Wat is Vibecode Studio?

Vibecode Studio is een Nederlands rapid prototyping bureau dat werkende MRP's (Minimal Remarkable Products), interactieve prototypes en moderne software-oplossingen bouwt voor startups, scale-ups en gevestigde bedrijven. Van idee naar testbaar product in dagen, niet maanden.

Vibecoding is een ontwikkelmethode waarbij AI-tools worden ingezet om snel functionele producten te bouwen vanuit beschrijvingen in gewone taal. Dit maakt het mogelijk om een MRP in dagen te bouwen in plaats van maanden.

Hoe snel kan Vibecode Studio een MRP bouwen?

Vibecode Studio levert een klikbaar, testbaar prototype doorgaans binnen enkele dagen op — afhankelijk van de complexiteit van het idee.

Voor wie is Vibecode Studio geschikt?

Vibecode Studio richt zich op Nederlandse startups, scale-ups en gevestigde bedrijven die een idee snel willen valideren met een testbaar prototype, of bestaande software willen moderniseren. Primair actief in Nederland, ook remote beschikbaar voor internationale opdrachtgevers.

Wat is het verschil tussen Vibecode Studio en een traditioneel softwarebedrijf?

Vibecode Studio combineert vibecoding-technieken met ervaren productontwikkeling om in een fractie van de tijd en het budget een testbaar MRP te leveren. Traditionele bureaus werken met langere trajecten en hogere kosten.

Promo Gantt is a professional Gantt chart visualization for Microsoft Power BI that helps users create timeline-based project views directly in their Power BI reports. It features configurable time scales, milestone markers, progress tracking, and cross-filter support.

How much does Promo Gantt cost?

Promo Gantt uses tiered pricing based on countries: Starter (1-3 countries) at EUR 199/country/month, Business (4-10 countries) at EUR 149/country/month, Growth (11+ countries) at EUR 99/country/month. Annual plans offer approximately 17% savings. Enterprise licenses for unlimited countries are EUR 2,199/month.

Does Promo Gantt work with Power BI Service?

Yes, Promo Gantt works in Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service (cloud), and Power BI Embedded. Your license key works across all these platforms.

How do Promo Gantt licenses work?

Licenses are based on countries where your organization operates. You select your countries during checkout, and each license key validates locally in the visual. You can expand your license to additional countries at any time through the customer portal.

Is there a free trial for Promo Gantt?

Yes, Promo Gantt offers a trial mode with limited functionality so you can evaluate the visual before purchasing. The trial allows you to test basic features and see how it integrates with your Power BI reports.

What is Vibecode Studio?

Vibecode Studio is a Dutch software development company based in Delft, Netherlands. We specialize in rapid prototyping (VibeSprint), MRP (Minimal Remarkable Product) development, and custom Power BI visualizations. Our mission is to turn ideas into working products in days, not months.

Power BI Gantt Chart: the complete guide

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A Power BI Gantt chart is a horizontal timeline visual that plots tasks, projects or promotions as bars across a date axis. Power BI has no native Gantt visual, so you add one from Microsoft AppSource, either the free Microsoft Gantt visual or a certified custom visual with fiscal calendars, milestones, planned-vs-actual baselines and large-dataset support.

What is a Gantt chart in Power BI?

A Gantt chart shows a schedule as horizontal bars on a time axis: each row is a task, campaign or work item, and the bar spans its start and end date. In Power BI it answers "what runs when, and does it overlap?" in a single, filterable view, something a native table or matrix cannot draw. Use one for project portfolios, programme roadmaps, maintenance windows, content calendars and FMCG trade-promotion planning.

How to add a Gantt chart to Power BI

Get a Gantt visual from AppSource: open the Visualizations pane, choose "Get more visuals", and search AppSource for "Gantt".
Bind your task/category to the row well and your start and end dates to the date wells; add optional % complete, group, milestone or colour fields.
Format the timeline: set the zoom (day / week / month / quarter / year), the calendar (standard or fiscal 4-4-5), colours, labels and the today line.

