is available only if Display field values is selected.

Display legends of fields

Select this field to display a column with a legend of the fields for which you are displaying the values.

This field is available only if Display field values is selected.'

Exclude Filtered/Selected Summaries Select this field to hide the summary bars for fields that are excluded using a selected filter.
Field The field for which the field values are going to be displayed in the Gantt bars.
Title Specifies a title for the selected field.

This field is for information only - you cannot display the contents of this field.

Format Specifies the format of the field.

Select a valid value from the drop-down list.

The number of options available depends on the type of the Field selected.

Scale Specifies the scale for the values of the field being displayed.

Select a valid value from the drop-down list. By default, the value is Units, which represents a scaling factor of 1, meaning that field values remain unchanged in the Gantt chart.

If you need customized scaling, you must select Custom and then enter the required value in the Scale Value.

Scale Value Specifies your customized scaling value.

If you enter a value in this column while the Scale is set to a value other than Custom, the value of Scale is automatically set to Custom. 

Align Specifies the alignment of the field value.

Select a valid value from the drop-down list.

Num. Format See Field Formats for more information
Decimals Specifies the number of decimals to be displayed.

You can only select this option if you specify 1234.30 or 1,234.30 in Num. Format.

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