General Configuration
In the General tab, you define the basic elements of your Gantt chart configuration:
Start Day - The day the project begins. When automatic scheduling is applied, the earliest issues will begin on this date. Later issues will be scheduled based on a combination of this date, work estimates, and dependencies.
Calendar - Scheduling within the chart will be based on the selected work calendar.
Appearance - This allows you to customize the default color of items in the Gantt chart and how progress is visualized.
Tempo mode - Select this option to use scheduling and resource data from Capacity Planner.
Import Settings (top of the screen) - Import the Gantt configuration from another structure. See Import Settings.
Appearance
The appearance section allows you to customize the way task bars appear in the Gantt chart. You can select one of the predefined color schemes, or choose a custom color scheme to match your company style:
Color Scheme - Select the default color for items in your chart. You can use one of the provided color schemes, or click CUSTOM to select a custom color scheme.
Fill Color - Enter a custom color, either using the color picker or typing its Hex value.
Progress Color - Progress can be displayed as a dark or light color over the taskbar. If you select Auto, Gantt will pick the option that provides the most contrast to your color scheme.
This is the default color scheme. You can also customize the color scheme for select issues by creating a Slice.
Tempo Mode
To use scheduling and resource data from Capacity Planner, open Configurations and enable Tempo mode. When this mode is enabled, many of the options on the Scheduling and Resources screen will be grayed out, as this information will be pulled from Capacity Planner instead..
In order to use Tempo data for resource availability, the Jira admin must first connect Structure and Capacity Planner.
If you receive a 'Jira feature is switched OFF on Capacity Planner side' message, ask your Jira Admin to go to Apps | Tempo | Settings | Planning Time and enable Sync plans with Jira issues. Once this is enabled, return to the Gantt configuration and select Use scheduling and resource data from Capacity Planner again.
Scheduling and Resource Allocation with Capacity Planner
When Tempo mode is enabled, tasks will be scheduled according to the information provided by Capacity Planner:
If an issue has a plan associated with it: Plan Start and Plan End dates will be used for scheduling the task.
If there is no plan associated with the issue: the issue will be automatically scheduled.
To apply custom manual scheduling rules to select tasks, use a Slice.
Resource Usage: Gantt vs. Capacity Planner
By default, the Gantt chart only shows utilization within the scope of the chart – so any work planned for issues that aren't in your structure (and Gantt chart) won't be accounted for.
Using Capacity Planner data, Gantt is able to consider allocations from any issue, even if it isn't in the chart, when considering resource allocation. So if you're focused on scheduling Project A, but someone on your team already has work planned for Project B, that time will be considered when determining their availability.
To learn more about using Capacity Planner and Gantt Charts for Structure together, see Capacity Planner Integration.