Gantt Schedule Settings: Working Days, Holidays, and Task Labels

⚙️ Gantt Schedule Settings: Working Days, Holidays, and Task Labels
 

📘 Article Purpose

This article explains how to configure Gantt Schedule settings to ensure accurate timelines and resource visibility, including working days, custom holidays, and task labels.

⚙️ Where to Find Gantt Settings

In any Gantt Schedule view:

1. Click the gear icon (⚙️) at the top right
2. The Gantt Settings Slider opens with two tabs:
   • General
   • Appearance

📅 General Settings

🧱 Working Days

Use this to define which days are considered workdays in your organization.

Why it matters:

• Gantt durations will ignore non-working days
• Ensures task timelines reflect realistic labor availability

⚠️ You must have at least one working day selected

🎉 Holidays

Add specific non-working dates such as:

• Stat holidays
• Company-wide breaks

What they do:

• Holidays are excluded from Gantt task duration calculations
• Helps create realistic start/end dates

🏷️ Labels (Task Statuses)

Used to visually tag tasks in the Gantt chart.

How to Manage:

1. Click Manage Labels (from the Settings slider)
2. Or go to Settings > Labels > Gantt Labels

Default labels include:

• Not Started
• In Progress
• Delayed
• Finished

You can:

• Add new labels
• Edit names and colors
• Delete unused ones

🎯 Use labels to track task status or create custom categories (e.g., “Needs Review”)

🎨 Appearance Tab

This tab controls what task details appear in your Gantt view.

Visible Columns

• Choose which fields are shown in the left-hand table
• Reorder columns using drag-and-drop

👁️ Useful for surfacing info like assigned users, durations, or notes

🖥️ Schedule View Toggle

Located at the top of the Gantt Schedule:

• Schedule View (default) → Shows tasks in timeline format
• List View → Hides the Gantt bars; shows a sortable list of tasks

🧭 Use List View to focus on task metadata instead of timelines

🔍 Summary