In the Charts group, click the drop down arrow on the first chart type - Insert Column or Bar Chart. On the Excel Ribbon, click the Insert tab. Do NOT select the column headings in the table - just the data. Press Ctrl, and select the data in the Label, Start Date and Days columns. On the Tasks sheet, select the 3 heading cells - B3:D3. To create a Gantt chart, so you can see the project timeline, follow these steps: Cell D3 is linked to the Days heading in the task table. Cell C3 is linked to the Start Date heading in the task table. To see the new set of heading cells, unhide row 3. To solve that problem, there's a new set of headings, in cells B3:D3, and row 3 is hidden. However, a named Excel table can't have empty column header cells, so we can't clear cell B5, where the "Label" heading is. It's easier for Excel to make a bar chart if only the number columns (Start Date, Days) in the chart data have headings. D5 is text (zero value), so no days are added to the start date. The start date in B2 is greater than zero, so that start date is used instead The heading row has text, so the MAX function and SUM function are used, to prevent errors in cell C6 =WORKDAY(MAX( C5,$B$2), SUM( D5 ), HolidayList) This is the formula in cell C6, to calculate the start date for the first task: days: number of days for the previous task (D5). start_date: Previous task's start date (C5). The formula in the Start Date column uses the WORKDAY function to calculate the starting date for each task. In the Days column, enter the number of days that the task will take to complete - the task duration. That formula is shown in the next section Do NOT type in the Start Date column - it has a formula, to calculate task start dates. In the Label coluimn, enter a short name, to be used in the Gantt chart labels. The next step is to list all the project tasks, in the table on the Tasks sheet, to create a project schedule. You can change that to your project name and start date, at the top of the Tasks worksheet. In this example, the project is named, Create Company Budget, and it starts on June 1st. The table will expand automatically, when you add new items. 
NOTE: To use this sample file for your own project, list all the upcoming holidays that are non-working days for your company. That name will be used in the task list formulas. In that list, there is a named range, HolidayList, based on the dates in column B. To keep track of non-working days, there is a list of holidays in the sample workbook, on a sheet named Lists. With this solution, you don't need to invest time in learning Microsoft Project, or another project management program. With Excel, you can create a simple list of project tasks, and a Gantt chart to show the project timeline. So, for small projects, where you don't need to manage a complex set of tasks and resources, Excel can probably do what you need. for a small project, people want to use Excel, because they have good skills in that program.some people have Microsoft Project, but aren't experts at using it.not everyone has a sophisticated project management tool, or can get one.However, there are valid reasons for making a Gantt chart in Excel:
If you need more information on that program, this link takes you to the Microsoft Project page on the Microsoft website, where you can see its features and pricing. If project management is the main part of your job, you probably have sophisticated project management programs, such as Microsoft Project. There are specialized tools that let you build Gantt charts for project management, so why would you make a Gantt chart in Excel? You can learn more about named Excel tables, if you're not familiar with using them Why Make Gantt Chart in Excel? In the video, the list are built using named Excel tables. There are written steps below the video, with details and screen shots for this technique. To see the steps for creating a project task list and Gantt chart, you can watch this short video.
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