Gantt LWC - Set Project Baseline

Last Modified On: January 9, 2025

Inspire Planner provides you with the ability to set your project baseline. A project baseline is a reference point that captures the original plan for the project schedule. It's used to compare the project's actual progress against the plan, and to help identify issues and areas for improvement. 

Set the Project Baseline

The best time to set the baseline is after the initial planning is done for your project. To set the baseline, click on the Set New Baseline icon within the Project Toolbar on the left.

If a baseline has not been set for the project, select "All Tasks". This will set the baseline for all tasks within the project. If you've previously set the baseline for the project and have added new tasks since, you will then select "New tasks only". Click on Ok to continue setting the baseline.

Please note:

If the project already has a baseline, setting the baseline again for all tasks will overwrite the existing baseline.

The project will display an "Unsaved changes detected" message. You will need to save the project to save the baselines. If you leave the project without saving, the project baseline is not saved.

Show Baseline Task Bars in Gantt Chart

You can view the baseline task bars within the Gantt chart once you've established a baseline for your project. To view the baseline task bars, click on the Show Baseline Task Bars icon within the Project Toolbar on the left.

The light gray bars represent the project baseline while the dark gray bars represent the actual schedule. If the schedule changes for any of the project tasks, you'll be able to see the variance between the new schedule and the original schedule.

If you hover over the baseline task bars, it will display the baseline start date, baseline finish date and baseline duration for the task.

To hide the baseline task bars, click on the Hide Baseline Task Bars icon within the Project Toolbar on the left.

Viewing Project Dates

To see project dates such as project start date, finish date, duration, and baseline dates, navigate to the Details Tab.

Scroll through the page. Look for the section labeled "Project Dates".

• Start Date - This is the project start date. This value is a rollup of the earliest task start date.
   
• Finish Date - This is the project finish date. This value is a rollup of the latest task finish date.
   
• Actual Duration - This is the number of days the project will take based on project start and finish dates.
   
• Baseline Start Date - This is the original planned start date of the project. This is a rollup of the earliest task baseline start date.
   
• Baseline Finish Date - This is the original planned finish date of the project. This is a rollup of the latest task baseline finish date.
   
• Baseline Duration - This is the original number of days the project will take based on project baseline start and baseline finish dates.
   
• Start Variance (calculated by taking the difference between Project Start Date and Project Baseline Start Date) - Represents the difference between the baseline start date of the project and its currently scheduled start date.
   
• Finish Variance (calculated by taking the difference between Project Finsih Date and Project Baseline Finish Date) - Represents the difference between the baseline finish date of the project and its currently scheduled finish date.
   
• Slippage - The number of days the project has slipped against the baseline. This is the difference between the actual duration and the baseline duration. A negative value means that the project was completed ahead of schedule.
   
• % Slippage - defines the percentage the project has slipped against the baseline. A negative value means that the project was completed ahead of schedule.

Please note:

The above fields also exist for each project task. This means that you can report on these fields for both projects and project tasks.