Creating Gantt charts

Gantt charts are most commonly used in project management as these charts show various activities and tasks with the time required to complete those tasks. Gantt charts are even more useful when they show dependencies among various tasks. This type of chart is very helpful when the number of activities is low (around 20-30), otherwise the chart becomes too big to be understood easily.

Getting ready

Let's use the sample file Sample – Superstore Sales (Excel). Open a new worksheet and select Sample – Superstore Sales (Excel) as the data source.

How to do it...

Once the data is loaded, perform the following steps to create a Gantt chart:

  1. Click on Analysis from the top menu toolbar, and if Aggregate Measures is checked, click on it ...

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