Background to the introduction of Gantt
Before Gantt was introduced, only Jira administrators could change settings for WBS Gantt-Chart. In addition, although some settings could be fixed for Jira projects, most of the settings were global settings applicable to the whole system.
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WBS Gantt-Chart after the introduction of Gantt
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Global settings, WBS Gantt-Chart Version 8.7.0 and earlier
If you use WBS Gantt-Chart with a pre-existing project or filter, you can use WBS Gantt-Chart with the global settings configured by the Jira administrator, the same as with Version 8.7.0 or earlier.
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