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Lanes guide
The whole plan on one page, and what decides the end date.
Fields
| Field well | What to put in it |
|---|---|
| Task | One row per task or milestone. |
| Start and End | The first and last day. A task without an End is a milestone. If your End is the day after the task, say so in Format › Layout. |
| Lane | Optional: the lane each task sits in, such as phase or team. |
| Progress | Optional: how much is done, 0 to 1 or 0 to 100. |
| Depends on (Pro) | The tasks that must finish first, by name, separated by commas. Write SS, FF or SF after a name for start-to-start, finish-to-finish or start-to-finish links. |
| Task id | Optional: a unique id when task names repeat. Depends on can use it. |
| Planned start and Planned end (Pro) | The baseline dates. |
| Tooltips | Optional: more measures to show on hover. |
Set it up
- Add Lanes to the report page (see Install the visuals) and drag in the fields above.
- In Format › Time axis, pick the scale (fitted, or scrolling by days, weeks, months, quarters or years), and set the date of the today line if the report shows the plan as of a status date.
- In Format › Layout, put the task names next to the bars or in a column on the left.
In the report
- Hover a task for its lane, dates, length in days and working days, and progress; with Pro also its planned dates, how many days it is late, what it depends on and its float.
- Click a task to filter the rest of the report, Ctrl+click for several, or click a folded lane to pick all its tasks.
- A selection in another visual dims the tasks that don’t match and keeps the whole plan in view.
- Light or dark background, the report’s theme colours (one per lane) and high-contrast mode.
- Tab to the lane names (Enter folds a lane) and into the tasks, move with the arrow keys, Enter to select, Escape to clear. Screen readers hear each task with its dates.
- The format pane, the axis and messages are in English and Norwegian.
Pro features
- Dependency arrows: finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish, start-to-finish
- Critical path: the tasks that decide the end date, with float per task
- Planned dates: a baseline bar under each task, and how many days it is late
Pro features need a licence key for Lanes or Everything, or a 14-day trial key. Without a valid key, Lanes shows the free version, with no arrows, critical path or planned bars, with a short notice above the chart and a “Try Pro free” button. Everything else keeps working. See Add your licence key.
Something not right?
Check Questions and answers, or write to support@getgrafpoint.com saying which visual and where the report runs (Desktop, the Power BI service or Report Server), with a screenshot made with sample data.