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Compatible Products
TIBCO Spotfire®
Provider
TIBCO Software Inc.Compatible Versions
License
BSD
Overview
The Gantt chart is a type of bar chart, that visualizes various categories into time series. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish time in time period blocks.
Gantt charts are often used in project management as one of the most popular and useful ways of showing activities displayed against time. On the left of the chart is a list of the activities and along the top is a suitable time scale. Each activity is represented by a bar; the position and length of the bar reflects the start date, duration and end date of the activity.
Try this mod in TIBCO Spotfire® Analyst
Click the Download button and follow the instructions below the button to open the mod in Spotfire Analyst.
How to open the mod
- Open Spotfire® Analyst, and create an analysis by loading some data.
- Unzip the downloaded file, and locate the .mod file in the unzipped folder.
- Drag the file into the analysis.
- The visualization mod is added to the analysis.
- To learn more about the capabilities and limitations of this visualization mod, see also the Reference Info tab or the User Guide which is also located in the downloaded folder.
For general information on how to use and share visualization mods, read the Spotfire documentation.
Data requirement
To make the Gantt chart work properly, the underlying data must be formatted in a certain way. A data table with at least three columns is required. At least one column must contain tasks names. A second column must contain start dates for each task. And a third column must contain end dates for each task. An optional column to show progress (%) may also be used.
For detailed information on data requirements, the available settings, and an example of how to set up the Gantt chart, see Reference Info.
Help and support
Please note that this Mod for TIBCO Spotfire® is not supported through support.tibco.com. In the event of issues or to get help or to suggest enhancements, please post a comment in the mod's wiki page.
Release(s)
1.0.1 (Spotfire 11.4 LTS and later)
Published: June 2022
- Fixed an issue in viewing mode preventing the display overdues tasks alerts and grey background for week-ends
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Gantt Chart Mod for TIBCO Spotfire®
Version 1.0.1, released June 2022
The Gantt chart is a type of bar chart, that visualizes various categories into time series. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish time in time period blocks.
Gantt charts are often used in project management as one of the most popular and useful ways of showing activities displayed against time. On the left of the chart is a list of the activities and along the top is a suitable time scale. Each activity is represented by a bar; the position and length of the bar reflects the start date, duration and end date of the activity.
Try this mod in TIBCO Spotfire® Analyst
Click the Download button and follow the instructions below the button to open the mod in Spotfire Analyst.
How to open the mod
- Open Spotfire® Analyst, and create and analysis by loading some data.
- Unzip the downloaded file, and locate the .mod file in the unzipped folder.
- Drag the file into the analysis.
- The visualization mod is added to the analysis.
- To learn more about the capabilities and limitations of this visualization mod, keep reading or see the User Guide which is also located in the downloaded folder.
For general information on how to use and share visualization mods, you can read the Spotfire documentation.
Data requirement
Every mod handles missing, corrupted and/or inconsistent data in different ways. It is advised to always review how the data is visualized.
To make the Gantt chart work properly, the underlying data must be formatted in a certain way. A data table with at least three columns is required. At least one column must contain tasks names. A second column must contain start dates for each task. And a third column must contain end dates for each task.
An optional column to show progress (%) may also be used.
Setting up the Gantt chart
In this example dataset, we have six columns: project, task, start, end, owner, completion
| step | task | from | to | owner | completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concept | Groundwork | 07/01/2021 | 07/05/2021 | Cross teams | 1.0 |
| Concept | MVP definition | 07/06/2021 | 07/06/2021 | Product | 1.0 |
| Concept | Effort estimation | 07/06/2021 | 07/09/2021 | Cross teams | 1.0 |
| Development | Back-end | 07/12/2021 | 07/21/2021 | Feature | 1.0 |
| Development | Models training | 07/19/2021 | 07/30/2021 | Data science | 1.0 |
| Development | User experience | 07/12/2021 | 07/16/2021 | UX | 1.0 |
| Development | Front-end | 07/19/2021 | 07/23/2021 | Feature | 1.0 |
| Development | Technical preview | 08/02/2021 | 08/04/2021 | Feature | 1.0 |
| Productization | Code review | 08/04/2021 | 08/06/2021 | Feature | 1.0 |
| Productization | Testing | 08/05/2021 | 08/06/2021 | Test | 1.0 |
| Productization | Texts and documentation | 08/02/2021 | 08/06/2021 | Writers | 1.0 |
| Productization | Beta release | 08/09/2021 | 08/10/2021 | Feature | 1.0 |
| Release | Bug fixes | 08/09/2021 | 08/13/2021 | Feature | 1.0 |
| Release | Final build | 08/16/2021 | 08/17/2021 | Cross teams | 0.75 |
| Release | Deployment | 08/18/2021 | 08/19/2021 | DevOps | 0.0 |
A Gantt chart can be configured to show the evolution of this project by creating a Gantt chart with the following setting:
- Task = 'step' and 'task'
- Start = 'from' with (First) as aggregation method
- End = 'to' with (first) as aggregation method
Optionally we could also use colors to show task blocks by team and use the completion data to show progress. E.g:
- Color By = 'owner
- Progress = 'completion'
The end result will look something like this:
The chart above shows one period block by step and task colored by responsible teams.
Configuring the Gantt chart
The Gantt chart can be configured by setting one or multiple categories of tasks and sub-tasks. Start dates and end dates for each category must be set with aggregation type (First).
Once the Gantt chart is configured and has data provided, you can also highlight overdue tasks or hide weekends. These settings are accessed by clicking on the list of tasks or on the header.
Using the Gantt chart
View mode
Switch to show/hide months and days.
Zoom to details
Use the zoom slider to get a closer look at details in your visualization.
Tooltip
Hover a task block to show a tooltip with its name, start date, end date and eventual progression.
Marking
Click a task block to mark it in the Gantt chart and in all other visualizations that use the same marking. Click a parent task to mark all sub-tasks. Click an empty space in between task blocks to clear marking.
Help and support
Please note that this Mod for TIBCO Spotfire® is not supported through support.tibco.com. In the event of issues or to get help or to suggest enhancements, please post a comment in this TIBCO Community Wiki page.
More information about TIBCO Spotfire® Mods
- Spotfire® Mods on the TIBCO Community Exchange: A safe and trusted place to discover ready-to-use mods
- Spotfire® Mods Developer Documentation: Introduction and tutorials for mods Developers
- Spotfire® Mods by TIBCO Spotfire®: A public repository for example projects
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