Scheduling Tasks in ASP.NET CORE Gantt component
9 Jan 202320 minutes to read
Duration units
In Gantt, the task’s duration value can be measured by the following duration units,
- Day
- Hour
- Minute
In Gantt, we can define duration unit for whole project by using durationUnit property, when we defines the value for this property, this unit will be applied for all task which don’t has duration unit value. And each task in the project can be defined with different duration units and the duration unit of a task can be defined by the following ways,
- Using
taskFields.durationUnitproperty, to map the duration unit data source field. - Defining the duration unit value along with the duration field in the data source.
Mapping the duration unit field
The below code snippet explains the mapping of duration unit data source field to the Gantt control using the taskFields.durationUnit property.
<ejs-gantt id='Gantt' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource" height="450px">
<e-gantt-taskfields id="TaskId" name="TaskName" startDate="StartDate"
endDate="EndDate" duration="Duration" durationUnit="DurationUnit" progress="Progress" child="SubTasks">
</e-gantt-taskfields>
</ejs-gantt>public IActionResult Index()
{
ViewBag.DataSource = ganttData();
return View();
}
public static List<GanttDataSource> ganttData()
{
List<GanttDataSource> GanttDataSourceCollection = new List<GanttDataSource>();
GanttDataSource Record1 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 1,
TaskName = "Project initiation",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
EndDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 21),
SubTasks = new List<GanttDataSource>(),
};
GanttDataSource Child1 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 2,
TaskName = "Identify site location",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
Duration = 4,
Progress = 70,
DurationUnit="day"
};
GanttDataSource Child2 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 3,
TaskName = "Perform soil test",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
Duration = 16,
Progress = 50,
DurationUnit = "hour"
};
GanttDataSource Child3 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 4,
TaskName = "Soil test approval",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
Duration = 480,
Progress = 50,
DurationUnit = "minute"
};
Record1.SubTasks.Add(Child1);
Record1.SubTasks.Add(Child2);
Record1.SubTasks.Add(Child3);
GanttDataSource Record2 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 5,
TaskName = "Project estimation",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
EndDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 21),
SubTasks = new List<GanttDataSource>()
};
GanttDataSource Child4 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 6,
TaskName = "Develop floor plan for estimation",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 04),
Duration = 24,
Progress = 70,
DurationUnit = "hour"
};
GanttDataSource Child5 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 7,
TaskName = "List materials",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 04),
Duration = 3,
Progress = 50,
DurationUnit = "day"
};
Record2.SubTasks.Add(Child4);
Record2.SubTasks.Add(Child5);
GanttDataSourceCollection.Add(Record1);
GanttDataSourceCollection.Add(Record2);
return GanttDataSourceCollection;
}
public class GanttDataSource
{
public int TaskId { get; set; }
public string TaskName { get; set; }
public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }
public DateTime EndDate { get; set; }
public int? Duration { get; set; }
public int Progress { get; set; }
public string DurationUnit { get; set; }
public List<GanttDataSource> SubTasks { get; set; }
}
NOTE
The default value of the
durationUnitproperty isday.
Defining duration unit along with duration field
Duration units for the tasks can also be defined along with the duration values, the below code snippet explains the duration unit for a task along with duration value,
<ejs-gantt id='Gantt' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource" height="450px">
<e-gantt-taskfields id="TaskId" name="TaskName" startDate="StartDate"
endDate="EndDate" duration="Duration" progress="Progress" child="SubTasks">
</e-gantt-taskfields>
</ejs-gantt>public IActionResult Index()
{
ViewBag.DataSource = ganttData();
return View();
}
public static List<GanttDataSource> ganttData()
{
List<GanttDataSource> GanttDataSourceCollection = new List<GanttDataSource>();
GanttDataSource Record1 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 1,
TaskName = "Project initiation",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
EndDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 21),
SubTasks = new List<GanttDataSource>(),
};
GanttDataSource Child1 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 2,
TaskName = "Identify site location",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
Duration = "3days",
Progress = 70,
};
GanttDataSource Child2 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 3,
TaskName = "Perform soil test",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
Duration = "12hours",
Progress = 50
};
GanttDataSource Child3 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 4,
TaskName = "Soil test approval",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
Duration = "1800minutes",
Progress = 50
};
Record1.SubTasks.Add(Child1);
Record1.SubTasks.Add(Child2);
Record1.SubTasks.Add(Child3);
GanttDataSource Record2 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 5,
TaskName = "Project estimation",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 02),
EndDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 21),
SubTasks = new List<GanttDataSource>()
};
GanttDataSource Child4 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 6,
TaskName = "Develop floor plan for estimation",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 04),
Duration = "480minutes",
Progress = 70
};
GanttDataSource Child5 = new GanttDataSource()
{
TaskId = 7,
TaskName = "List materials",
StartDate = new DateTime(2019, 04, 04),
Duration = "3days",
Progress = 50
};
Record2.SubTasks.Add(Child4);
Record2.SubTasks.Add(Child5);
GanttDataSourceCollection.Add(Record1);
GanttDataSourceCollection.Add(Record2);
return GanttDataSourceCollection;
}
public class GanttDataSource
{
public int TaskId { get; set; }
public string TaskName { get; set; }
public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }
public DateTime EndDate { get; set; }
public string Duration { get; set; }
public int Progress { get; set; }
public List<GanttDataSource> SubTasks { get; set; }
}
NOTE
The edit type of the duration column in Gantt is string, to support editing the duration field along with duration units.