Gantt charts in SSRS 2012 - the chart approach

This post is the second part of a series concerning Gantt charts in SSRS 2012. The initial post was Gantt charts in SSRS 2012 - three approaches to rule them all.

The chart approach is the most obvious solution.
TL;DR: It's a horizontal stacked bar chart trimmed to look like a Gantt chart. If you already know that approach - which can be found widely throughout the net - you can skip that post and wait for the next ones in this series.

Gantt charts in SSRS 2012 - three approaches to rule them all

 Gantt charts are some of the most sought after visualisations in production environments. Fortunately to my knowledge there are at least three approaches in SQL Server Reporting Services of how to create Gantt charts.

Those three approaches also do address specific requirements so that if you know all of them you have a nice and handy toolset for any situation.