How to Create a Gantt Chart in Google Sheets
Learn how to create a Gantt Chart in Google Sheets to use as a simple and powerful project management tool. This video is a useful Google Sheets tutorial for project managers. You can follow it step-by-step, or you can get the free template from the link below:
www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplat...
CONTENTS
0:17 Add Tasks and Dates
0:52 Create Task Dependencies Using Formulas
1:26 Create the Timeline
3:08 Format the Data and Timeline
5:15 Add the Bars of the Gantt Chart using Conditional Formatting
6:33 Make the Timeline Dynamic (a scroll-like feature)
7:27 Highlight the Current Date using the TODAY function
7:57 Add Progress Bars for Each Task using the SPARKLINE function
9:26 Calculate the Start and End Dates for Summary Tasks
9:52 Use the Group Rows Feature to Show/Hide Sub Tasks
10:12 Correction: The shortcut to group rows is SHIFT+ALT+RightArrow
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MORE GANTT CHART TEMPLATES
Another free Gantt Chart for Google Sheets can be found here:
www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplat...
MAKE A GANTT CHART IN EXCEL
Watch our popular video series on how to make a gantt chart in Microsoft Excel:
www.vertex42.com/ExcelTips/ho...
GANTT CHART TEMPLATE PRO:
A more feature-packed version for Google Sheets is available via the Pro package. It includes color-coding, more ways to define tasks and predecessors, and lets you change the timeline from daily to weekly or monthly. See the link below:
www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplat...
MUSIC CREDITS: Pixelate, by Zac Nelson, licensed via ArtList
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Some people don't need to spend $50/month for project management tools and all they need is a simple Gannt chart to track their tasks. You just saved everyone so much money. You're awesome! What a great video
Can I just say this is probably one of the best tutorial videos I've ever seen on youtube. Simple, easy to understand, straightforward, good video quality, not too long. It goes over each procedure in a way that is easy to understand and doesn't over explain. Learned so much from this one video. Thank you, I hope you make more videos in the future.
Wow, what a video: awesome display of skills both with sheets and with video creation. Good speed, good audio, great sheets knowledge applied to Gantt Charts. No wasted time, no unnecessary redundancies. Excellent. Thank you so much.
You have no idea, how much this has helped me out. Working on multiple projects that are very large and complex with very long timelines. This made it easy for me to wrap my head around all of it and clearly communicate that to the team. Thank you very very much for your work! Much love and appreciation.
@bradydegrasse
11 ай бұрын
Hi Bob, How did you add your multiple projects? Example, let's say you had a dozen. Did you put them all into sheet one, or use one new sheet per project? I would love to know how to make multiple overlapping projects (you know, every manager's situation!) be visually represented as such--All happening at once! Thanks in advance! Brady
This tutorial is honestly one of the best I've ever seen for making material relatable and interesting. The entire video passed without me being pulled away to check email/focus on another project because I was engrossed. The use ofgraphics and motion really helps guide the eye and maintain interest, the music choice was unobtrusive but assisted in maintaining interest, and the visual of the shortcut keys was brilliant! Thank you!
@vertex42
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@kelrickds3084
3 жыл бұрын
@@vertex42 Do you have a video teaching how to make a linked subtask within the chart? The way I see it is the phase/task but I'm not sure how to make it make sence to create a phase/task/subtask.I know I'm going to add a column where I can assign subtasks to resources, if I can figure out how to set up the subtasks w/in this chat. I appreciate what youve' created!
Awesome training tutorial!! I was able to create my tracker in no time, this was super easy to follow, nicely explained and great visuals to see what's going on. Thank you so much for putting this together!!
This was a lifesaver! So easy to follow and I can't believe I created my own chart. Stellar!
This is really great! Well presented, excellent info. I've been using spreadsheets for decades but learned a lot from this video!
Greatest. Instructional video. Ever. I had no idea Google Sheets did all of this!!! My team has so many projects that we can use these charts for. I legitimately cannot thank you enough!!!
What a well-explained tutorial! I managed to easily create a Gantt chart like the one in the tutorial and now motivation surges from within to learn more functionality of Google Sheets, which I didn't expect to be almost as powerful as Excel.
I'm in literal excitement over the "group" element. Thank you so much for teaching us this step by step, as always, well done! I've been intimidated by Gantt charts and you explained everything so well. Excited to get started using this.
You have no idea how helpful all your videos are. They have helped me tremendously at work. Thank you for making this amazing material available for free. I am eternally grateful!!!
This was BY FAR THE ABSOLUTE BESTTTT explanatory video i have seen in my entire life. I am stunned at how easy and well it was all explained, i did it perfectly.
What 5 people disliked this video? A free service that is brilliantly done and offers nothing but help. I despair for humanity.
@j9nathanaguilar244
3 жыл бұрын
Nerd
@iwantlee9510
3 жыл бұрын
yeah
@GrayOwl.
3 жыл бұрын
Microsoft Projects disliked. We can't have free things.
@MohamedTraore1
3 жыл бұрын
They are confused, they were trying to download the video. Awesome tutorial!!!
@scubadubba123
2 жыл бұрын
There's always negative Nelly's out there.
Explained every feature of Google Sheets. In 11 minutes. Great work!
The visuals on this are incredible. Excellent timing as well.
Wow, this is the tutorial that I've been searching weeks for. Incredible guide
Thank you so much! I learned so much. Very helpful. I like how you built up a base chart and then added functionality. Also, you're showing all of the various functions was super helpful - especially how you would take a base function and then modify it - this made it helpful for me to not get overwhelmed as I learned.
I’ve been using google sheets for a while and I still learned an insane amount. Awesome tutorial!
Excellent video. Too many people who post on YT, simply wing-it with pauses, mistakes, and other wastes of the viewer's time. Your technique is flawless.
Wow! Simply one of the best and simple tutorials I immediately want to try out. I was actually looking for a simple gsheet task tracker that fits my particular needs but I learned some very helpful features here that I can apply to my task tracker instead of trying to customize a template I previously found. If there is a good gsheet tutorial that can track tasks and do multiple levels of filtering for data like in Excel, I'm all ears!
Thank you so much! I'm into the third week of my new job and needed better project management for the team and myself. I really appreciate the clear and concise lesson.
This is one of the best tutorial I have seen! Good job. Thank you.
Such a super tutorial. Thanks a lot! So hard to find a good and free Gant chart, and you make it easy to understand how to set it up.
first time an educational youtube tutorial has been actually helpful from beginning to end. Thank you so much!
Life saver! This is as straight to the point as it gets! Saved me £££ and the hassle of having to install software. Top lad! Cheers...
I went into this video hoping I could make a Gantt chart on my own, and you made that possible. Thank you for giving me more confidence with Google Sheets!
This is amazing! Thank you so much for a great and super clear video! It is very well explained. I feel so proud of myself for getting my Gantt Chart together!
Wow! That's the best training tutorial ever. I learned more in 10 minutes than never before. Thank you so much.
Thank you for actually providing a guide to create a dynamic Gantt chart within google sheets. I can't wait to begin using this for my upcoming projects!
This is so fantastic! I only have a little knowledge in using google sheets but with your work this helps me a lot. Thank you so much and I hope you continue in giving tutorials to those like us.
This is the best tutorial I've seen in a very long time. It's concise, interesting, and easy to follow. Great job!
This is truly one of the best follow along tutorial i ever used. I got mine magically done within the duration of your video. kudos man! like and sub !
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I Not only learned to make the exact gantt chart I needed. I also learned some new sheet tricks too!
Wow thank you! You went above and beyond just showing us how to make a Gannt Chart
this is so easy to follow! well explained, concise, and effective! thank you!
This is amazing for scheduling group projects and what needs to be done! :)
Thank you so much! Outstanding tutorial. Clear, concise, and to the point! Subscribed.
Thanks for creating this spreadsheet! It would've taken me hours setting it up on my own, so much appreciated!
Probably one of the best and most helpful things I've watched on KZread. Thank you
Very informative and detailed. Thank you very much for the entire series. I could prepare my Gantt chart and present it well further. You have very good presentation and teaching skills. It was very easy to follow. Thank you once again.
Well structured and concise. Brilliant work!
Literally the most helpful Gantt chart video online!!! Tysm
My first ever gantt chart and was able to follow through smoothly! Thank you so much!!!!
Perfect tutorial, clear and not too long. Perfect ! Thanks a lot !
Takes me back. In 1980 we opened a Radio Shack Computer Center and everyone knew nothing about PC's and the company had nobody to train us, so we learned by doing. One young lad, a jerk who didn't like sharing, had found out how to make a simple formula (location = location above + 1) then he selected it and did a smear for where to copy it and hit enter. It was like magic, as the number 1 became a sequence down the page. "How did you do that?" we all asked, as we knew only how to type numbers in cells and noting about formulas or copying them. "Figure it out yourselves". I did and thus a career in computers was born, though I thought the kid who wouldn't share was a jerk. He didn't last long, but I did. How? By doing what I am going here, like you. Setting myself a task then finding others who know how to do it to learn from them. Humility and curiosity never wear out though my brain is a little slower after 42 years.
Thank you so much Vertex42. I just made my Gantt chart using your explanations and guidance. Very grateful.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
awesome! although the only formula I didn't know is sparkline, it was great to see how much you can create on so few formulas. sometimes I struggle to create things in a simpler way and I think this video is a great example on how to do it.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for creating this video. Super helpful!
What a great service you're doing with this videos. It's very helpful!
You're amazing. This is the most helpful tutorial I've ever watched in my entire life. So effective and entertaining too. Thank you so much!!!
Where have you been for all these years?! This tutorial will be useful to ALL SPREADSHEET Beginners! I hope you'll continue this kind of knowledge sharing. Godbless you! 😍😭♥️
I am amazed how someone can explain so much in just 10 minutes!
Thank you for the very detailed walkthrough, I have learnt a lot in this video
This is a super g8 video...learnt and applied. Fact: I didn't know how to create a Gantt chart at all, just did one, thanks to you.
thank you for this. I have no idea how to create gantt chart and been struggling for couple of hours. BIG THANKS man!
Your presentation is so good. You have ability to make complex subject easy to audience. Wish you a good health.
Probably the most crisp and effective tutorial I watched on any subject, ever.
@richardivanmcbride
2 жыл бұрын
174.37% agree 👍 Bravo 👏
Hey I just want to say BIG THANK YOU! Your template and your tutorials are just BEYOND AMAZING. You have helped so many people and I really appreciate your work (slash kindness!) :)
This is really amazing and helpful. Thank you!
Brilliant - the best tutorial to google sheets by far. Well done
This is one of the best tutorial videos I've ever seen
Thx, This video cover what I need for my project management. This's very helpful, easy to follow. :))))
Absolutely one of the BEST tutorials I have seen. Thank you, I learned a TON
Thanks so much for this tutorial. Was spot on, concise, and engaging. Thank you again.
This is the most beautiful thing i've watched in my entire life!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for an amazing tutorial! I really enjoyed this project .
Fantastic video Vertex42! Was very helpful, thanks a lot!
OMG THIS VIDEO BLEW MY MIND, Excellent info, I had no idea this could be done in Sheets!!
This is my current format for my gantt chart.. Awesome Tutorial. Very informative and very easy to follow.
Thank you. It took me time but I finally did it. Thank you. I hope one day I am also resourceful for the community.
Fantastic Channel for Excel charts, thank you so much!!
Thank you so much for this step-by-step tutorial! I am very grateful and can now work on with planning various ongoing and upcoming projects!
This was so invaluable! Thank you for putting this together.
One of the best tutorial seen so far.
Keyboard Shortcut to group rows is Alt+Shift+--> (not Ctrl+Shift as in the video). This was a life saver by the way!
I’m not gonna lie, I went around with some shortcuts to put weeks (since my design project was from Feb-May) but this helped me out so much. It was fun learning new formulas and creating an amazing Gantt Chart!!
@katechannel8
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Christopher, Would you mind sharing how you did this? I am trying to do something similar. Thanks!
@vertex42
2 жыл бұрын
The series for Excel shows how to change to weeks (link in description). Maybe will do this in a future video for the GS version.
I like that you added styling between explanation parts so that we concentrate, rest, then concentrate again
Amazing video, exactly what I needed, a bit quick for my pace but I just paused it every couple of minutes :)
So nice tutor! Thank you so much to provide this nice video! I wathched 5 times and did google sheets 3 times! Great job!!!
Awesome video, you have save my day !! Also, if y'all have tumble with the progression bar (SPARKLINE(C8;{"charttype"\"bar";"color1"\"green";"max"\1}))Worked for me ;)
This was so helpful - thank you!
This Tutorial is just so useful and awesome ! NO regrets !
Amazing tutorial, everything what I need in one place, thank you very much..
Infinitas gracias por el tiempo empleado en hacer este video. Increíble!
This. Was. Amazing! Templates are good until you want to add more rows or do a little customization as per the job. Thank you so much for showing how to build and why you used the commands you did.
So inspiring and it really helps me a lot in term of project planning!
Just so amazing.. thank you for explaining so well.. this is exactly what I needed to add in my project plan for tomo. Thanks a ton !
This was extremely helpful, thank you!
Wow! 🤗 You saved many hours of my time. It is so simple to color the Today's Line!! Thank you so much.
Well presented with your clear step by step guide explanation, thank you for this amazing tutorial
***** FAQ ***** I probably won't have time to answer specific questions, but I'll use this comment for some common questions. If you have problems getting things to work, see the link in the first paragraph of the description to download the template. 0. I can't get [fill in the blank] to work. Have any advice? Make a copy of the template for Google Sheets, accessible via the following page and analyze the template to figure out how it's done: www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/simple-gantt-chart.html 1. How do I ignore weekends? See the related video series for Excel. Similar techniques and formulas can be applied in Google Sheets: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6Omm6SHY6rHnrA.html 2. 10:12 - The correct shortcut for grouping rows is SHIFT+ALT+RightArrow 3. How do I display monthly instead of daily/weekly? See the answer to #1 4. How do you show milestones? If you mean showing the diamond symbol (◆) within the chart, you can do that using formulas within the cells of the chart to display the unicode diamond character. I use that technique in Gantt Chart Template Pro (not free) but it appears more like magic because of the use of spilling array formulas. If you want to display a milestone as a just a different color, that is much easier and see the answer to #1 for a video that shows changing the colors.
Thank you!! this is awesome, clear and sooo full of extremely valuable information!
Amazing tutorial! I never knew I can do all this with google sheets
Great Video, Just what I needed. THANK YOU!
Super helpful and really well done! Great job!
You are a wizard! Amazing tutorial and superb narration. Liked and subscribed
This is really helpfull, i struggle with keeping up on the task i had since i need to work, study, and freelancing. There are times when i focus at one task and forget about another task. I did write my task but sometimes i just forgot the deadline. This tracker help me a lot.
those mouse clicks sure are satisfying. thanks for the vid
This is pretty sick. Thank you.