GUIDE

Odoo Project Gantt Chart Guide: Plan Tasks, Dependencies and Deadlines

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Projects Gantt Planner turns your tasks into an interactive calendar chart. Drag work to new dates, see dependencies, track progress, and keep your team on schedule – all without technical setup.

By Akash Soni June 16, 2026

Setup Project Gantt Planner

Full installation guide - download, upload, install, permissions, and verify the menu.

Getting Started

Install the app, find your menus, and see your first Gantt chart in minutes.

Opening Your Gantt Chart

All the ways to open the timeline - from the main menu, a project, or a single task.

Setting Planned Dates

How Planned Start and Planned End work, and how dates are filled in automatically.

Moving & Resizing Tasks

Reschedule work by dragging bars or stretching their edges on the timeline.

Navigating And Zoom

Move forward and backward in time, jump to today, and pick the right zoom level.

Organizing with Groups

Stack up to three grouping levels to see tasks by project, person, stage, and more.

Linking Dependent Tasks

Set up "blocked by" relationships and read dependency arrows on the chart.

Planning Sub-Tasks

Break parent tasks into sub-tasks and schedule each one on the timeline.

Searching And Filtering

Use Has Planned Dates, Gantt Overdue, tags, milestones, and saved favorites.

Toolbar Tools

Graph overlay, grid lines, resource panel, critical path, and other visual helpers.

Progress, Deadlines & Overdue

Understand bar fill, deadline markers, overdue highlighting, and filters.

Planning by Project

Use the "By Project" view to see all tasks grouped under each project.

Key features

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Drag & Drop Scheduling

Move task bars on the timeline to change when work happens. Resize bars to adjust how long a task takes.

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Task Dependencies

See arrows between tasks that must finish before others can start. Spot the critical path at a glance.

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Flexible Time Views

Switch between day, week, month, and more. Jump to today or zoom to fit all scheduled work.

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Group & Filter

Organize tasks by project, assignee, stage, or up to three custom grouping levels.

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Progress Tracking

Colored bars show how far along each task is, based on its current status.

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Personalized Display

Choose default zoom, bar colors, weekend shading, and whether to show dependency arrows.