Power BI has no built-in Gantt visual, and the native line, bar or matrix visuals cannot render a true date-range timeline. A dedicated Gantt visual is the only way.

The main Power BI Gantt visuals compared

Microsoft Gantt: free, certified, best for basic task timelines at no cost.
MAQ Software Gantt: free on AppSource, certified, best for resource and milestone views.
xViz Gantt: freemium (Pro paid), certified, best for enterprise and baselines.
Inforiver: paid suite, best for broad analytics and writeback.
Promo Gantt (Vibecode Studio): free tier plus per-country Pro, certified, best for fiscal-calendar timeline planning at 10,000+ rows.

What sets Promo Gantt apart

Overlap detection and auto-stacking: overlapping activities in the same group are placed on separate rows, and M / O / D markers flag multi-brand, overlap/clash and duplicate records, so timing conflicts are visible at a glance.
Up to 3 grouping levels: group rows by up to three levels (for example customer, brand, then sub-brand) with per-level sorting (source, alphabetical or by start date).
Expandable hierarchy (tree): show the top level as collapsible parent rows, each with a roll-up bar and aggregated roll-up progress; click to expand children, or expand and collapse all with one button.
Typed milestones: deadline, gate, go-live and more, each with its own colour and shape.
% progress and planned vs actual: a percentage-complete fill and duration-in-days label per task, plus an optional planned baseline bar beneath each actual bar.
Conditional formatting and heat-map colour: colour bars by rule (fx) or as a numeric heat-map, with up to three colour dimensions and colour-blind-safe pattern fills.
Up to three extra row columns beside the timeline (budget, owner, status) with number formatting.
Multi-zoom and fiscal calendars: from a whole multi-year portfolio down to day and hour level, on standard or fiscal 4-4-5 / 4-5-4 / 13-period calendars, with Working Days and a year-over-year Ghost Mode overlay.
Search plus legend and row-label cross-filtering that drives the report page, near-instant at 10,000+ rows.

Built for FMCG but mapped to any domain: the field wells use FMCG names (Promo, Customer, Brand, ATL), but a "promo" can be a project, work order, booking or campaign, and a lane a programme, asset, vehicle or channel. A second overlay track (ATL in FMCG) adds any related workstream, media campaigns, milestones or dependencies, alongside the main timeline, and event-week overlays highlight holidays, gates, shutdown windows or any key dates.

Where Promo Gantt fits

Promo Gantt is our Microsoft-certified Power BI Gantt visual, a planning and project/portfolio Gantt in one. Built for FMCG trade-promotion planning, where fiscal calendars, overlapping promotions and thousands of rows are the norm, and equally at home on project portfolios, programme roadmaps, maintenance plans and content calendars. Free to use with basic features and a 14-day Pro trial, in five languages (English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish), with all data kept inside Power BI and near-instant interactions at 10,000+ rows. Pro licensing is per country.

Frequently asked questions

Does Power BI have a built-in Gantt chart?

No. Power BI has no native Gantt visual. You add one from Microsoft AppSource, either the free Microsoft Gantt visual or a certified custom visual such as Promo Gantt.

How do I add a Gantt chart in Power BI?

Open the Visualizations pane, choose "Get more visuals", search AppSource for "Gantt", add the visual, then bind your task, start date and end date fields.

Is there a free Power BI Gantt chart?

Yes. Microsoft ships a free Gantt visual, and Promo Gantt has a free tier that is a genuinely useful single-level Gantt with colour-blind patterns and in-bar dates.

What is the best Power BI Gantt chart for large datasets?

Look for a visual that fetches more than the 5,000-row default and stays smooth. Promo Gantt handles 10,000+ rows at 60fps with near-instant group-by and zoom switching.

Can a Power BI Gantt chart show milestones and planned vs actual?

The native visuals cannot, but certain custom visuals can. Promo Gantt supports typed milestone markers and an optional planned baseline bar beneath each actual bar.

Do Power BI Gantt custom visuals work in Power BI Service?

Certified visuals do, and also render in subscription emails and PowerPoint export. Promo Gantt works in Power BI Desktop, Service and Embedded on one license key.