AL 2022-07-22

Introduction

In Project Planning application, we use many visual cues (icons, colors), which provide you a crystal clear view of what is going on with your project at all times. It helps you to improve your communication and to save your time.

In a single view, you get a lot of information just by looking at the visual cues.

In this post we will review all types of visual cues that exist in the Project Planning app and understand how to use them to get a simple and clear view of the tasks and project status

Visual cues in Tasks View

Let’s review some of the visual cues / visual aids in the Project Planning Tasks view:

*Visual cue*	*What does it indicate*
	Task Priority
	Task risk level & percent complete: Green indicates the task is on time Orange indicates the task is behind schedule (at risk) Red indicates the task is late Gray indicates the task is done
	Indicates the task has at least one attachment and / or deliverable
	Indicates the task is scheduled manually (start and/or end date is fixed)
	A task is in the "To Do" state with a planned start date in the future

Visual cues in Schedule View

Let’s review some of the visual cues / visual aids in the Project Planning Schedule view:

*Visual cue*	*What does it indicate*
	Blue task indicates a task, which is in ‘To Do’ state or ‘In Work’ state with no compression. Bar length indicates the duration of the task
	Dark blue indicates the part of the completed task
	Grey task is a completed task Bar length indicates the time it took to complete the task
	Orange task with single chevron indicates a compressed task. In this case, the task-planned duration is in the lower range of the duration interval. For example, a task is compressed if it has an estimated duration of 10 days +/- 4 days, and a planned duration of 8 or 9 days.
	Orange task with double chevrons indicates a highly compressed task. In this case, the task planned duration in the higher range of the duration interval. For example, a task is highly compressed if it has an estimated duration of 10 days, +- 4 days, and a planned duration of 6 or 7 days.
	Red dependency indicates a not valid dependency, meaning a dependency, which, cannot be met
	Dotted dependency indicates a flexible dependency
	Pin Icon indicates it is a fixed event, either the Planned Start Date or/and the Planned End Date is fixed
	Red icon indicates a conflict between the parent task and the sub task. The parent task has a constraint incompatible with the sub task constraint This is relevant only for Enterprise Projects where tasks decomposition is managed.

The following video contains a sample use case that illustrates the various visual cues in schedule view: