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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  • @mohammadhasani5499
    @mohammadhasani54993 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @JustinFranzUy
    @JustinFranzUy26 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @w.v.1833
    @w.v.18333 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Bob-jn8jt
    @Bob-jn8jt3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

  • @kelrickds3084
    @kelrickds30843 жыл бұрын

    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

    @vertex42

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @kelrickds3084

    @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!

  • @patriciasames5000
    @patriciasames50003 жыл бұрын

    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!!

  • @samanthabenson6951
    @samanthabenson69512 жыл бұрын

    This was a lifesaver! So easy to follow and I can't believe I created my own chart. Stellar!

  • @drp2792
    @drp27923 жыл бұрын

    This is really great! Well presented, excellent info. I've been using spreadsheets for decades but learned a lot from this video!

  • @clifmassey1300
    @clifmassey13002 жыл бұрын

    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!!!

  • @evgeniizorin5716
    @evgeniizorin5716 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @angelinasepulveda2160
    @angelinasepulveda21603 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lydiasfontouri3466
    @lydiasfontouri3466 Жыл бұрын

    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!!!

  • @andreafernandez6464
    @andreafernandez64643 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @robinmcgrother
    @robinmcgrother3 жыл бұрын

    What 5 people disliked this video? A free service that is brilliantly done and offers nothing but help. I despair for humanity.

  • @j9nathanaguilar244

    @j9nathanaguilar244

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nerd

  • @iwantlee9510

    @iwantlee9510

    3 жыл бұрын

    yeah

  • @GrayOwl.

    @GrayOwl.

    3 жыл бұрын

    Microsoft Projects disliked. We can't have free things.

  • @MohamedTraore1

    @MohamedTraore1

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are confused, they were trying to download the video. Awesome tutorial!!!

  • @scubadubba123

    @scubadubba123

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's always negative Nelly's out there.

  • @retardbuster1498
    @retardbuster14983 жыл бұрын

    Explained every feature of Google Sheets. In 11 minutes. Great work!

  • @adamedison6831
    @adamedison68313 жыл бұрын

    The visuals on this are incredible. Excellent timing as well.

  • @catrionarasdale
    @catrionarasdale3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, this is the tutorial that I've been searching weeks for. Incredible guide

  • @livingroomc
    @livingroomc2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @aaron7c
    @aaron7c2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been using google sheets for a while and I still learned an insane amount. Awesome tutorial!

  • @hcdebey
    @hcdebey Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kdnguyen99
    @kdnguyen993 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @bohannakin1
    @bohannakin12 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @marcusnikander4535
    @marcusnikander45353 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best tutorial I have seen! Good job. Thank you.

  • @DriniNosi
    @DriniNosi3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @hikmatlawal3110
    @hikmatlawal31103 жыл бұрын

    first time an educational youtube tutorial has been actually helpful from beginning to end. Thank you so much!

  • @mubafaw
    @mubafaw2 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @ellinooridashwood
    @ellinooridashwood Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @kleinermary
    @kleinermary3 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @angelamouraocorcino5638
    @angelamouraocorcino56382 жыл бұрын

    Wow! That's the best training tutorial ever. I learned more in 10 minutes than never before. Thank you so much.

  • @nancypuckett3848
    @nancypuckett3848 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @NanielAbanto
    @NanielAbanto Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @KhoaNguyen-mg3qp
    @KhoaNguyen-mg3qp11 ай бұрын

    This is the best tutorial I've seen in a very long time. It's concise, interesting, and easy to follow. Great job!

  • @RWatsonChung
    @RWatsonChung3 жыл бұрын

    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 !

  • @acageybeard6478
    @acageybeard64783 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @ryanmatthews6790
    @ryanmatthews67903 жыл бұрын

    Wow thank you! You went above and beyond just showing us how to make a Gannt Chart

  • @frauleinenriquez4915
    @frauleinenriquez49153 жыл бұрын

    this is so easy to follow! well explained, concise, and effective! thank you!

