The line connects all tasks with arrows to the left when a task is behind and arrows to the right when a task is ahead of schedule. You can specify a status date or use the current date, or you can specify daily, weekly, or monthly intervals to show progress lines. Progress lines help you quickly scan the task bars in your Gantt Chart to see how tasks are progressing. You can also print the Gantt Chart showing progress lines to report your project's status. Best ways to view task and resource data Microsoft Project offers many different ways to see task, resource, or combined task and resource data.
Different views provide different angles on the data.
You can also attain a greater level of detail using tables and filters. Click to see the most helpful way to track basic task data , work on tasks , costs of tasks , resources' work , or resources' costs . To update all tasks to the current date or a status date Choose Tracking from the Tools menu, and then click Update Project. To set a status date, pick a date in the Update work as complete through box. To show Progress Lines for tasks Gantt chart, and choose Tracking from the Tools menu, and then click Progress Lines.