Project Views
Since projects are time-dependent, we have various types of views to present information visually to users.
Besides the common list and report views for Projects and Tasks, ERPNext also offers Gantt, Kanban, and Calendar views for Tasks. You can view them by visiting the Task list and clicking on them through the left sidebar.
Gantt View
The Gantt Chart displays tasks as bars along a timeline with their start and finish dates, duration, and dependencies. This allows project managers to quickly see the progress of tasks, overlaps, and the project timeline easily.
Tasks can be dragged across the timeline horizontally to change their Start and End Dates. These changes are stored directly within the task record. The chart can be customized by enabling you to set a Color field for each task, allowing for improved visual separation of various types or statuses of tasks.
You can change the range of the chart by choosing Quarter Day, Half Day, Day, Week, or Month. If you would like to personalize the chart further and make it more colorful, check out this article.
Kanban View
The Kanban View is a dynamic board on which tasks are displayed as cards under columns that usually represent their status (e.g., Open, In Progress, Review, Completed).
Tasks are easily created within the Kanban interface, in-place edited, and dragged between columns. Columns can be color-coded to specify priority, urgency, or team-specific lanes for improved clarity and task handling. The columns are editable by the user, and Kanban configurations are persisted per user session.
The Kanban View is best suited for agile teams and daily task tracking workflows.
ERPNext displays the Kanban view according to Task status. Status can be updated by reordering cards among columns. Columns may also be color-coded for visual recognition.
Calendar View
The Calendar View shows tasks across the classic calendar layout, showing task marked over the relevant dates. Tasks are located by their Expected Start Date and Expected End Date to let teams see workloads in the familiar calendar format. This view is particularly useful for resource planning, monthly scheduling, and synchronizing team activity with company calendars.
The Calendar View is ideal for organizing and reviewing medium- and long-term tasks and group schedules.