  • @ruby2bubbles
    @ruby2bubbles3 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing for scheduling group projects and what needs to be done! :)

  • @learningstuff5679
    @learningstuff56792 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! Outstanding tutorial. Clear, concise, and to the point! Subscribed.

  • @tomerhelzer
    @tomerhelzer Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for creating this spreadsheet! It would've taken me hours setting it up on my own, so much appreciated!

  • @tihouweepu
    @tihouweepu2 жыл бұрын

    Probably one of the best and most helpful things I've watched on KZread. Thank you

  • @gracyluvsyou
    @gracyluvsyou Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rayc4050
    @rayc40502 жыл бұрын

    Well structured and concise. Brilliant work!

  • @janettekim7638
    @janettekim76384 жыл бұрын

    Literally the most helpful Gantt chart video online!!! Tysm

  • @srose00333
    @srose0033310 ай бұрын

    My first ever gantt chart and was able to follow through smoothly! Thank you so much!!!!

  • @MaralSabbagh
    @MaralSabbagh2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect tutorial, clear and not too long. Perfect ! Thanks a lot !

  • @chascoleman6689
    @chascoleman6689 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sylivingumisiriza7781
    @sylivingumisiriza778110 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much Vertex42. I just made my Gantt chart using your explanations and guidance. Very grateful.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @pedrolapenta37
    @pedrolapenta372 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Chhabra_Shivani
    @Chhabra_Shivani2 жыл бұрын

    This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for creating this video. Super helpful!

  • @pranjalsingh9154
    @pranjalsingh91543 жыл бұрын

    What a great service you're doing with this videos. It's very helpful!

  • @ManaChunsuttiwat
    @ManaChunsuttiwatАй бұрын

    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!!!

  • @junnaaquino2510
    @junnaaquino2510 Жыл бұрын

    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! 😍😭♥️

  • @FernandoFischer6048
    @FernandoFischer6048 Жыл бұрын

    I am amazed how someone can explain so much in just 10 minutes!

  • @kolawoleladejobi6155
    @kolawoleladejobi61553 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the very detailed walkthrough, I have learnt a lot in this video

  • @chandinisujeebun52
    @chandinisujeebun522 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sunnysideup2881
    @sunnysideup28813 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this. I have no idea how to create gantt chart and been struggling for couple of hours. BIG THANKS man!

  • @tarekmahmud7206
    @tarekmahmud720613 күн бұрын

    Your presentation is so good. You have ability to make complex subject easy to audience. Wish you a good health.

  • @Avinash4369
    @Avinash43692 жыл бұрын

    Probably the most crisp and effective tutorial I watched on any subject, ever.

  • @richardivanmcbride

    @richardivanmcbride

    2 жыл бұрын

    174.37% agree 👍 Bravo 👏

  • @user-jo4il8wf5t
    @user-jo4il8wf5t5 ай бұрын

    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!) :)

  • @jinyunghong
    @jinyunghong3 жыл бұрын

    This is really amazing and helpful. Thank you!

  • @dlachine101
    @dlachine1013 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant - the best tutorial to google sheets by far. Well done

  • @GOhimself
    @GOhimself3 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best tutorial videos I've ever seen

  • @zainzeta
    @zainzeta3 жыл бұрын

    Thx, This video cover what I need for my project management. This's very helpful, easy to follow. :))))

  • @user-ge5ht2vg8k
    @user-ge5ht2vg8k7 ай бұрын

    Absolutely one of the BEST tutorials I have seen. Thank you, I learned a TON

  • @CritAcademy
    @CritAcademy Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for this tutorial. Was spot on, concise, and engaging. Thank you again.

  • @abbieninson
    @abbieninson Жыл бұрын

    This is the most beautiful thing i've watched in my entire life!

  • @natasjadorothy5425
    @natasjadorothy54252 жыл бұрын

    From the bottom of my heart, thank you for an amazing tutorial! I really enjoyed this project .

  • @sabinaabdullaeva3338
    @sabinaabdullaeva33383 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video Vertex42! Was very helpful, thanks a lot!

