A Gantt Chart is a horizontal bar chart that graphically
displays activities over time and the possible relationships between
the activities.
In IBM® Rational® Focal Point™, the
Gantt chart view consists of five areas:
- The Gantt area
- Displays the elements in the view, the date attributes and relationships
between elements.
- The Stacked value area
- Displays the sum of each value over time. For example, this area
might display the sum of the development cost and production cost
for all of the projects in the Gantt area.
- The Time scale area
- Displays the elements position and the stacked values over time
- The Selections area
- Displays the date in the Gantt area, decides what kind of links
to display in the Gantt area and what integer or float attributes
to display in the stacked value area.
- The Grouping area
- Groups the elements according to a specific attribute
To display the elements, click Display.
In a Gantt chart, each element is displayed as a bar that consists
of a number of boxes, each of which is separated by a Date icon. Links
between elements are represented by colors.
Known Limitations- An "Out of memory" error might occur while viewing larger Gantt
charts. Use smaller views to avoid this problem.
- In IBM Rational Focal Point version 5.3
and later, you can display up to 75 elements in a Gantt chart. To
increase or decrease this number, an administrator must run some SQL
commands. Element titles that are larger than 40 characters are truncated.
For more information, contact IBM Rational Software Support.