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.

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