  • @kaydeekreitlow4386
    @kaydeekreitlow43862 жыл бұрын

    OMG THIS VIDEO BLEW MY MIND, Excellent info, I had no idea this could be done in Sheets!!

  • @michaelanciro4761
    @michaelanciro4761 Жыл бұрын

    This is my current format for my gantt chart.. Awesome Tutorial. Very informative and very easy to follow.

  • @RahulGupta-mi2uu
    @RahulGupta-mi2uu Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. It took me time but I finally did it. Thank you. I hope one day I am also resourceful for the community.

  • @jeangreen432
    @jeangreen4323 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic Channel for Excel charts, thank you so much!!

  • @KairiJoesalu
    @KairiJoesalu Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @cheryllawrence6888
    @cheryllawrence688811 ай бұрын

    This was so invaluable! Thank you for putting this together.

  • @karankathuria6054
    @karankathuria60543 жыл бұрын

    One of the best tutorial seen so far.

  • @techy-ski
    @techy-ski3 жыл бұрын

    Keyboard Shortcut to group rows is Alt+Shift+--> (not Ctrl+Shift as in the video). This was a life saver by the way!

  • @BlueSkyde
    @BlueSkyde2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @katechannel8

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Christopher, Would you mind sharing how you did this? I am trying to do something similar. Thanks!

  • @vertex42

    @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.

  • @Archzed
    @Archzed10 ай бұрын

    I like that you added styling between explanation parts so that we concentrate, rest, then concentrate again

  • @sineadgoodwin7496
    @sineadgoodwin74962 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video, exactly what I needed, a bit quick for my pace but I just paused it every couple of minutes :)

  • @wellsyee4415
    @wellsyee44153 жыл бұрын

    So nice tutor! Thank you so much to provide this nice video! I wathched 5 times and did google sheets 3 times! Great job!!!

  • @aurorehector2948
    @aurorehector29483 жыл бұрын

    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 ;)

  • @aman176
    @aman1765 ай бұрын

    This was so helpful - thank you!

  • @danielleetzehou9900
    @danielleetzehou99003 жыл бұрын

    This Tutorial is just so useful and awesome ! NO regrets !

  • @gocurt
    @gocurt3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing tutorial, everything what I need in one place, thank you very much..

  • @alirioperalta7855
    @alirioperalta78553 жыл бұрын

    Infinitas gracias por el tiempo empleado en hacer este video. Increíble!

  • @David-nm8pz
    @David-nm8pz2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @karyeeliew8750
    @karyeeliew8750 Жыл бұрын

    So inspiring and it really helps me a lot in term of project planning!

  • @jaskirank4137
    @jaskirank4137 Жыл бұрын

    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 !

  • @aliciacarabarin5004
    @aliciacarabarin50042 ай бұрын

    This was extremely helpful, thank you!

  • @TeSageDS
    @TeSageDS2 жыл бұрын

    Wow! 🤗 You saved many hours of my time. It is so simple to color the Today's Line!! Thank you so much.

  • @falconxts2873
    @falconxts28733 жыл бұрын

    Well presented with your clear step by step guide explanation, thank you for this amazing tutorial

  • @vertex42
    @vertex423 жыл бұрын

    ***** 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.

  • @calico27
    @calico273 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! this is awesome, clear and sooo full of extremely valuable information!

  • @yensiskos
    @yensiskos2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing tutorial! I never knew I can do all this with google sheets

  • @overspeedrc
    @overspeedrc2 жыл бұрын

    Great Video, Just what I needed. THANK YOU!

  • @jimdowers138
    @jimdowers1383 жыл бұрын

    Super helpful and really well done! Great job!

  • @heysamesam
    @heysamesam3 жыл бұрын

    You are a wizard! Amazing tutorial and superb narration. Liked and subscribed

  • @tahukahkamu1345
    @tahukahkamu1345 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jecosci
    @jecosci3 жыл бұрын

    those mouse clicks sure are satisfying. thanks for the vid

  • @Allen-qs2xr
    @Allen-qs2xr Жыл бұрын

    This is pretty sick. Thank you.