Highlight the driving path of a subtask

Use a driving path to better understand which tasks affect another task’s start date.

Who can use this?

Plans:

  • Smartsheet
  • Pro
  • Business
  • Enterprise

Before using the driving path, switch your sheet to Gantt View and activate dependencies.

The driving path is based on predecessor relationships. You can enable it to identify the tasks that affect the selected task’s start date. 

Driving path in Gantt view

Show or hide the driving path

To show or hide the driving path in the Gantt chart:

  1. Right-click a subtask.
  2. Select Show Driving Path or Hide Driving Path.
Show driving path option

When the driving path appears, the tasks outlined in navy blue are the ones impacting the selected row’s start date.