Gantt column settings

Accessing column settings

Navigate to the Cog icon (at the top-right corner) > Gantt configuration > Column (on the left).

The settings on this page are applied when the user initially displays the gantt.
As each user changes the order and width of the columns, the state is saved.

Standard columns

You can set the width and display for standard columns in WBS Gantt-Chart by following these steps.

  1. Click Edit on the right-hand side of the screen.

  2. Change the width and display setting of each column in the displayed dialog.

  3. Click Update.

The list of column types below shows which settings (width and display) can be changed.

Column

Change width

Change display

Column

Change width

Change display

Alert

Project / Version / Issue

Key

Assignee

Units

Priority

Status

Start Date

Finish Date

Duration

Manual Mode

Percent Done



Extra columns

System fields and custom fields that are not displayed in WBS by default, such as Created or Resolution can be displayed and edited as required. Added fields are shown to the right of % Done.

Available additional columns

System fields

The available system fields are shown below:

Field

Edit

Field

Edit

Reporter

Affects Version/s

Fix Version/s

Created

Updated

Due Date

Component/s

Security Level

Labels

Original Estimate

Time Spent

Remaining Estimate

Resolution

Project

Environment

Votes

Watchers

Description

Work Ratio



Custom fields

All custom fields can be added. The field types which are automatically recognized by WBS Gantt-Chart (displayed and edited correctly) are shown below:

Field Type

Edit

Field Type

Edit

Date Picker

Date Time Picker

Number Field

Text Field (single line)

Text Field (multi-line)

URL Field

Text Field (read only)

Version Picker (single version)

Version Picker (multiple versions)

User Picker (single user)

User Picker (multiple users)

Sprint (Jira Software)



Adding a column to display

To add a column to display:

  1. Select Column in the WBS Gantt-Chart add-on section (WBS Gantt-Chart Column Configuration).

  2. Select the field to add from the Adding Field dropdown menu.

  3. Click Add

Editing columns

To edit a column:

  1. Click Edit in the Operations column.

  2. Edit the field.

  3. Click Update.
     

The descriptions for each field are shown below.

Field

Description

Field

Description

Field

The column field

Type

Type of field
Auto Detect: Detected automatically by a field
Default: Sort as Text
Number: Sort as Number

Edit

Setting as Yes enables field to be edited on WBS
Read-only fields cannot be set to Yes

Width Display

Default column width

Display/Hidden

Display/Hidden - default setting

Width and Display/Hidden are default settings. If a setting is edited, the updated setting is prioritized as the standard field.

Changing column display order

Click Forward or Backward on the field row to change the order in which columns are displayed. The WBS display shows the columns in the order of the field list.

Deleting a column from the WBS display

Click Delete on the row to be deleted. The field will be deleted and also hidden in the WBS display.