Gantt Charts

I've tried the wiki markup above for both examples.

However, I'm receiving the following error on both:

chart: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Requires end >= start. 

Any ideas as far as correcting this?

Thanks.

How do I enable this chart type?

I have confluence 2.5.3 and the bundled chart plugin version 1.8. CHRT-44 says the feature was added for 1.8, but I get chart: com.atlassian.renderer.v2.macro.MacroException: Unsupported chart type: gantt from copy-pasting the example markup.

Greetings:

I have been dabbling with the gantt charting a bit, but in a way that it may not be intended to be used.

Using the Scaffolds plugin, I have added data to several pages (data needed for gantt charting). Then the Reporting plugin is used to report a table. This table is used to generate the chart.

Here is a sample of the chart command with the embedded reporting macros:

{chart:type=gantt|dataOrientation=vertical|columns=1,2,3,4,5|displayData=after|width=1000|height=100|dateFormat=MM/dd/yyyy|legend=false}
{report-table:displayTitles=true}

{content-reporter:spaces=PT|type=page|scope=New And Revised Test area > descendents}
  {text-sort:data:breadcrumb}
{content-reporter}

{report-column:title=Goo}Plan{report-column}
{report-column:title=Parent}{report-info:content:parent}{report-column}
{report-column:title=Project}{report-info:content:title}{report-column}
{report-column:title=Start}{report-info:data:dStart|format=MM/dd/yyyy}{report-column}
{report-column:title=End}{report-info:data:dEnd|format=MM/dd/yyyy}{report-column}
{report-column:title=Percent}{report-info:data:nPercent}\%{report-column}

{report-table}
{chart}

My observations are as follows:

1. The first data line in the table is ignored (not charted)

2. If the all five columns are not defined, a multi-part project is not broken down on a single line. Instead the first part gets the project name and each sub-task gets its own line displayed in the chart.

Important Note I expect that these issues are related to how the table is generated by the Reporting plugin. Neither of these observations are true when the table is entered by hand.

Everything I have tried, creating gantt charts with hand entered tables, has worked exactly as expected.

Those are my only observations at this point.

Hi,

I'm wondering how customizable the colors are for these charts. Specifically, I need to be able to have differnet colors for each sub-interval in a task. i.e, using the Example 2 chart from above, is it possible to have different colors for each of the intervals of the Code task (Initial Code, Tests, Final)?

Thanks,

Steve

Hi

 can I link a chart bar to a page and drill down to the page by clicking on the bar? I'd like to have a plan and actual bar for each project and a linked document giving fuller project information.

Thanks,

Alan

Me again,

it would help to add a [short] description vs a subtask bar - maybe on or just under the bar. Is that possible?

Thanks - Alan

Can you clarify the purpose of the columns parameter? I'm guessing that the gantt chart assumes that the columns will be in the following positions:

1. Category
2. Parent Task
3. Task
4. Start
5. End
6. Percent Complete

So, if you want to exclude particular columns, or reorder them, then you must specify the column number at which each of the above pieces of data appear in your table. Is this correct?

I'm using the gantt chart in conjunction with the Scaffolding plug-in. I notice that the first row entered into a table using the Scaffolding plug-in is never included in the Gantt chart. Any idea why this is the case?

Here is my code:

h3. Tasks
{chart:type=gantt|dataOrientation=vertical|columns=,1,2,3,4,5|displayData=before|width=500|dateFormat=dd-MMM-yyyy}
{table-data:Tasks}
|| Milestone || Task || Start || Days || Percent Complete ||
| {text-data:Milestone} | {text-data:Task} | {date-data:Start|format=dd-MMM-yyyy} | {number-data:Days} | {number-data:Percent}0{number-data}% |
{table-data}
{chart}

The result looks like this. Note that the first row of data is missing from the Gantt chart:

This would be a useful replacement/augmentation for the seemingly moribund ms-project plugin.

The trouble is, exporting from project as xls or csv does not seem straight forward.

Does anybody have the profile/hints for saving from MS-Project into the required format?

Is there a way to create this type of graph (e.g. the representation of how far one has to go verses how far they have currently gone), without using dates?  For example, something like what's at the top of the task marco so you can show someone the progress they have made toward a goal (not necessarily date related)?

I have the same problem with using the gantt-chart with a scaffolding plugin:

h2. Gantt chart with table-macro
{chart:type=gantt\|dataOrientation=vertical \| columns=,,1,2,3,4,5 \| displayData=before\|width=500\|dateFormat=dd-MMM-yyyy}

{table-data:Project}
|| Activity || Start || End || Percent Complete ||
| {text-data:Activity} | {date-data:Start|format=dd-MMM-yyyy} |  {date-data:End|format=dd-MMM-yyyy} | {number-data:Percent}0{number-data}% |
{table-data}
{chart}

Any news on the status of this bug?

I am experimenting with the Gantt chart plugin.  I need to add a couple columns to the standard table so I can track not only the milestone but also who is assigned to it (see below).  Sometimes the gantt chart renders properly even when I add these columns and sometimes it doesn't.  Is there any way I can do this and get the gantt chart to render properly consistently?