Moving & Editing

planeus offers an interactive and interconnection gantt chart this means you move or edit planning objects in planeus, everything stays connected so your schedule remains accurate and actionable how to moving bars in the gantt charts moving a project, production process, or order all related objects underneath it (like work steps or processes) move along automatically how projects and orders items interact? projects and order items are always calculated as the sum of their parts so if you move a work step beyond the current end date of an order item the entire order item is extended the same rule applies for projects and processes if you move a work step earlier than the current start date the order item shortens this also applies to projects and processes editing work steps you can manually change the length of processes and work steps work steps can be moved to other resources within the same resource group you can move work steps to resources in other resource groups if it is allowed in your settings go to administration > settings \ enable move work steps across different groups selecting and moving multiple items press ctrl + right click to select multiple planning objects drag them all at once to adjust your schedule or right click any planning object to open a context menu where you can select all items to the left select all items to the right understanding different times in a work step in manufacturing planning, each work step has different time values setup and process time (planned time) calculated as quantity × process time + setup time occupied time the total time the resource is reserved, shown as the full length of the bar in the gantt actual time the real time recorded during production feedback you can see all these details in the detail panel of the production order moving work step into unavailable times if you drag and drop a work step into a slot where the resource is unavailable (like due to capacity restrictions or planned downtime), planeus will automatically extend the occupied time to cover the gap example before moving the work step fits neatly within the resource’s available time example after moving the work step now spans into unavailable time, so planeus extends the bar to account for it this way, planeus helps you keep your schedule realistic and avoid hidden conflicts