diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/chartresourceusagecontroller.js b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/chartresourceusagecontroller.js
index 4408acee34822413ee363c3e18d55ac3cb1c41ee..8d561e85be224421435fe0dee47d09a82fc9b4ba 100644
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/chartresourceusagecontroller.js
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/chartresourceusagecontroller.js
@@ -61,12 +61,14 @@ chartResourceUsageControllerMod.controller('ChartResourceUsageController', ['$sc
     function updateChartLofarTime() {
         var lofarTime = $scope.dataService.lofarTime;
 
-        $scope.chartConfig.xAxis.plotLines = [{
-            width: 3,
-            color: '#222222',
-            zIndex: 100,
-            value: lofarTime.getTime()
-        }];
+        if(lofarTime.getSeconds() % 5 == 0) {
+            $scope.chartConfig.xAxis.plotLines = [{
+                width: 3,
+                color: '#222222',
+                zIndex: 100,
+                value: lofarTime.getTime()
+            }];
+        }
     };
 
     $scope.$watch('dataService.lofarTime', updateChartLofarTime);
@@ -239,6 +241,5 @@ chartResourceUsageControllerMod.controller('ChartResourceUsageController', ['$sc
     $scope.$watch('dataService.resources', updateChartData, true);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceUsagesDict', updateChartData, true);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.viewTimeSpan', updateChartData, true);
-//     $scope.$watch('dataService.lofarTime', function() {$scope.options.currentDateValue= $scope.dataService.lofarTime;});
 }
 ]);
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/datacontroller.js b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/datacontroller.js
index b56052d410dbf90240d496afab26e799c7fb4daa..4a579bd00e576c4ea2be5a6d5b5edcb20d2d070f 100644
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/datacontroller.js
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/datacontroller.js
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ angular.module('raeApp').factory("dataService", ['$http', '$q', function($http,
     self.selected_resourceClaim_id;
 
     self.initialLoadComplete = false;
+    self.taskChangeCntr = 0;
+    self.claimChangeCntr = 0;
 
     self.viewTimeSpan = {from: new Date(), to: new Date() };
 
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ angular.module('raeApp').factory("dataService", ['$http', '$q', function($http,
 
             self.filteredTasks = self.tasks;
             self.filteredTaskDict = self.taskDict;
+            self.taskChangeCntr++;
 
             self.computeMinMaxTaskTimes();
 
@@ -420,6 +423,7 @@ angular.module('raeApp').factory("dataService", ['$http', '$q', function($http,
                                 }
                             }
 
+                            self.taskChangeCntr++;
                             self.computeMinMaxTaskTimes();
                         } else if(change.objectType == 'resourceClaim') {
                             anyResourceClaims = true;
@@ -447,6 +451,7 @@ angular.module('raeApp').factory("dataService", ['$http', '$q', function($http,
                                 }
                             }
                             
+                            self.claimChangeCntr++;
                             self.computeMinMaxResourceClaimTimes();
                         } else if(change.objectType == 'resourceCapacity') {
                             if(change.changeType == 'update') {
@@ -505,8 +510,8 @@ dataControllerMod.controller('DataController',
 
     $scope.openViewFromDatePopup = function() { $scope.viewFromDatePopupOpened = true; };
     $scope.openViewToDatePopup = function() { $scope.viewToDatePopupOpened = true; };
-    $scope.jumpTimespanWidths = [{value:60, name:'1 Hour'}, {value:3*60, name:'3 Hours'}, {value:6*60, name:'6 Hours'}, {value:12*60, name:'12 Hours'}, {value:24*60, name:'1 Day'}, {value:2*24*60, name:'2 Days'}, {value:5*24*60, name:'5 Days'}, {value:7*24*60, name:'1 Week'}, {value:14*24*60, name:'2 Weeks'}, {value:28*24*60, name:'4 Weeks'}];
-    $scope.jumpTimespanWidth = $scope.jumpTimespanWidths[7];
+    $scope.jumpTimespanWidths = [{value:30, name:'30 Minutes'}, {value:60, name:'1 Hour'}, {value:3*60, name:'3 Hours'}, {value:6*60, name:'6 Hours'}, {value:12*60, name:'12 Hours'}, {value:24*60, name:'1 Day'}, {value:2*24*60, name:'2 Days'}, {value:5*24*60, name:'5 Days'}, {value:7*24*60, name:'1 Week'}, {value:14*24*60, name:'2 Weeks'}, {value:28*24*60, name:'4 Weeks'}];
+    $scope.jumpTimespanWidth = $scope.jumpTimespanWidths[8];
     $scope.jumpToNow = function() {
         var floorLofarTime = dataService.floorDate(dataService.lofarTime, 1, 5);
         dataService.viewTimeSpan = {
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/ganttprojectcontroller.js b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/ganttprojectcontroller.js
index b700480e87555344eb963fac388ee5ce3c0c4bdd..4ad95c83910933dd21a1f5097587c66e45dbf12a 100644
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/ganttprojectcontroller.js
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/ganttprojectcontroller.js
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ ganttProjectControllerMod.controller('GanttProjectController', ['$scope', 'dataS
             $scope.options.toDate = $scope.dataService.viewTimeSpan.to;
             var fullTimespanInMinutes = ($scope.options.toDate - $scope.options.fromDate) / (60 * 1000);
 
