Overlapped Gantt Chart
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Short Description
The Overlapped Gantt Chart is represented by the OverlappedGanttSeriesView object, which belongs to Gantt Series Views (also called Time or Timeline charts). This view displays horizontal bars along the time axis. Each bar represents a separate event with the start and end values, hence these charts are used to track different activities during the time frame (e.g. plan the use of various resources, review the project’s completion in project management, etc.). This chart type is useful when it’s necessary to show activity bars from different series one above another, to compare their duration.
Note
To learn how to exclude holidays and weekends from an axis scale, refer to Data Aggregation.
An Overlapped Gantt chart is shown in the following image.
Note that it’s common for Gantt charts to show the date-time axis (axis of values) horizontally, hence the Gantt chart can’t be rotated. This is the reason why the GanttDiagram.Rotated property for the GanttDiagram is hidden and unavailable.
Chart Type Characteristics
The table below lists the main characteristics of this chart type.
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Series View type | OverlappedGanttSeriesView |
| Diagram type | 2D-GanttDiagram |
| Number of arguments per series point | 1 |
| Number of values per series point | 2 date-time values (Start and End) |
Note
For information on which chart types can be combined with the Overlapped Gantt Chart, refer to the Series Views Compatibility document.
Example
For a design time example on how to create a Gantt chart, refer to How to: Create a Gantt Chart with Task Links.
The following example demonstrates how to create a ChartControl with two series of the OverlappedGanttSeriesView type, and add this chart to a form at runtime. Before proceeding with this example, first create a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio, and include all necessary assemblies to the References list of your project.
Then, add the following code to the Form.Load event handler.
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
// ...
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
// Create a new chart.
ChartControl overlappedGanttChart = new ChartControl();
// Create two Gantt series.
Series series1 = new Series("Planned", ViewType.Gantt);
Series series2 = new Series("Completed", ViewType.Gantt);
// Set the date-time values scale type for both series,
// as it is qualitative, by default.
series1.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.DateTime;
series2.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.DateTime;
// Add points to them.
series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Market analysis", new DateTime[] {
new DateTime(2006, 8, 16), new DateTime(2006, 8, 23) }));
series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Feature planning", new DateTime[] {
new DateTime(2006, 8, 23), new DateTime(2006, 8, 26) }));
series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Implementation", new DateTime[] {
new DateTime(2006, 8, 26), new DateTime(2006, 9, 26) }));
series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Testing & bug fixing", new DateTime[] {
new DateTime(2006, 9, 26), new DateTime(2006, 10, 10) }));
series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Market analysis", new DateTime[] {
new DateTime(2006, 8, 16), new DateTime(2006, 8, 23) }));
series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Feature planning", new DateTime[] {
new DateTime(2006, 8, 23), new DateTime(2006, 8, 26) }));
series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Implementation", new DateTime[] {
new DateTime(2006, 8, 26), new DateTime(2006, 9, 10) }));
// Add both series to the chart.
overlappedGanttChart.Series.AddRange(new Series[] { series1, series2 });
// Access the view-type-specific options of the series.
((GanttSeriesView)series1.View).BarWidth = 0.6;
((GanttSeriesView)series2.View).BarWidth = 0.3;
// Access the type-specific options of the diagram.
GanttDiagram myDiagram = (GanttDiagram)overlappedGanttChart.Diagram;
myDiagram.AxisY.Interlaced = true;
myDiagram.AxisY.GridSpacing = 10;
myDiagram.AxisY.Label.Angle = -30;
myDiagram.AxisY.DateTimeOptions.Format = DateTimeFormat.MonthAndDay;
// Add task links for the first Gantt series.
((GanttSeriesView)series1.View).LinkOptions.ArrowHeight = 7;
((GanttSeriesView)series1.View).LinkOptions.ArrowWidth = 11;
for (int i = 1; i < series1.Points.Count; i++) {
series1.Points[i].Relations.Add(series1.Points[i - 1]);
}
// Add a progress line.
ConstantLine progress =
new ConstantLine("Current progress", new DateTime(2006, 9, 10));
progress.ShowInLegend = false;
progress.Title.Alignment = ConstantLineTitleAlignment.Far;
myDiagram.AxisY.ConstantLines.Add(progress);
// Adjust the legend.
overlappedGanttChart.Legend.AlignmentHorizontal =
LegendAlignmentHorizontal.Right;
// Add a title to the chart (if necessary).
overlappedGanttChart.Titles.Add(new ChartTitle());
overlappedGanttChart.Titles[0].Text = "R&D Schedule";
// Add the chart to the form.
overlappedGanttChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
this.Controls.Add(overlappedGanttChart);
}