This article is a guide for creating a Gantt Chart widget. Follow this procedure to create a table of tasks or projects with the start time, duration, end time, progress, and assigned resources.
To make a Gantt chart widget
- Navigate to Widgets on the MSPbots app menu.
- Under My Widgets, click New Widget.
- Select the Gantt widget type in the New Widget window.
- When the Widget Builder window opens, go to the Basic Setting tab. Provide the following and click Apply:
- Name - Give the widget a name.
- Description - Give the widget a short description.
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Role - Select the roles you want to give access to.
- Next, go to the Dataset tab. Click the Datasouce icon and the plus + button and select New Layer.
- In the Dataset window,
- Select the Dataset containing the information you want to use.
- Give the data source a name and enter it in the Show datasource name as field (Optional).
- For Columns Display
- On the Column Name dropdown, select the fields you want to include in the Gantt chart. Click the button to add more rows.
- Give each row an Alias and select a Business Type for each.
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For Filter
- Click the + button and select Add Condition or Add Group.
- Add all the fields you want to filter.
- Set a condition or logic for each field using the next two dropdown menus. For a guide on each option, refer to What Conditions are Available for Creating Widgets?
- Select a logical operator for the filter group (AND or OR).
- Click Save.
- Click the + button and select Add Condition or Add Group.
- Next, click the Config icon.
- On the Column tab, choose the columns to display in the Gantt chart and select the data source field for each.
- Group - This will group the task name based on the field selected.
- Task Name
- Resources
- Start Date
- End Date
- Duration - Adds days as a unit by default. If the field selected is in hours, divide the field by 24 hours using the button in the dataset window. Refer to Step 6c below.
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Progress
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On the Timeline tab, configure how the dates appear. By default, the dates are shown weekly for the Top tier and daily for the Bottom tier.
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Count - Determines the data that will be shown per unit. For example, if the unit used is day and the count is 2, the data shown will be for Mon - Wed - Fri - Sun, and so on.
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Unit - Select Hour, Day, Week, Month, or Year.
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Format - Choose among the available date formats in the drop-down field.
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- On the Column tab, choose the columns to display in the Gantt chart and select the data source field for each.
8. Click Apply. This will show a preview of the Gantt Chart widget. Below is an example.