Progress Gantt chart with events

If you need to create a simple Gantt chart, see Creating a Gantt chart or Gantt chart with progress.

In this tip, we will show how to add events in your Gantt chart.

To add the events, do the following:

   1.   Add the events into your worksheet: select this data range, for example, B13:C16:

   2.   Do one of the following to add new data series with data range C13:C16:

• Under Chart Tools, on the Design tab, in the Data group, choose Select Data:
  
• Right-click in the chart area and choose Select Data... in the popup menu:
  

In the Select Data Source dialog box, click the Add button and in the Edit Series dialog box, in the Series values box, select $C$13:$C$16.

   3.   Right-click in the new data series and choose Change Series Chart Type... in the popup menu:

   4.   In the Change Chart Type dialog box, choose the Scatter type:

   5.   Correct new data series:

• Right-click in the chart area and choose Select Data... in the popup menu,
• In the Select Data Source dialog box, select the new data series and click Edit
• In the Edit Series dialog box, correct data:
  • In the Series X values box - the cells with dates ($C$13:$C$16)
  • In the Series Y values box - constant values (for example, {1,2,3,4}):
  
• Click OK twice,
• Change the secondary axis parameters, and then hide it,
• Right-click in the new data series and choose Format Data Series... in the popup menu,
• In the Format Data Series, on the Marker Options tab, select a marker type that you want:
  

You can then make any other adjustments to get the expected look.

See also this tip in French: Comment créer un diagramme de Gantt avec des événements.