Adding new tasks in Vue Gantt component

11 Jun 202424 minutes to read

Tasks can be dynamically added to the Gantt project by enabling the editSettings.allowAdding property.

Toolbar

A row can be added to the Gantt component from the toolbar while the editSettings.allowAdding property is set to true. On clicking the toolbar add icon, you should provide the task information in the add dialog.

<template>
     <div>
        <ejs-gantt ref='gantt' id="GanttContainer" :dataSource="data" :taskFields = "taskFields" :height = "height" :toolbar="toolbar" :editSettings= "editSettings"></ejs-gantt>
    </div>
</template>
<script setup>
import { provide } from "vue";
import { GanttComponent as EjsGantt, Edit, Toolbar } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-gantt";
const data = [
    {
        TaskID: 1,
        TaskName: 'Project Initiation',
        StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
        EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
        subtasks: [
            {  TaskID: 2, TaskName: 'Identify Site location', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50 },
            { TaskID: 3, TaskName: 'Perform Soil test', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50  },
            { TaskID: 4, TaskName: 'Soil test approval', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50 },
        ]
    },
    {
        TaskID: 5,
        TaskName: 'Project Estimation',
        StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
        EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
        subtasks: [
            { TaskID: 6, TaskName: 'Develop floor plan for estimation', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50 },
            { TaskID: 7, TaskName: 'List materials', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50 },
            { TaskID: 8, TaskName: 'Estimation approval', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50 }
        ]
    },
];
const height = '450px';
const taskFields = {
    id: 'TaskID',
    name: 'TaskName',
    startDate: 'StartDate',
    duration: 'Duration',
    progress: 'Progress',
    child: 'subtasks'
};
const editSettings = {
    allowAdding: true
};
const toolbar = ['Add'];
provide('gantt',  [ Edit, Toolbar ]);
</script>
<template>
     <div>
        <ejs-gantt ref='gantt' id="GanttContainer" :dataSource="data" :taskFields = "taskFields" :height = "height" :toolbar="toolbar" :editSettings= "editSettings"></ejs-gantt>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
import { GanttComponent, Edit, Toolbar } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-gantt";
export default {
name: "App",
components: {
"ejs-gantt":GanttComponent
},
  data: function() {
      return{
            data: [
            {
                TaskID: 1,
                TaskName: 'Project Initiation',
                StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
                EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
                subtasks: [
                    {  TaskID: 2, TaskName: 'Identify Site location', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50 },
                    { TaskID: 3, TaskName: 'Perform Soil test', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50  },
                    { TaskID: 4, TaskName: 'Soil test approval', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50 },
                ]
            },
            {
                TaskID: 5,
                TaskName: 'Project Estimation',
                StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
                EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
                subtasks: [
                    { TaskID: 6, TaskName: 'Develop floor plan for estimation', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50 },
                    { TaskID: 7, TaskName: 'List materials', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50 },
                    { TaskID: 8, TaskName: 'Estimation approval', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50 }
                ]
            },
        ],
            height: '450px',
            taskFields: {
            id: 'TaskID',
            name: 'TaskName',
            startDate: 'StartDate',
            duration: 'Duration',
            progress: 'Progress',
            child: 'subtasks'
        },
        editSettings:{
            allowAdding:true
            },
            toolbar: ['Add']
      };
  },
  provide: {
      gantt: [ Edit, Toolbar ]
  }
};
</script>

By default, the new row will be added to the top most row in the Gantt component.

Context menu

A row can also be added above, below or child of the selected row by using context menu support. For this, we need to enable the propertyenableContextMenu and inject the ContextMenu module into the Gantt control.

<template>
     <div>
        <ejs-gantt ref='gantt' id="contextMenu" :dataSource="data" :taskFields = "taskFields" :height = "height" :editSettings="editSettings" :toolbar="toolbar" :enableContextMenu="true" :allowSorting="true" :allowResizing= "true"></ejs-gantt>
    </div>
</template>
<script setup>
import { provide } from "vue";
import { GanttComponent as EjsGantt, ContextMenu, Edit, Toolbar, Selection } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-gantt";
import { editingData } from './data-source.js';
const data = editingData;
const height = '450px';
const taskFields = {
    id: 'TaskID',
    name: 'TaskName',
    startDate: 'StartDate',
    duration: 'Duration',
    progress: 'Progress',
    dependency: 'Predecessor',
    child: 'subtasks'
};
const editSettings = {
    allowAdding: true
};
const toolbar = ['Add'];
provide('gantt',  [ ContextMenu, Edit, Toolbar, Selection]);
</script>
<template>
     <div>
        <ejs-gantt ref='gantt' id="contextMenu" :dataSource="data" :taskFields = "taskFields" :height = "height" :editSettings="editSettings" :toolbar="toolbar" :enableContextMenu="true" :allowSorting="true" :allowResizing= "true"></ejs-gantt>
    </div>
</template>
<script>

import { GanttComponent, ContextMenu, Edit, Toolbar, Selection } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-gantt";
import { editingData } from './data-source.js';
export default {
name: "App",
components: {
"ejs-gantt":GanttComponent
},
  data: function() {
      return{
        data: editingData,
        height: '450px',
        taskFields: {
            id: 'TaskID',
            name: 'TaskName',
            startDate: 'StartDate',
            duration: 'Duration',
            progress: 'Progress',
            dependency: 'Predecessor',
            child: 'subtasks'
        },
        editSettings: {
        allowAdding: true
        },
        toolbar: ['Add']
    };
  },
  provide: {
      gantt: [ ContextMenu, Edit, Toolbar, Selection]
  }
};
</script>

Using method

You can add rows to the Gantt component dynamically using the addRecord method and you can define the add position of the default new record by using the rowPosition property. You can also pass the rowIndex as an additional parameter.

