MS Project for the web visualize dependencies

Hi  Anonymous ,

This is a common challenge with Power BI. Unfortunately, the built-in Gantt and bar chart visuals in Power BI do not support drawing dependency lines between tasks (like the arrows/lines you see in MS Project). Among the free visuals, there isn’t a Gantt chart that visually displays dependencies with lines.

Here are a few alternatives you can consider:

• You can try using custom visuals like Deneb or Charticulator to create your own Gantt or dependency chart. These tools let you customize visuals and can technically draw lines/arrows for dependencies, but they require some knowledge of Vega/JSON or custom visual logic. It’s a free but more technical solution.
• Most of the third-party visuals (like Gantt Chart by MAQ Software) that support dependency lines are paid, and you mentioned you want to avoid that.
• As a workaround, you can display the “predecessor” information (which task depends on which) as a tooltip or in an extra column. While this doesn’t draw a line, it at least shows the dependency information in a practical way.

In summary, there’s no easy and free way to visually show task dependencies with lines in Power BI. Your options are to either build a custom visual (with Deneb/Charticulator) or show the relationship in data form (like a tooltip or extra column).

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