Submitted by davet on 2011/04/14 12:29
I took 25Q out for a quick test run.
 
Wow! Has the Gantt function improved over the last couple of weeks and more good results this time!!!
  1. I like the idea that TaskActStart and TaskActEnd are now TaskStart and TaskEnd...that bugged me. All fixed now!
  2. If I create an end date < start date, I now get a milestone instead of a Gantt...that's good.
  3. If I create an end date without a start date, I get a milestone...and no more screwy duration.
  4. When I create a Gantt from scratch and activate the Gantt view, I can now find the Gantt chart.
One glitch I'm having is that when I add a task dependency, I can see it on the Gantt bars, but not in the NextID (which I have renamed to Successors). Also, the TaskID is always zero. Things seem to be working okay...so my guess would be that they are just invisible. See screen shot below.
 
Additionally, I can drag and drop a dependency between a summary bar (parent) and a sub-task. I should not be able to do that. A summary bar should stand alone and just be an umbrella over all the sub-tasks.
 
Dave
 

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Hi Dave,
 
I'm glad that the recent Gantt changes are in the right direction !
 
The TaskID issue is fixed in v0.9.25Q1 available soon (a consequence of the recent changes to TaskID)
 
Regarding the "Summary bars"... In the current implementation, there are not strictly speaking summary bars, nor do they look like summary bars. And this is by design (True summary bars are planned though)
 
In fact, one can turn off / remove the hierarchy equation for the date fields and the Gantt would now support hierarchy without date dependancies.
 
This is by design for 3 reasons:
  • Items are multi-facet
  • When adding sub-items, which may or may not be tasks, the task duration should not changed
  • One may want to only some of the sub-tasks, key ones

davet

2011/04/14 16:00

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Hi Pierre,
 
Thanks for the quick fix...that saves putting it in Mantis. Thanks for explanations too...sounds good!!
 
Dave