-            if(fullTimespanInMinutes > 14*24*60) {
+            if(fullTimespanInMinutes > 28*24*60) {
+                $scope.options.viewScale = '7 days';
+            } else if(fullTimespanInMinutes > 14*24*60) {
                 $scope.options.viewScale = '1 day';
             } else if(fullTimespanInMinutes > 7*24*60) {
                 $scope.options.viewScale = '6 hours';
@@ -221,14 +223,17 @@ ganttProjectControllerMod.controller('GanttProjectController', ['$scope', 'dataS
 
     $scope.$watch('dataService.initialLoadComplete', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.selected_task_id', updateGanttData);
-    $scope.$watch('dataService.tasks', updateGanttData, true);
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.tasks', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.resources', updateGanttData);
-    $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceClaims', updateGanttData, true);
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceClaims', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceGroups', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceGroupMemberships', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.filteredTaskDict', updateGanttData);
-    $scope.$watch('dataService.momProjectsDict', updateGanttData, true);
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.momProjectsDict', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.viewTimeSpan', updateGanttData, true);
-    $scope.$watch('dataService.lofarTime', function() {$scope.options.currentDateValue= $scope.dataService.lofarTime;});
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.taskChangeCntr', updateGanttData);
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.lofarTime', function() {
+        if($scope.dataService.lofarTime.getSeconds() % 5 == 0) {
+            $scope.options.currentDateValue= $scope.dataService.lofarTime;}});
 }
 ]);
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/ganttresourcecontroller.js b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/ganttresourcecontroller.js
index 9b496cadb9a5740491682603ec6675b11f7718a6..f75da077ea7866cc24a0e95f18236f33202dca55 100644
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/ganttresourcecontroller.js
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/ganttresourcecontroller.js
@@ -415,13 +415,16 @@ ganttResourceControllerMod.controller('GanttResourceController', ['$scope', 'dat
 
     $scope.$watch('dataService.initialLoadComplete', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.selected_task_id', updateGanttData);
-    $scope.$watch('dataService.tasks', updateGanttData, true);
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.tasks', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.resources', updateGanttData);
-    $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceClaims', updateGanttData, true);
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceClaims', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceGroups', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.resourceGroupMemberships', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.filteredTaskDict', updateGanttData);
     $scope.$watch('dataService.viewTimeSpan', updateGanttData, true);
-    $scope.$watch('dataService.lofarTime', function() {$scope.options.currentDateValue= $scope.dataService.lofarTime;});
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.claimChangeCntr', updateGanttData);
+    $scope.$watch('dataService.lofarTime', function() {
+        if($scope.dataService.lofarTime.getSeconds() % 5 == 0) {
+            $scope.options.currentDateValue= $scope.dataService.lofarTime;}});
 }
 ]);
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/gridcontroller.js b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/gridcontroller.js
index 421275af2ee5835ef47045a4d583fd2810a6c851..dcf194bd7255923f34ae97c76048a45e868f67d2 100644
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/gridcontroller.js
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/static/app/controllers/gridcontroller.js
@@ -138,9 +138,25 @@ gridControllerMod.controller('GridController', ['$scope', 'dataService', 'uiGrid
     };
 
     $scope.$watch('dataService.tasks', function() {
-        if('tasks' in $scope.dataService && $scope.dataService.tasks.length > 0)
-            $scope.gridOptions.data = $scope.dataService.tasks;
-        else
+        if('tasks' in $scope.dataService && $scope.dataService.tasks.length > 0) {
+            var tasks = [];
+            for(var task of $scope.dataService.tasks) {
+                var gridTask = {
+                    id: task.id,
+                    name: task.name,
+                    project_name: task.project_name,
+                    mom_id: task.mom_id,
+                    otdb_id: task.otdb_id,
+                    starttime: task.starttime,
+                    endtime: task.endtime,
+                    status: task.status,
+                    type: task.type
+                };
+                tasks.push(gridTask);
+            }
+
+            $scope.gridOptions.data = tasks;
+        } else
             $scope.gridOptions.data = []
 
         fillProjectsColumFilterSelectOptions();