go-to?

Skip Mathews

Does Smartsheet have a "go-to" feature for the gantt chart view?

When using gantt chart view and I select a task in the "Task Name" column, if the date of that task is not visible in the bar chart, is there a way I can "go-to" the correct date?

In MS Project there is an actual "go-to" button for this purpose.

I have pasted in a note from the MS Project help to explain what I need...

"A common problem in Project is that the Gantt Chart does not display the bar for the selected task to the right of the task list in the Gantt Chart. Often the screen has scrolled over as the result of another action. In Gantt Chart view, click in the task and press Control + Shift + F5 to “line up” the Gantt Chart with the selected task. In older versions, this was called Go to Selected Task."

Can Smartsheet do this ??

Thank you!!

Shaine Greenwood

Hi Skip—

Smartsheet always aligns the Gantt chart to the grid view when you're in Gantt view. When you scroll through or select a row, the Gantt chart scrolls along side the grid and the bar is selected. 

You can freeze columns to make it easier to scroll horizontally to the date columns: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/504694-freezing-unfreezing-columns

Skip Mathews

What I want to do is this...

When in Gantt view, looking at the grid on the left, and select a task from the Task Name column.

The Gantt Bar on the right for that task might not be visible, I can then scroll the Gantt Bars horizontally left or right to the correct date so I can see the task.

What I would rather do is click on a "Go To" button that auto scrolls the Gantt Bar for that task to the correct date. If I have selected a task that is 3yrs in the past or future it takes awhile to find it. In MsProject there is a "Go To" button that does that for you.

J. Craig Williams

Perhaps a Row Menu items similar to "View Row in Card View" but instead "View Row in Gantt View" which takes the user to the Start Date or End Date.

I'd vote for that. Submit it: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/739aa75f30ca43a8a22eb53e4da7d409

then post your write up here so I can submit it too.

Craig

Shaine Greenwood

Oh I see! Smartsheet currently doesn't have that functionality.

Please follow Craig's post below which describes submitting an enhancement request to our Product team.