General Configuration
In the General tab, you define the basic elements of your Gantt chart configuration:
Planner mode - Select this option to use scheduling and resource data from Capacity Planner.
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.
Import Settings (top of the screen) - Import the Gantt configuration from another structure. See Import Settings.
Planner Mode
To use scheduling and resource data from Capacity Planner:
Open Gantt Settings
Enable Planner mode
Select whether you want to schedule based individuals or Tempo Teams
When Planner 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.
Individuals vs. Team
When using Planner mode, you can visualize and schedule work based on individual users or Tempo Teams.
Individuals
When planning for individuals:
The Resources panel displays all users that have work assigned to them in the structure
The Resource Usage panel displays different information, depending on whether you’re using Planner data or Gantt data:
Planner data (the Tempo icon is highlighted) - displays the total amount of work planned for individuals, across all projects, even for issues not in the chart
Gantt data - displays the total amount of work assigned to individuals within the Gantt chart
Teams
Team Planning mode allows you to visualize time for your teams, as well as each member within a team. When using Team Planning and Tempo data, the resource usage is rolled up. In the example below:
Team members (ex. “Evi Steele”) - displays individual allocations from Capacity Planner
Team (“Android Team”) - shows epic-level work allocated to the team in Capacity Planner
Overall group (“Temp Team: Android Team”) - shows the combined allocation for the team and its team members
Don’t see allocations in the Resource Usage panel?
Click the Tempo icon
Make sure you have permission to view the plan data
To learn more about using Capacity Planner and Gantt Charts for Structure together, see Capacity Planner Integration.
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.