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Interacting with a Gantt Object
- 18 Oct 2024
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Interacting with a Gantt Object
- Updated on 18 Oct 2024
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The Gantt Object provides the following interactive features:
Any changes made to the Gantt Object using the functions listed above will be lost if you leave the Screen or update it, except for Data entry actions.
Activity popover
When you hover over a bar, an activity popover will appear. The popover will display relevant information related to the activity, such as its start date, its end date and its progress.
Dynamic column resizing
You can resize columns in the left side of the chart by placing the mouse pointer on the boundary line between the two areas and dragging the double-headed arrow to enlarge or shrink the column.
Interactive selection
To apply a selection on a Gantt chart, select a set of activities by holding the Ctrl button and clicking on the corresponding row, then click the Select icon 
that will automatically appear in the sliding toolbar. The selection is applied as a Screen selection and all other Objects on the Screen are updated accordingly.
To reset the selection, click the reset button 
in the top left corner of the Object area.
Example of interactive selection
Master
If the chart has been configured as a Master Object, clicking on an activity (row) will update the data displayed by all other Objects on the Screen in order to show only the data relating to that specific activity. The Master Object result is similar to applying a Screen selection.
By clicking on the "Disable master" icon 
in the sliding toolbar, you can disable this option. Click on the "Enable master" icon 
to re-enable it.
Drill anywhere
The Drill anywhere feature allows you to configure a default Drill down that will be available for all bubbles of the map.
To do so, proceed as follows:
Select a bubble and click the Drill anywhere icon
in the sliding toolbar to open a window with the list of Entities you are allowed to drill down onSelect the desired Entity and click APPLY or double click the Entity to save the Drill and to perform it. The configured drill data is always displayed in a Data View
in the Once the drill is saved, it can be easily performed again on other bubbles by clicking on the Drill-down icon 
.
The Drill anywhere function is available also in the Drill down windows, so you can create your own drill-down paths at different levels of granularity. Learn more about drilling down in a Data View Object.
Drill down
Once you have configured a drill using the Drill anywhere feature, click the Drill down icon 
to perform it on other Bubbles of the chart.
Drill-to-Screen
If a Drill-to-Screen has been configured on the map, the Drill anywhere icon 
won't be available.
In this case, select a bubble with a single click and click the Drill down icon to follow the drill path from the chart to another Screen of the current Capsule.
Depending on the Drill-to-Screen configuration, the destination Screen will open with:
A selection based on the source data point in the chart
No inherited selection
Drill-Procedure
If a Drill-Procedure has been configured on the chart, the Drill anywhere icon 
won't be available.
In this case, select a bubble with a single click and click the Drill down icon to trigger the configured Procedure or to choose from a list of available Procedures.
Depending on the Drill-Procedure configuration, the Procedure will run with:
A selection based on the source data point in the chart
No inherited selection
Data entry (in drill down windows)
Although the Gantt chart doesn't allow it directly, you can perform data entry actions in Data Views displayed in drill down windows.
See Data entry on Cubes and Data Block settings for more details.
When Data entry is enabled on a Cube, the background of totals cells becomes yellow while the background of values cells becomes beige (unless otherwise formatted), as in the following example:
To perform a data entry action, double click on a cell to enter data (either by typing a value, by uploading a file or a picture, by picking a date from a date picker, and so on).
If Save/Undo mode is enabled on the Screen, after you have entered a value, press the save icon 
at the top left of the Data View to actually save the value in the Cube. To do this, you can also press the F9 key on your keyboard.
The undo arrow icon allows to restore the last saved values (i.e. it discards all unsaved changes).
Unsaved values and totals that depend on those values are shown in red. When you press the save icon, their text color will change to match the text color of previously saved values, indicating that all changes have been saved in the target Cube.
When the Data entry option is enabled in the Layout, after you have manually entered data in a cell, the contextual menu (sliding toolbar) in the top left corner of the Data View will automatically show the Save/Undo icons (if Save/Undo mode is enabled on the Screen) and the Lock/Unlock icons (see Lock and Spread for more details).
The Object toolbar
When you hover over a Gantt chart, the Object toolbar icon 
appears in the top left corner. Click on it to reveal the Object toolbar as a sliding toolbar. You can fully expand it by clicking on the downward facing arrow on the right.
The Object toolbar includes the following icons by default (unless otherwise configured):
The Layout icon
. Opens the Layout editorXLSX icon
. Exports data in a MS Excel Worksheet as a flattened tableExport printable report to PDF
. Export the chart as as a PDF fileExport screenshot to .png
. Takes a screenshot of the chart and saves it as a .pngComment icon
. Displays any comment attached to the chart (if any). Depending on the comment configuration, the icon displayed can be a balloon icon, a question mark icon or an alert icon
. Opens the Layout editor
. Exports data in a MS Excel Worksheet as a flattened table
. Export the chart as as a 
. Takes a screenshot of the chart and saves it as a .png
. Displays any comment attached to the chart (if any). Depending on the comment configuration, the icon displayed can be a balloon icon, a question mark icon or an alert iconIn the case where the configuration of the Gantt chart Object results in additional columns in the left area of the chart, the following icons will be available:
Timeline scale. Allows you to change the time period displayed in the activity bars area
Display preset. Allows you to customize the visualization of the elements in left area of the chart and additional information on each bar
Data. Allows you to show/hide the additional Data Blocks in the left area of the chart
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