# Colouring and display options

Colour work by team, status or phase, and choose what the timeline shows: deadlines, holidays, timeline notes, histograms and row heights.

Language: en
Canonical: https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/colouring-and-display

Every timeline view can be coloured in different ways and can show or hide extra information. Choose team colours to see who works where, status colours to see how work is going, and phase colours to see the big picture. These choices are personal unless a Schedule or Site user has locked them for everyone in [view settings](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/sharing-views).

## Choose how work is coloured

Use the colouring switch in the middle of the toolbar:

-   **Teams** – every work package uses its team's colour. Team colours are set in [Teams and people](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/teams-and-people). A work package with its own colour (set with **Set color** in the Gantt) uses that instead.
-   **Status** – every work package shows its progress status.
-   **Phase** (Takt only) – shades work by phase. Click it to cycle **Off** → **Auto** → **On**. **Auto** draws phases only when you are zoomed out to month columns.

![The Takt view coloured by team](https://support.sitedrive.com/media/help/guide/colouring-and-display/01-colour-by-team.webp)

_Switch between Status, Teams and Phase colouring in the toolbar._

### Status colours

Colour

Status

Light grey

Planned

Light blue

Ready to start

Blue

In progress

Orange

Delayed (not started)

Light orange

Delayed (started)

Red

Blocked

Light green

Open Issues / Completed

Green

Verified

In short: green is done, blue is in progress, orange is late and light blue is coming up next. See [Tracking progress](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/tracking-progress) for how statuses are set.

## Show or hide extra information

1.  Click the eye icon (**Select schedule visualization options**) in the toolbar.
2.  Tick or untick the options you want. The view updates straight away.

![The visualization options menu in the Takt view](https://support.sitedrive.com/media/help/guide/colouring-and-display/03-visualization-options.webp)

Option

Views

What it does

**Progress line** ›

Gantt

Draws a progress line: **Standard**, **Most late** or **Progress percentage**.

**Suggested phases**

Takt

Shows location suggestions for phases not yet placed.

**Deadlines**

All

Shows deadlines. Available to **Refine** and higher.

**Names as abbreviations**

All

Shortens names so more fit on small bars.

**Resource histogram**

All

Opens a histogram under the timeline.

**Reverse location order**

Takt, Line of balance

Flips the area rows.

**Hide empty space rows**

Takt, Line of balance

Hides areas with no work.

**Hide completed packages**

All

Hides finished work.

**Holidays**

All

Shows public holidays and days off as bands.

**Timeline notes**

All

Shows timeline notes as coloured bands.

**Takt slots** ›

All

Shows takt time columns from a takt calendar.

**Row heights** ›

Takt, Line of balance

**Uniform package heights** (Takt only), **Uniform row heights** or **Manually set row heights**.

An option that has been locked in view settings is greyed out with the note **Locked in view settings**.

## Use the resource histogram

The resource histogram shows how much work is going on over time, below the timeline and on the same time scale.

1.  Tick **Resource histogram** in the eye menu.
2.  In the panel, choose what to count by: **Teams** or **Assignees**.
3.  Choose a calculation method: **Work package count**, **Sum of work hours** or **Resource need**.
4.  Drag the panel's edge to resize it, or close it with **Close histogram**.

## Holidays and timeline notes

Holidays and timeline notes are created in schedule settings. See [Working time and holidays](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/working-time-and-holidays). Timeline notes are shown on the timeline but don't affect working time. The eye menu only controls whether they are shown.

## Good to know

-   Phase colouring is only available in Takt. The progress line is only available in the Gantt.
-   In **Status** mode, custom work package colours are not used.
-   In Line of balance, sum work packages keep their team colour in **Status** mode.
-   Row height can also be changed with Ctrl/Cmd + scroll over the row labels.

## Related

-   [Tracking progress](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/tracking-progress)
-   [Filter, highlight and focus](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/filter-highlight-and-focus)
-   [Sharing views and locking settings](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/sharing-views)
-   [Deadlines and milestones](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/deadlines-and-milestones)
-   [Teams and people](https://support.sitedrive.com/en/kb/teams-and-people)