All New Gantt in ERPNext

ERPNext gets a shiny new Gantt chart.

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Gantt chart is a type of bar chart to visualize the timeline of a project. It provides an overall view of the project's execution. It makes Project Management easier. Any ERP software is incomplete without it.

ERPNext also comes with a Gantt chart for project management. It is based on jQuery.Gantt. But it has some drawbacks.
  1. The tasks are not editable.
  2. Scrolling across the timeline is not very intuitive.
  3. You can not apply filters to the Gantt view.
  4. Its looks doesn't complement ERPNext's design.
Here's what it looks like:


We started looking for alternatives offered by Google and DHTMLX but sadly they weren't open source. Why not make it ourselves. The idea resulted into something which looks like this:


You can hold and drag the ends to adjust the start and end dates.


You can also move the bar as a whole to shift the time slot.


It comes with multiple view modes to drill up or down the timeline.


The Gantt Chart is supported by all DocTypes having a start and end date. Some of them are 
  • Task
  • Event
  • Timesheet
  • Production Order
  • Sales Order
  • Course Schedule
Looking forward to your feedback!
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Faris Ansari

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Sivaraman 2 years ago

Hi, The Gant Chart is a great work. My 2 cents to it is

  1. When the number of tasks are more then the chart grows down words which is difficult to review. So the chart should have a logical height fixed (with respect to browser height).
  2. And there should be vertical scrolling so that the header can be refereed always.

Thank and Regards

J
John Longland 2 years ago

Hi. I see in this post that Gant charts can be applied for production orders. I am trying to do just that ( via production plan) but I cannot see how. Could you assist please ?

THanks