Requirements for records in Gantt sections
The types of tasks that may be created in a Gantt section are determined by the query specified for the Gantt section. Only forms that are allowed for the query can be used to create records in a Gantt section.
The forms that can be used with a query are determined by the value of a field named Form on the Description tab of its specification.
In order to work properly with the Gantt section and its scheduling engine, certain requirements must be satisfied by records used to represent project tasks.
All records that represent project
tasks must have these fields:
- triNameTX
- The name of the task.
- triPlannedStartDT
- The planned start date and time of the task.
- triPlannedEndDT
- The planned end date and time of the task.
- triPlannedLateStartDT
- The planned latest start date and time of the task. This is calculated by the scheduling engine.
- triPlannedLateFinishDT
- The planned latest end date and time of the task. This is calculated by the scheduling engine.
- triBaselineStartDT
- The baseline start date and time of the task.
- triBaselineEndDT
- Planned early end date and time of the task.
- triActualStartDT
- The actual start date and time of task.
- triActualEndDT
- The actual end date of the task.
- triActualPercentCompleteNU
- The task's actual percent complete.
- triIdTX
- The task's work breakdown structure (WBS) code. This is used for sorting the tasks in the Gantt section.
- triFreeFloatDU
- The free float duration of the task. This is calculated by the scheduling engine.
- triTotalFloatDU
- The total float duration of the task. This is calculated by the scheduling engine.
- triPlannedWorkingInputHrsNU
- The planned number of hours of the task.
- triPlannedWorkingInputDaysNU
- The planned number of days of the task.
- triHoursPerDayNU
- The number of hours in a work day of the task. The number of working hours in a day is given by the calendar. If the task has a calendar, the Calendar record has a field named triHoursPerDayNU that gives the number of working hours per day. If the task does not have a calendar, the value defaults to 24 working hours in a day.
Tip: As mentioned in "Gantt sections", the Gantt section contains a panel that has
fields that correspond to the query set in the Gantt section. Most fields that appear here will be
read only. However, the following fields will be directly editable in the Gantt section if included
in the query: triNameTX, triSequenceNU, triIdTX, triPlannedStartDT, triPlannedEndDT,
triPlannedWorkingHoursNU, triActualPercentCompleteNU.
Tip: If you are experiencing issues
with date and time fields displaying the time incorrectly, the following
steps may help resolve them:
- Make sure your operating system is updated and includes the most current time zone patches.
- Upgrade the Application Server's Java with the appropriate time zone patches.
- When applicable, make sure the TZ environment variable has DST set.