  • Top of all the rows
  • Bottom to all the existing rows
  • Above the selected row
  • Below the selected row
  • As child to the selected row
<template>
     <div>
        <ejs-button id="addRow" cssClass="e-info" v-on:click="add">Add Row</ejs-button>
        <br><br><br>
        <ejs-gantt ref='gantt' id="GanttContainer" :dataSource="data" :taskFields = "taskFields" :height = "height"  :editSettings= "editSettings"></ejs-gantt>
    </div>
</template>
<script setup>
import { provide, ref } from "vue";
import { GanttComponent as EjsGantt, Edit } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-gantt";
import { ButtonComponent as EjsButton } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons";
import { projectNewData } from './data-source.js';
const gantt = ref(null);
const data = [
    {
        TaskID: 1,
        TaskName: 'Project Initiation',
        StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
        EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
        isParent:true,
        subtasks: [
            { TaskID: 2, TaskName: 'Identify Site location', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50,isParent:false },
            { TaskID: 3, TaskName: 'Perform Soil test', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 70, resources: [2, 3, 5],isParent:false   },
            { TaskID: 4, TaskName: 'Soil test approval', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 3, Predecessor:"2FS", Progress: 80,isParent:false  },
        ]
    },
    {
        TaskID: 5,
        TaskName: 'Project Estimation',
        StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
        EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
        isParent:true,
        subtasks: [
            { TaskID: 6, TaskName: 'Develop floor plan for estimation', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50, resources: [4],isParent:false  },
            { TaskID: 7, TaskName: 'List materials', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50, DurationUnit:'day', resources: [4, 8],isParent:false  },
            { TaskID: 8, TaskName: 'Estimation approval', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 4,Predecessor:"6SS", DurationUnit:'minute', Progress: 70, resources: [12, 5],isParent:false  }
        ]
    },
];
const height = '450px';
const taskFields = {
    id: 'TaskID',
    name: 'TaskName',
    startDate: 'StartDate',
    duration: 'Duration',
    progress: 'Progress',
    child: 'subtasks'
};
const editSettings = {
    allowAdding: true
};
const add = function(e){
    var ganttObj = gantt.value.ej2Instances;
    var record= {
       TaskID: 9,
       TaskName: 'Identify Site location',
       StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
       Duration: 3,
       Progress: 50
       };
    ganttObj.editModule.addRecord(record,'Below',2);
}
provide('gantt',  [ Edit ]);
</script>
<template>
     <div>
        <ejs-button id="addRow" cssClass="e-info" v-on:click="add">Add Row</ejs-button>
        <br><br><br>
        <ejs-gantt ref='gantt' id="GanttContainer" :dataSource="data" :taskFields = "taskFields" :height = "height"  :editSettings= "editSettings"></ejs-gantt>
    </div>
</template>
<script>

import { GanttComponent, Edit } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-gantt";
import { ButtonComponent } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons";
import { projectNewData } from './data-source.js';
export default {
name: "App",
components: {
"ejs-button":ButtonComponent,
"ejs-gantt":GanttComponent
},
  data: function() {
      return{
            data: [
        {
            TaskID: 1,
            TaskName: 'Project Initiation',
            StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
            EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
            isParent:true,
            subtasks: [
                { TaskID: 2, TaskName: 'Identify Site location', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 50,isParent:false },
                { TaskID: 3, TaskName: 'Perform Soil test', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 3, Progress: 70, resources: [2, 3, 5],isParent:false   },
                { TaskID: 4, TaskName: 'Soil test approval', StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'), Duration: 3, Predecessor:"2FS", Progress: 80,isParent:false  },
            ]
        },
        {
            TaskID: 5,
            TaskName: 'Project Estimation',
            StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
            EndDate: new Date('04/21/2019'),
            isParent:true,
            subtasks: [
                { TaskID: 6, TaskName: 'Develop floor plan for estimation', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50, resources: [4],isParent:false  },
                { TaskID: 7, TaskName: 'List materials', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 4, Progress: 50, DurationUnit:'day', resources: [4, 8],isParent:false  },
                { TaskID: 8, TaskName: 'Estimation approval', StartDate: new Date('04/04/2019'), Duration: 4,Predecessor:"6SS", DurationUnit:'minute', Progress: 70, resources: [12, 5],isParent:false  }
            ]
        },
    ],
            height: '450px',
            taskFields: {
            id: 'TaskID',
            name: 'TaskName',
            startDate: 'StartDate',
            duration: 'Duration',
            progress: 'Progress',
            child: 'subtasks'
        },
        editSettings:{
            allowAdding:true
            },
      };
  },
  provide: {
      gantt: [ Edit ]
  },
  methods: {
        add: function(e){
            var ganttObj = document.getElementById('GanttContainer').ej2_instances[0];
            var record= {
               TaskID: 9,
               TaskName: 'Identify Site location',
               StartDate: new Date('04/02/2019'),
               Duration: 3,
               Progress: 50
               };
            ganttObj.editModule.addRecord(record,'Below',2);
        }
  },
};
</script>