Use Gantt view to plan time, manage resources, visualize task Dependencies, and more! Track project progress and resolve delays.

What you'll need

• 100 uses of Gantt view are included on the Free Forever Plan.
• Unlimited uses of Gantt view are included on all paid plans.
• Everyone, including guests, can use Gantt view.

Add a Gantt view

You can add a Gantt view at any level of the ClickUp Hierarchy.

1. Click + View in your Views Bar.
   • You can make the view private by checking the Private view checkbox or pin it to your Views Bar by checking the Pin view checkbox.
2. Select Gantt.
3. Once the view has been created, you can name and customize it using the Customize menu in the upper-right corner.

Edit the time period

Select a time period to display your project by hour, day, week, month, or quarter. 

To edit a Gantt view time period:

1. In the upper-left corner, click the current time period. By default, new Gantt views use the week time period.
   
2. Choose a time period option:
   • Auto fit: Use a custom time period to see all the scheduled tasks in your Gantt view sidebar.
   • Hour: Display tasks by hour.
   • Day: Display tasks by day.
   • Week: Display tasks by week.
   • Month: Display tasks by month.
   • Quarter: Display tasks by quarter.

To zoom in and out of Gantt view, hover over the time period and press CMD/CTRL + scroll while scrolling with your mouse wheel. This also works when you hover over individual tasks. Hold CMD/CTRL while dragging the canvas, you can scroll left and right.

Access your Hierarchy in the Gantt sidebar

Gantt view's sidebar displays every Space, Folder, and List within the Hierarchy level of the view. Click the expand icon to the left of a location to see everything in that location.

You can reorder Folders, Lists, and tasks by dragging and dropping them. When you reorder the Gantt view sidebar, it also updates your Workspace-wide Sidebar.

Create items from the Gantt sidebar

Quickly create new Folders, Lists, tasks, and subtasks from the Gantt sidebar.

To create a new item:

1. Hover over a Space, Folder, List, or task.
2. Click the plus icon to create a Folder, List, task, or subtask.
   
3. Name the item and press Enter on PC or Return on Mac.

Add columns to the Gantt sidebar

To add columns in the Gantt sidebar:

1. In the upper-right corner of the Gantt sidebar, click the plus icon.
2. Select each field you want to add.
3. Resize columns by hovering over the column header and dragging the bar left or right. Columns with a fixed width, like start date or due date, cannot be manually adjusted.

Schedule tasks

Tasks with start or due dates display in Gantt view. This includes tasks in a Done or Complete status by default. You can hide any status using filters.

Tasks without start and due dates can be scheduled from the Gantt sidebar:

1. Expand the task's List.
2. To the right of the task, hover over the time, day, week, or month you want to schedule it.
3. Click Click to Schedule task.
   
4. Click and drag the start and end brackets to adjust the start and due date.

Use Milestones

Milestones are displayed as diamonds in Gantt view.

You can turn a task into a Milestone from the Gantt sidebar or Task view.

From the Gantt sidebar:

1. Right-click a task.
2. Select Task Type.
3. Click Milestone.

From Task view:

1. From an open task, click the task type in the upper-left corner.
2. Select Milestone.

Create Dependencies 

Draw lines between tasks to automatically create and visualize task Dependencies.

When the Reschedule dependencies option is enabled in the Gantt view Layout options, dragging a task with Dependencies will automatically reschedule all subsequent tasks in the chain. 

Create a Dependency

To create a new Dependency in Gantt view:

1. Hover over a task.
2. Click and drag the node.
   
3. Drop the line on another task to create the Dependency.
   

Remove a Dependency

To create a new Dependency in Gantt view:

1. Click the connection between tasks.
   
2. Select Delete.

Track project progress

Determine how close you are to completing all the tasks in any Space, Folder, or List by hovering over the progress bar in Gantt view.

Progress percentage is calculated by the tasks completed divided by the total tasks in the Space, Folder, or List. 

Bulk reschedule tasks

Move an entire Space, Folder, or List to remap all scheduled tasks' start and due dates. 

To move a Space, Folder, or List in Gantt view, drag the progress bar left or right.

Bulk edit tasks

Edit tasks in bulk without ever leaving your Gantt view!

To edit multiple tasks:

1. Hover over the tasks you'd like to edit.
2. Click the selector button to the left of the task name.
   
3. Use the Bulk Action Toolbar to make your edits.

Sort tasks in Gantt view

You can sort tasks in Gantt view by:

• Assignees
  • Assignees are sorted by the number of assignees from highest to lowest. Tasks with individual assignees are sorted alphabetically.
• Date Created
• Date Updated
• Due Date
• ID
• Index
• Name
• Priority
• Start Date
• Status
• Time Estimate
• Time Tracked
• Duration

To sort tasks in Gantt view:

1. In the upper right to the left of the Search bar, click Sort.
2. Choose an option.

Sync task sort order of Gantt and List views

Task sort order of Gantt and List views automatically syncs when all of the following criteria are met:

• The views are located at the same level of the Hierarchy.
• The Gantt view is manually sorted.
• The List view is:
  • Not grouped.
  • Manually sorted.
  • Subtasks are set to Expand all.

Change the color scheme

To change the color scheme of Gantt view:

1. In the upper-right corner, click Customize.
2. Select Layout options.
3. Click Color tasks by.
   
4. Choose one of the options:

• Default: Tasks are color-coded by status. Blue tasks are Active, green are Closed or Done, and yellow are Milestones. 
• Priority: Tasks share their Priority color.
• Status: Tasks are color-coded by status. Spaces, Folders, and Lists are color-coded by type. Milestones are yellow until they are Done or Closed. 
• List: Tasks and Lists are color-coded by the List's chosen color. Spaces and Folders are differing shades of grey.

Customize Gantt view

You can further customize your Gantt view from the Layout options menu.

To open the Gantt options menu:

1. In the upper-right corner, click Customize.
2. Select Layout options.

The following Gantt options are available:

Export Gantt view

Share your Gantt view with others! Users on the Business Plan and above can export a Gantt view as a PDF or PNG.

To export:

1. In the upper-right corner, click Customize.
2. Select Export view.
3. Choose the file type.
   • Optionally, add a header and footer. You can quickly add the project name, current date, or current time from these two fields.