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Oct 24, 2017

Planner | project templates + timeline (gantt?) view

How do you add a red "today's date" line across your portfolio gantt?

 

I know there is a way to do it - but have no clue where to start!

 

Thank you in advance - I am a bit of an Excel novice.

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  • Hello,

     

    A Gantt chart in Excel is constructed from a horizontal column chart with dates on the X axis. 

     

    A red line for the current date can be achieved by putting a XY scatter chart series with two points on the secondary axis. The trick is that the primary and the secondary X  (horizontal) axis need to have the same minimum and maximum setting. If Excel does not do that automatically you'll need to adjust the setting manually.

     

     

    Let me know if that helps.