Advanced gantt chart

Important

All solutions have access to try advanced charts, but use of an advanced chart in Production is determined by your subscription tier.

The Advanced Gantt Chart displays a schedule with start and finish dates of a project's elements, such as resources, planning, and dependencies.

Usage

Advanced Gantt Charts are used to show project schedules or similar, for example resource planning diagrams.

Examples

Advanced Gantt Chart examples are available in our Showroom. You can view the demo, as well as access the setup in Appfarm Create. Don't have access? Register.

Properties

Property	Description
Data Source	Select the primary data source to display in the chart. Within the project context this would be the task object.
Filter	Apply a filter to the selected data source.
Conditional Filters	Create conditional filters to apply to the selected data source.
Sorting	Define the sorting order of the selected data sources by adding one or more sorting properties.
Display Value	Define the display value (subtitles of each gant line) by binding it to a data source. Within the project context this would be the project name/title connected to the task. If not set, the default property for display value on the object class will be used.
Start Date	Select a data source to display the start date.
End Date	Select a data source to display the end date.
Parent Item	If there is a structure with main tasks and subtasks, select a data source to display the parent item.
Is Milestone	Select a data source of data type boolean to display a milestone in the chart.
Progress	Select a data source to display the progress of each task in %.
Is Movable	Select a data source of data type boolean or set a static value true to allow moving the item on the X Axis.
Start Date Movable	Select a data source of data type boolean or set a static value true to allow moving the start date of the item.
End Date Movable	Select a data source of data type boolean or set a static value true to allow moving the end date of the item.
Min Movable Date	Select a data source of data type boolean or set a static value true to optionally allow to specify the minimum value the item can be moved to.
Max Movable Date	Select a data source of data type boolean or set a static value true to optionally allow to specify the maximum value the item can be moved to.
Enable Group Change	Only available if Same Line is enabled. Select a data source to drag the items to other groups.
Fill Color	Select a data source to use the colors from Enum Values.
Dependency Type	Select between the three dependency types Parent Dependency, Dependant Child and Multi Dependencies.
Parent Dependency	Visible when Parent Dependency is selected. Select a data source to indicate which item must be completed before this item can start.
Dependant Child	Visible when Dependant Child is selected. Select a data source to indicate which items depend on this item. May be used when a single child can have multiple parents.
Relation Data Source	Visible when Multi Dependencies is selected. Select a data source to indicate the relations between items.
Parent	Visible when Multi Dependencies is selected. Select the data source which contains the parent item.
Child	Visible when Multi Dependencies is selected. Select the data source which contains the child item.
Grouping Property	Select a data property to group the data on. Within the project context this would be the project in the task object.
Grouping Data Source	Visible when Grouping Property is selected. Select a data source to group the data on. Within the project context this would be the project object.
Display Value Override	Visible when Grouping Property is selected. Select a data source to override the display value. If not set, the naming property of the Grouping Data Source will be used by default.
Hide Empty	Visible when Grouping Property is selected. Enable to hide groups without content.
Hide Summary	Visible when Grouping Property is selected and Same Line is disabled. Enable to hide the group summary block.
Same Line	Visible when Grouping Property is selected. Enable to display all items of every group on the same line. For example are there lines with projects and the tasks are displayed as named blocks on the same line as the project. May be used when creating a resource management diagram.
Title	Enter a static title or bind it to a data source, function, date now or date today.
Sub Title	Enter a static title or bind it to a data source, function, date now or date today.
Drag Precision	Define the step size in hours used when editing the items by drag and drop.
Enable Color Gradient	Enable to darken the color value.
Default Color	Define a default color for the case that when binding colors to data and the colors for some reason cannot be found.
Sticky Header	Enable to stick the header to the top when scrolling down the chart. If enabled, the navigator will also be sticky as well.
Background Color	Visible when Sticky Header is enabled. Select a background color for the chart.
Current Date Indicator	Enable to display the current date with a slight line through all rows.
Min Date	Select the minimum date for the time scale. If not set, it will adjust to the available data from the data source.
Max Date	Select the maximum date for the time sace. If not set, it will adjust to the available data from the data source.
Enable Navigator	Enable to display a navigator on the X Axis of the chart.
Minimum Range	Visible if Navigator is enabled. Define the minimum window in hours when zooming in. By default, one week is selected.
Maximum Range	Visible if Navigator is enabled. Define the maximum window in hours when zooming in. By default, one week is selected.