Configure Grid Columns

Default Column Layout

Out of the box, the Gantt grid displays the following columns:

Column	Content	Editable
Task number (WBS)	Work breakdown structure number	No
Title	Work item ID, type icon, and title (with tree indent)	No
Start date	Task start date	Yes (date picker)
End date	Task end date	Yes (date picker)
Duration	Task duration in days	Yes (number input)
Assignee	Assigned resource	No

Configure the First Column

The first column always displays the task label and cannot be hidden. You can control what appears in it through the Widget Properties > Table > First Column settings:

Parameter	Effect
`FIRST_COL.showId`	Displays the work item ID prefix (e.g., “WI-123:”) before the title
`FIRST_COL.showTitle`	Displays the work item title text
`FIRST_COL.showIcon`	Displays the work item type icon before the label

Set showId to true when users need to quickly identify work items by their Polarion ID without opening the lightbox.

If you only need to see work item IDs in the grid, set showTitle to false and showId to true. This produces a compact first column showing only the ID.

Add Custom Columns

Navigate to Widget Properties > Table > Columns to add additional columns beyond the defaults. Each column has these parameters:

Parameter	Description	Default
`field`	Polarion work item field ID (e.g., `priority`, `status`, `dueDate`)	Required
`label`	Column header text	Field’s Polarion label
`width`	Column width in pixels	300
`align`	Text alignment: `left`, `center`, or `right`	`left`
`render`	Template identifier controlling how cell values are displayed	Standard

Available Column Templates

The following template identifiers control how column values are rendered:

Template ID	Rendering Behavior
`deadline`	Shows dates in red when the task is overdue
`start_date`	Renders the start date with precision formatting
`end_date`	Renders the end date with precision formatting
`owner`	Shows assignees as initials in circles or full names
`standard`	Renders duration values
`progress`	Shows progress percentage rounded to 2 decimal places

Configure the Grid Width

Set the overall width of the grid panel through Widget Properties > Table > WIDTH. This controls how much horizontal space the column area occupies relative to the timeline.

When a user resizes the grid panel or individual columns by dragging, those widths are saved to browser local storage. On the next visit, the saved widths are restored instead of the widget parameter defaults. Users can reset to defaults via the hamburger menu.

Configure Assignee Display Mode

The assignee column supports two display modes controlled by the configuration property:

nextedy.gantt.assignee_column_display_mode=initials

Value	Display
`initials`	User initials shown in a circle (compact)
`fullname`	Full user name displayed as text

Set this property in Administration > Configuration Properties. The first column header contains a ☰ hamburger menu icon that provides quick access to:

Refresh the Gantt data
Drag children toggle
Go to today navigation
Set scale submenu
Column visibility submenu
Help link to the documentation

Verification

You should now see the configured columns in the Gantt grid. Verify that custom field columns display the expected values and that column widths match your configuration. If a column shows empty values, confirm the field ID matches a valid Polarion work item field.

Default Column Layout

Configure the First Column

Add Custom Columns

Available Column Templates

Configure the Grid Width

Configure Assignee Display Mode

Access the Hamburger Menu

Verification

See also

​Default Column Layout

​Configure the First Column

​Add Custom Columns

​Available Column Templates

​Configure the Grid Width

​Configure Assignee Display Mode

​Access the Hamburger Menu

​Verification

​See also

Default Column Layout

Configure the First Column

Add Custom Columns

Available Column Templates

Configure the Grid Width

Configure Assignee Display Mode

Access the Hamburger Menu

Verification

See also